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Book SynopsisWhilst these papers consider issues relating to access and exclusion for students, the remit of this volume is deliberately broad. It includes articles on access and exclusion with regard to academics and their managers, curriculum content and the manner in which the media approach this topic.
Table of ContentsThe relations between access, diversity and participation - searching for the weakest link?, J. Huisman, et al; access to university in Australia - who misses out?, I. Dobson; higher education in a divided society - Northern Ireland, B. Osborne, T. Gallagher; educational exclusion and inclusion in higher education in South Africa - creating a new national framework/consensus, Y. Sayed; managing to exclude? manager-academic and staff communities in contemporary UK universities, R. Deem; student financial support in higher education - access and exclusion, C. Callender; the prejudicial papers? press treatment of UK higher education performance indicators, 1999-2001, M. Yorke; qualitative difference in university teaching, K. Trigwell, M. Prosser; a disciplinary perspective on university teaching and learning, R. Neumann; naming academic knowledge - what is included within the university?, M. Tight.
