Part-time study, full-time lives: Stories of success from part-time undergraduate students

Medhurst, Pamela Wendy

Abstract

This thesis is concerned with part-time undergraduate students within the higher education system in England. In particular it focusses on the strategies this group of students employ to complete their degrees successfully. I place the experience of successful part-time students at the heart of the thesis because I think that it is vital in the twenty-first century to further our understanding of this heterogeneous group in order to have an accessible higher education system that does not by design discriminate against those who choose a particular mode of study. By doing this I create a collective narrative for part-time students. A small qualitative sample of completed part-time undergraduate students was interviewed to produce the data used herein.

Citation

Medhurst, P. W. (2008). Part-time study, full-time lives: Stories of success from part-time undergraduate students. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4208976

• Thesis Type: Thesis
• Deposit Date: Aug 15, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 22, 2023
• Keywords: Humanities
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4208976
• Additional Information: Department of Humanities, The University of Hull
• Award Date: Dec 1, 2008