Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041 and Ritchie, Lewis (2024) Service children and barriers to higher education in the United Kingdom: How can service children be better supported in accessing university? Citizenship, Teaching and Learning. (In Press)

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Abstract

Children from military families are underrepresented within Higher Education institutions in the United Kingdom despite achieving the necessary grades to attend. The paper builds upon existing quantitative research that has sought to numerically document the lack of progression of service children into Higher Education and employs a qualitative methodology implemented through semi-structured interviews and thematic data analysis to unpack the lived experience of service children. Emergent themes from the study document how a lack of pastoral support offered to service children within the education system causes many to lack the reflexive insight needed to make informed choices about what careers to pursue post-18. It is suggested that this lack of reflexivity needs to be rectified if service children are to feel confident applying to university, something we argue should be addressed by implementing a pastoral support system for service children in schools.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	In Press
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JC Political theory L Education > L Education (General)
School/Department:	School of Education, Language and Psychology
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/10739

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