First-in-Family Students, University Experience and Family Life Motivations, Transitions and Participation /

• Main Authors: O'Shea, Sarah (Author), May, Josephine (Author), Stone, Cathy (Author), Delahunty, Janine (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sociology of Education.; Higher Education.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Career Skills.; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.

This book examines the university experiences of first-in-family university students, and how these students’ decisions to return to education impact upon their family members and significant others. While it is well known that parental educational background has a substantial impact on the educatio...