Still Jenny from the block? Working-class women, higher education & social mobility in the COVID-19 context

还是来自街区的珍妮吗？

• 批准号: ES/W006065/1
• 负责人: Laura Bentley
• 金额: $ 13.13万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FW006065%2F1
• 关键词: Still; Jenny; block; Working; class

A university education is generally viewed as a route through which social and economic standing is enhanced. That is, it is considered a catalyst for upward social mobility. However, are all graduates afforded this 'opportunity'? And how has the COVID-19 pandemic effected young people's graduate trajectories? In the 1990s, social scientists in the UK found that while increasing numbers of working-class students were accessing university, they were not benefitting from it in the same way that the middle-classes and elites were. It was the latter groups who monopolised the "superior jobs" in the graduate labour market (Brown and Scase, 1994, p.17). For too long, graduates from working-class background, particularly BAME women, have disproportionately faced navigating the low-waged, precarious jobs market upon graduation and beyond. This remains the case today as the global auction for talent ensues and informal processes of mobilising high value capitals, rather than formal academic credentials, play a major role in who gets which job (Brown and Souto-Otero, 2020). As this is a considerable and growing issue, a closer, more in-depth look at the routes throughout which social privilege is (re)produced through higher education is required. I did just this during my PhD research as I interviewed fifteen working-class women who studied at a UK university over a longitudinal basis. They graduated into a saturated employment market which offered them little opportunity for professional employment. From this, I designed a set of conceptual tools that allowed me to take an 'intra-class' theoretical approach to understanding the narratives of working-class women. Conceptualising these allowed me to problematise work which viewed those in the 'working-class' category as homogenous, unpick and speak to the details of differential class experiences within one class category. This delineates my work from other sociologists, particularly other Bourdieusian scholars. This is an important theoretical contribution which I will continue to develop throughout the Fellowship. I found in my thesis that graduation was a point at which where various forms of inequality are reproduced. To research this surrounding COVID-19 is a necessity, as it has been acknowledged that women, young people and BAME groups have been worst affected by the pandemic. This Fellowship has been designed to attend to this important social problem, to do further research and create policy impact which will allow for the distribution of opportunities in a more equal manner. Through embarking on the programme I have designed, I will be situated at the heart of academic policy debates that are about to emerge on the impact of COVID-19 on social mobility and social inequalities faced by young working-class people, particularly young women.

大学教育通常被视为一种增强社会和经济地位的途径。也就是说，它被认为是向上社会流动性的催化剂。但是，所有毕业生是否都提供了这个“机会”吗？ Covid-19的大流行如何影响年轻人的毕业生轨迹？在1990年代，英国的社会科学家发现，尽管越来越多的工人阶级学生访问大学，但他们并没有像中产阶级和精英一样从中受益。正是后者在研究生劳动力市场上垄断了“高级工作”（Brown and Scase，1994，p.17）。长期以来，来自工人阶级背景的毕业生，尤其是BAME女性，在毕业后及以后时面对低矮，不稳定的就业市场。今天的情况仍然如此，因为随之而来的全球人才拍卖会动员高价值首都而不是正式的学术证书的非正式过程，在获得谁工作中起着重要作用（Brown和Souto-Otero，2020年）。由于这是一个重大且日益严重的问题，因此需要更深入地，更深入地了解（需要通过高等教育产生的社会特权）。在我的博士学位研究中，我采访了15名工人阶级女性，这些女性在英国大学学习。他们毕业于饱和的就业市场，这给他们提供了专业就业的机会。由此，我设计了一套概念工具，使我能够采用一种“阶级”理论方法来理解工人阶级女性的叙事。概念上的这些使我能够将“工人阶级”类别中的人员视为同质，脱颖而出，并谈到一个班级类别中的差异类经历的细节。这将我的作品描述为其他社会学家，尤其是其他伯迪斯学者。这是我将在整个奖学金中继续发展的重要理论贡献。我在论文中发现毕业是重现各种形式的不平等现象的点。为了研究这一围绕Covid-19是必要的，因为人们已经承认，妇女，年轻人和bame群受到了大流行的影响。该奖学金旨在处理这个重要的社会问题，进行进一步的研究并创造政策影响，这将使机会以更平等的方式分发机会。通过启动我设计的计划，我将位于学术政策辩论的核心，这些辩论即将出现在Covid-19对社会流动性和社会流动性和社会不平等影响的影响。

项目成果

Book Launch: Selling Our Youth. Graduate Stories of Class, Gender and Work in Challenging Times.

新书发布会：出卖我们的青春。

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Waller R

Revisiting the Needs of Sutton Coldfield, Change and Future Requirements.

重新审视萨顿科尔菲尔德的需求、变化和未来需求。

• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Gregory L

The Degree Generation: How Graduate Employment and Life-Course Transitions are Shaped by Social Background and Education

学位的产生：社会背景和教育如何影响毕业生就业和人生历程的转变

• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Ingram N

Confronting Double Disadvantage: Working-Class Women

面临双重劣势：工人阶级女性

• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Bentley L

Diversity and welfare provision: tension and discrimination in the 21st century

多样性和福利提供：21 世纪的紧张和歧视

• 发表时间: 2023
• 作者: Bentley L