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URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/rurality-and-access-to-higher-education-
 an-international-symposium/
SUMMARY:Rurality and access to higher education: an international symposium
DESCRIPTION:Online\, free of charge and open to the public. Early booking a
 dvised.\nGlobal inequalities are increasingly manifested spatially and the
  ever widening disparities between urban and rural populations have been f
 urther increased by the massive changes in educational provision and need 
 for digital infrastructure brought on through the COVID 19 pandemic\, part
 icularly for low income countries and those in the global South. This one-
 day symposium will focus on rurality and access to higher education across
  a wide range of global South and global North contexts\, demonstrating th
 at the complexities are not confined to particular countries. Globally\, t
 here is a significant amount of research on equity of access but surprisin
 gly little on the mediating effects of rurality on higher education. As UN
 ESCO (2020) highlighted recently\, students from rural communities remain 
 under-represented and to some extent\, a forgotten group in higher educati
 on. The recent Special Issue of the journal Compare ‘Rurality and Access
  to Higher Education’ foregrounds these issues (Trahar\, Timmis\, Lucas 
 and Naidoo 2020). Exploring the experiences and challenges for students fr
 om rural backgrounds in accessing higher education across multiple context
 s in this symposium is therefore very timely.\nSpeakers:\nPhoebe Kirkup\, 
 UNESCO\nMaia Chankseliani\, University of Oxford\, UK\nCatherine Montgomer
 y\, University of Durham\, UK\nJuan de Dios Oyarzún\, Universidad Católi
 ca de Chile\, Chile\nPer-Åke Rosvall\, Umeå University\, Sweden\nThea de
  Wet\, University of Johannesburg\, South Africa\nKibbie Naidoo\, Universi
 ty of Johannesburg\, South Africa\nPatricia Muhuro\, University of Fort Ha
 re\, South Africa\nEmmanuel Mgqwashu\, North-West University\, South Afric
 a\nLisa Lucas\, University of Bristol\, UK\nSue Timmis\, University of Bri
 stol\, UK\nSheila Trahar\, University of Bristol\, UK\nThe symposium will 
 appeal to researchers\, policymakers and practitioners. It will be divided
  into 5 sessions\, each with two speakers followed by questions\, with sho
 rt breaks between each one. The final session will be a panel discussion s
 o there will be ample opportunities for dialogue. A full programme with sp
 eaker titles will be made available in due course to those who register.\n
 Topics to be covered in the symposium include prior experiences in rural c
 ommunities\, for example\, schooling\, guidance\, resources\, identities\,
  aspirations and expectations. How students negotiate the transition to un
 iversity as well as experiences once there\, including teaching\, learning
  and curricula will also be highlighted. Deficit positionings\, misrecogni
 tion and the ideological control effected by higher education and other so
 cial structures and systems are explored across contexts. The symposium wi
 ll also examine the changes that are needed in higher education including 
 increasing outreach\, access and infrastructure\, managing transitions\, a
 ffording students (and teachers) more agency and developing inclusive curr
 icula that reflect the life experiences\, cultural values and skills of th
 ose from rural areas.\nTo register for this symposium (which is free of ch
 arge)\, please use the link below. Early booking advised.\nREGISTER FOR TH
 IS EVENT VIA EVENTBRITE\nOnce you have booked\, we will confirm and then s
 end a full programme\, detailing timetable\, talks and speaker biographies
 .\nFor more information or queries\, please contact Dr Sue Timmis: sue.ti
 mmis@bristol.ac.uk\n&nbsp\;
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