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SUMMARY:‘Class-work’ in the elite institutions of higher education - S
 peaker: Laura Bentley\, University of West England. Chair: Professor Anna 
 Vignoles\, Jesus College Cambridge. 
DTSTART:20180221T171500Z
DTEND:20180221T183000Z
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CONTACT:Arif Naveed
DESCRIPTION:\nWhile the pupils from advantaged backgrounds are up to ten t
 imes more likely to access a ‘top’ university (UCAS\, 2017) the conver
 sation about the performances of class in elite higher education instituti
 ons is surprisingly absent. Only 6.2 per cent of the 2017 intake of underg
 raduate students admitted to Russell Group universities came from the most
  disadvantaged areas in the UK\, with the University of Cambridge admittin
 g only 5 per cent.\nThis talk focuses on the day to day performances of cl
 ass in universities which reproduce privilege and cement social inequities
 . Drawing on the narratives of working-class undergraduate students studyi
 ng at an elite university in the South of England\, the emotional and soci
 al challenges encountered by these young people are explored. The negotiat
 ion practices and narratives of ‘choice’\, as well as the ways working
 -class students navigate symbolic violence and ‘classed’ codes of cond
 uct are particularly illustrated. It also draws upon speaker’s examinati
 on of her assumed ‘upward socially mobile’ trajectory as a working-cla
 ss woman\, considering the consequences of her education path towards acad
 emia\; the effects of being ‘socially haunted’ and the complicated emo
 tional negotiations encountered while returning ‘home’. The discussion
  intends to foster an environment for experience sharing between students 
 and academics at Cambridge with varied social backgrounds. 
LOCATION:Coleridge Room\, Jesus College\, Cambridge CB5 8BL
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