Because they look at you differently Understanding the experiences of estranged students in Higher Education Dr Rachel Spacey REsearch Fellow LIncoln HIgher education Research institute You are welcome to tweet about this presentation and its content ID: 765447
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'Because they look at you differently' Understanding the experiences of estranged students in Higher Education
Dr. Rachel Spacey REsearch FellowLIncoln HIgher education Research instituteYou are welcome to tweet about this presentation and its content@DrRESpacey @UOLHEResearch @FACEaccess #FACE2019#estrangedstudents Please email me if you would like more information rspacey@lincoln.ac.uk
Why estranged students?
The projects Project 1 - 2017/18Small institutional fund (LHERA)Photo-elicitation with estranged students at one universitySmall scaleQualitative – focus groups, images and logs Project 2 - 2018/19 Small institutional fund (LHERA) Online life writing with estranged students at universities in the UKSmall scale (but more participants than project 1)Qualitative – life writing accounts
Recruitment Project 1 Difficult! Hard to identify estranged students even in SLC/HEBBS data Email to entire student population at UoLFinancial incentivesOpportunity Eight participants Project 2 Also, quite difficult! Social media – Twitter, asking for RTs Financial incentiveOpportunitySeventeen participants
Ethical issues Project 1 Secured ethical approval Informed consentIndividual meetingsNo names used unless they chose to identify themselvesPermission to use images Refer to participants in subsequent publications as 'Student 1' etc. Project 2 Secured ethical opinion – new system – pro forma for information sheet, consent formOnline – embedded information from pro-formas in Qualtrics survey package Recruitment via Twitter – could direct to survey url Participants can remain anonymous if they wish Refer to participants in subsequent publications as 'Student 1' etc.
Causes I grew up with a mum, dad and a younger brother in a hoarded home in a suburban area… The shower and fridge were mouldy, piles of rubbish blocked corridors and entire areas of rooms were lost to the hoard... I was not completely estranged when I left for university… but I had a very dysfunctional relationship with my family… [S1:P2]I was estranged during my second yr., when my stepdad kicked me out of the house [S16:P2] I left home after school and found myself homeless as things started to get bad at home [S3: P2] I was estranged from my mother ultimately following a heated argument, but our relationship has always been difficult. She was unsupportive, cold and there was very little attachment between us [S10:P2]
Experiences of significance Moving InAccommodationWellbeingVacationsFinanceAcademic Engagement Progression
MOving in S3:P1
Accommodation S7:P1
ACCOMMODATION
Wellbeing S1:P1
wellbeing
vacations S2:P1
vacations
finance S5:P1
Finance
Academic engagement S8:P1
Academic engagement
progression Student 6
progression
Conclusions S4:P1
Stand ALone pledge
References Bland, B. and Shaw, J. (2015) New Starts. The challenge of Higher Education without the support of a family network . Unite Foundation and Stand Alone. Available at: http://standalone.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/StandAloneUNITEfoundation.pdf (accessed 27 March 2019). Office for Fair Access (2017) Topic Briefing: Estranged Students . Available at: https://www.offa.org.uk/universities-and-colleges/guidance/topic-briefings/topic-briefing-estranged-students/ (accessed 2 October 2017). Office for Students (2019) People estranged from their families . Available at: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/promoting-equal-opportunities/evaluation-and-effective-practice/estranged-students/ (accessed 27 March 2019). Taylor, Y. and Costa, C. (2019) Estranged Students in Higher and Further Education [Report]. Available at: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/66964/ (accessed 27 March 2019).