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Mobilising aspirations. Aspirant mobility

Mobilising aspirations. Aspirant mobility. Trevor Gale, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education. A new conception of student equity in higher education. Aspiration. Mobility. Knowledge politics. possibility desirability. territory proximity. archive resource.

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Mobilising aspirations. Aspirant mobility

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  1. Mobilising aspirations.Aspirant mobility Trevor Gale, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education

  2. A new conception of student equity in higher education Aspiration Mobility Knowledge politics possibility desirability territory proximity archive resource

  3. A working conception of aspiration People’s aspirations – what they desire to be / do / have, mediated by what they understand as possible to be / do / have, and vice versa – are informed by their socio-cultural archives of possible and desirable lives and are mobilized by the possibility of their access to desirable social, cultural and economic resources Archives are the documented re-collections of events and experiences, more specifically, the collective memories and understandings ascribed to these, which inform future imaginings. In this sense, “the archive is itself an aspiration” (Appadurai p. 16). Resources (capitals) are distinguishable by their quantity and quality; the extent to which individuals and groups have access to them and the extent to which the forms of resources (capitals) they have access to are recognized as valuable. Their accumulation take an investment of time and in association with those already in their possession.

  4. magazine University of South Australia For many graduates, moving away provides the kind of experiences that build a career Autumn 2010 “ ” Around the world but back again No place like home

  5. Mobility: social, geographical, virtual • HE attainment linked to social and geographical mobility • Employment success (and social and economic status) is linked to geographical mobility • Mobility contributes to the production of the archive, by providing access to different events and experiences, and hence strengthening the capacity to aspire • Mobility itself becomes an aspiration • Raising aspirations involves displacement (for low SES, Indigenous peoples, as well as regional / rural) – social and geographical

  6. Participation in higher education in 2006 Basis for admission to university: 46.8% prior school 10.1% prior VET 23.2% prior HE 5.5% mature age special entry 11.6% other

  7. 15 to 24 year olds in 2006 Participation in HE by age, in 2006: 15-24 year olds 436,396 or 60% 25-34 year olds 168,727 or 22% 35-60 year olds 133,945 or 18% Source: 2006 ABS Census of Population and Housing

  8. Higher education attainment (uni qualification) in 2006 In 2008 32% of 25-34 year olds with Bachelor degree or above Aus Gov Target: 40% in 2025

  9. 5 to 14 year olds in 2006 17 to 26 year olds In 2020

  10. Socioeconomic status, HE quals and distance to SA unis by SLA

  11. People living in low SES areas 6 kms from their nearest university campus are four times more likely to hold a HE qualification than people living in low SES areas 14kms from their nearest (and same) university campus.

  12. Concepts for constituting mobility in HE?territory: bounded space; proximity: nearness of place • Victoria University to shut campuses in Melton, Sunbury. “Victoria University’s vice chancellor Professor Elizabeth Harman said the university was carrying many small courses in higher education [which were] failing to attract student numbers” (Moorabool Leader, 17 Oct 2008) • Monash Gippsland struggling to attract student numbers • “University is not for everyone” Mayor of low SES area with very low HE participation • Of all people who live in Greater Western Sydney and participate in HE, only 40% are enrolled at UWS; most travel out of the area to attend university (DVC UWS)

  13. The socio-economic appeal of mobility • “… mobility has become the most powerful and most coveted stratifying factor” (Bauman 1998: 71) • Ex-territorial in nature • Disconnection of power from obligations • Free-floating, locally unbound capital • Freedom from the constraints of locality • Liquid resources

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