TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Transport and social exclusion: access to higher education in the UK policy context
JO  - Journal of transport geography
A1  - Kenyon, Susan
SP  - 763
EP  - 771
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
N2  - This paper examines the student experience of transport, within the context of two hitherto distinct discourses. Firstly, the transport and social exclusion discourse, which highlights the role that low mobility plays in the experience of exclusion. Secondly, the widening participation discourse, which emphasises inequitable access to and achievement in higher education (HE) by non-traditional students as a component of social exclusion. The paper reports the results of a series of focus groups, undertaken with current HE students from a diverse range of backgrounds, many of whom may be considered to be non-traditional students. Results suggest that inadequate access to transport is a substantial barrier to access and achievement in HE, for these students. This highlights the influence of transport upon the successful implementation of social policy. Without consideration of transport and the physical accessibility of HE, the aim of increasing and widening participation in HE is unlikely to be realised.<p /> 
LA  - 
SN  - 0966-6923
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.09.005
ID  - ref1
ER  -