Successful Students: Exploring the factors that encourage and enable students from a widening participation background to stay the course

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One of the major issues that universities face in the UK is to ensure that all \nstudents have an equal chance of success, independent of their social or \nfinancial background. While the ‘attainment gap’ at Brunel University London \nexperienced by students from disadvantaged backgrounds is less than at many \nsimilar institutions, it is unacceptable that a student’s chance of success can be \ndetermined by factors such as ethnicity and parental income. \nThis is an important study as it looked not only at the issues faced by students \nfrom a widening participation background but, more importantly, at those factors \nthat had a positive impact on their studies and that contributed to students’ \nsuccess. This gives a rich and rounded picture of why some students succeed \nand others do not. It leads to a series of very practical recommendations. \nWhile this research was carried out in the context of Brunel University London, \nmany of the findings and recommendations will be applicable to other \nuniversities. I am pleased that the University was able to support this research, \nand thank Anne Chappell, Ellen McHugh and Emma Wainwright for their \ndedication and hard work and for the insight that they have given to a subject \nthat is of vital importance to both Brunel and the UK Higher Education sector.

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