Re/configuring possible selves and broadening future horizons: the experiences of working-class British Asian women navigating higher education

K. Hoskins, B. Wong
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Improving non-traditional students' access to higher education has been an aim of United Kingdom (UK) governments since 1997. However, less is known about what enables non-traditional British Asian female students to consider different career options on completion of their studies, and if/how their degree course has enabled them to reconfigure their possible future professional selves. In this paper, we draw on interviews to examine the experiences of working-class British Asian women undertaking an undergraduate degree in Greater London. We highlight the support provided by the participants' families to enable their aspirations for higher education. We also examine the importance of work placements in enabling a reimagination of their future possible professional selves. Our data leads us to argue that reconfiguring did occur, and work placements and the confidence gained through placements enabled our participants to construct professional future selves that would otherwise be unthinkable.
重新配置可能的自我,拓宽未来的视野:英国亚裔工人阶级女性接受高等教育的经历
自1997年以来,改善非传统学生接受高等教育的机会一直是英国政府的目标。然而,对于是什么让非传统的英国亚裔女学生在完成学业后考虑不同的职业选择,以及她们的学位课程是否/如何使她们重新配置未来可能的职业自我,人们知之甚少。在本文中,我们通过访谈来考察在大伦敦攻读本科学位的工薪阶层英国亚裔女性的经历。我们特别强调学员的家庭为他们实现接受高等教育的愿望所提供的支持。我们还研究了工作实习在重新想象他们未来可能的职业自我方面的重要性。我们的数据让我们认为,重新配置确实发生了,工作实习和通过实习获得的信心使我们的参与者能够构建专业的未来自我,否则这是不可想象的。
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