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This chapter considers students’ routes into university. It discusses students’ hopes and expectations, which indicate how HE is seen as an important opportunity in relation to social mobility, social class maintenance and positioning. We highlight the role of families and schools/colleges in students’ decision-making, and consider how class continues to shape the horizons and futures of young people.
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Bathmaker, AM., Abrahams, J., Waller, R., Ingram, N., Hoare, A., Bradley, H. (2016). Getting In. In: Higher Education, Social Class and Social Mobility. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53481-1_4
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