Nicola Ingram
Biographic Data
| ID | 3975812 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicola Ingram |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicola |
| FAMILY NAME | Ingram |
| SIGNATURE | INGRAM N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5274-8502 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 383 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Beyond access
In South Africa, children of single-headed households (70% of whom are Black) have significantly worse educational outcomes than any other demographic. While the impact of family structures has been scrutinised in pre-18 education, it remains understudied concerning access and success in Higher Education. Based on semi-structured interviews with students and alumni raised in single-headed households, this article explores the interplay of family …
Private school entry to Oxbridge
In this article we make an argument for the importance of embodied cultural capital in the generation of class advantage through private school students' access to Oxbridge.Private schools in England continue to reproduce advantage (Variyan 2019), however, establishing exactly how students are advantaged through private schooling is not straightforward.Previous studies of educational advantage have drawn on the broad concept of cultural capital (…
Talking the Talk of Social Mobility
Since 2010, the language of social mobility has been increasingly utilised by UK politicians from across the political spectrum to denote a commitment to 'fair access' to opportunity in both education and the professions. Within this policy discourse, the default understanding of inequality is premised on a narrow notion of access to elite education and employment positions, where a deeper understanding of the politics of social reproduction and …
Talent-spotting' or 'social magic'? Inequality, cultural sorting and constructions of the ideal graduate in elite professions
Graduate outcomes - including rates of employment and earnings - are marked by persistent inequalities related to social class, as well as gender, ethnicity and institution. Despite national policy agendas related to social mobility and 'fair access to the professions', high-status occupations are disproportionately composed of those from socially privileged backgrounds, and evidence suggests that in recent decades many professions have become le…
Working-Class Boys and Educational Success
Research and policy in education
Geoff Whitty’s new book is a major contribution to the field of sociology of education policy. Research and Policy in Education showcases his extraordinary breadth of inquiry, intellectual rigour a
Higher Education, Social Class and Social Mobility
A book from the Paired Peers project, which followed a cohort of undergraduate students at the two universities in Bristol from their induction to their final exams. The project looked at the impact of their social class background upon their experiences of university
Bourdieu
Bourdieu
Class matters in the interview setting? Positionality, situatedness and class
In this article we argue that despite methodological and analytical advancements in the field of social class research, these developments have not led to a wholehearted discussion about class positionality and situatedness in relation to interviewer–participant dynamics. Despite—or perhaps due to—this methodological gap, there remains an unspoken expectation that class matching, particularly when investigating working‐class groups and practices,…
Well-founded social fictions
This article engages with Atkinson’s recent criticisms of concepts of collective habitus, such as ‘institutional’ and ‘familial’ habitus, in order to defend their conceptual utility and theoretical coherence. In so doing we promote a flexible understanding of habitus as both an individual and a collective concept. By retaining this flexibility (which we argue is in keeping with the spirit of Bourdieuian philosophy) we allow for a consideration of…
Higher education, social class and the mobilisation of capitals
Strategies employed by middle-class families to ensure successful educational outcomes for their children have long been the focus of theoretical and empirical analysis in the United Kingdom and beyond. In austerity England, the issue of middle-class social reproduction through higher education increases in saliency, and students' awareness of how to 'play the game' of enhancing their chances to acquire a sought-after graduate position becomes in…
The Chameleon Habitus
This study utilises an innovative creative method of plasticine modelling to explore the identities of local students (those who live in their family home) at the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England. Students created models representing their identity, which were used as a springboard for in-depth discussion. Through drawing upon Bourdieusian theory this article attempts to shed new sociological light on the subject of…
White middle class identities and urban schooling
Within School and Beyond the Gate
Much educational research on working-class boys has focused on their failure and lack of aspiration. However, there has been little research on working-class boys' experiences of success. The very idea of being educationally successful and working class is problematic, as success has been argued to be dependent on the abandonment of aspects of working-class background. This article highlights the difficulties that some working-class grammar schoo…
A La Recherche D'Une Guerre Gagnee
Journal Article A La Recherche D'Une Guerre Gagnée: The Ligue Des Droits De L'Homme and the War Guilt Question (1918–1922) Get access Norman Ingram Norman Ingram *The author is Professor of Modern French History at Concordia University, Montreal, and Adjunct Professor of History at McGill University. He may be contacted at [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French History, Volume 24,…
Working‐class boys, educational success and the misrecognition of working‐class culture
This article contributes to the theory of institutional habitus by exploring the differing ways in which the institutional habitus of two schools in Belfast, Northern Ireland mediates the local habitus of working‐class boys. All of the boys in this qualitative case study live in the same disadvantaged working‐class community but attend two different schools, depending on whether they succeeded or failed in an examination at the age of 11 years. I…
Higher education, social class and the mobilisation of capitals
Strategies employed by middle-class families to ensure successful educational outcomes for their children have long been the focus of theoretical and empirical analysis in the United Kingdom and beyond. In austerity England, the issue of middle-class social reproduction through higher education increases in saliency, and students' awareness of how to 'play the game' of enhancing their chances to acquire a sought-after graduate position becomes in…
Within School and Beyond the Gate
Much educational research on working-class boys has focused on their failure and lack of aspiration. However, there has been little research on working-class boys' experiences of success. The very idea of being educationally successful and working class is problematic, as success has been argued to be dependent on the abandonment of aspects of working-class background. This article highlights the difficulties that some working-class grammar schoo…
The Chameleon Habitus
This study utilises an innovative creative method of plasticine modelling to explore the identities of local students (those who live in their family home) at the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England. Students created models representing their identity, which were used as a springboard for in-depth discussion. Through drawing upon Bourdieusian theory this article attempts to shed new sociological light on the subject of…
Working‐class boys, educational success and the misrecognition of working‐class culture
This article contributes to the theory of institutional habitus by exploring the differing ways in which the institutional habitus of two schools in Belfast, Northern Ireland mediates the local habitus of working‐class boys. All of the boys in this qualitative case study live in the same disadvantaged working‐class community but attend two different schools, depending on whether they succeeded or failed in an examination at the age of 11 years. I…
Well-founded social fictions
This article engages with Atkinson’s recent criticisms of concepts of collective habitus, such as ‘institutional’ and ‘familial’ habitus, in order to defend their conceptual utility and theoretical coherence. In so doing we promote a flexible understanding of habitus as both an individual and a collective concept. By retaining this flexibility (which we argue is in keeping with the spirit of Bourdieuian philosophy) we allow for a consideration of…
Talent-spotting' or 'social magic'? Inequality, cultural sorting and constructions of the ideal graduate in elite professions
Graduate outcomes - including rates of employment and earnings - are marked by persistent inequalities related to social class, as well as gender, ethnicity and institution. Despite national policy agendas related to social mobility and 'fair access to the professions', high-status occupations are disproportionately composed of those from socially privileged backgrounds, and evidence suggests that in recent decades many professions have become le…
Class matters in the interview setting? Positionality, situatedness and class
In this article we argue that despite methodological and analytical advancements in the field of social class research, these developments have not led to a wholehearted discussion about class positionality and situatedness in relation to interviewer–participant dynamics. Despite—or perhaps due to—this methodological gap, there remains an unspoken expectation that class matching, particularly when investigating working‐class groups and practices,…
Talking the Talk of Social Mobility
Since 2010, the language of social mobility has been increasingly utilised by UK politicians from across the political spectrum to denote a commitment to 'fair access' to opportunity in both education and the professions. Within this policy discourse, the default understanding of inequality is premised on a narrow notion of access to elite education and employment positions, where a deeper understanding of the politics of social reproduction and …
Private school entry to Oxbridge
In this article we make an argument for the importance of embodied cultural capital in the generation of class advantage through private school students' access to Oxbridge.Private schools in England continue to reproduce advantage (Variyan 2019), however, establishing exactly how students are advantaged through private schooling is not straightforward.Previous studies of educational advantage have drawn on the broad concept of cultural capital (…
White middle class identities and urban schooling
Working‐class boys, educational success and the misrecognition of working‐class culture
This article contributes to the theory of institutional habitus by exploring the differing ways in which the institutional habitus of two schools in Belfast, Northern Ireland mediates the local habitus of working‐class boys. All of the boys in this qualitative case study live in the same disadvantaged working‐class community but attend two different schools, depending on whether they succeeded or failed in an examination at the age of 11 years. I…
A La Recherche D'Une Guerre Gagnee
Journal Article A La Recherche D'Une Guerre Gagnée: The Ligue Des Droits De L'Homme and the War Guilt Question (1918–1922) Get access Norman Ingram Norman Ingram *The author is Professor of Modern French History at Concordia University, Montreal, and Adjunct Professor of History at McGill University. He may be contacted at [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar French History, Volume 24,…
Within School and Beyond the Gate
Much educational research on working-class boys has focused on their failure and lack of aspiration. However, there has been little research on working-class boys' experiences of success. The very idea of being educationally successful and working class is problematic, as success has been argued to be dependent on the abandonment of aspects of working-class background. This article highlights the difficulties that some working-class grammar schoo…
White middle class identities and urban schooling
Well-founded social fictions
This article engages with Atkinson’s recent criticisms of concepts of collective habitus, such as ‘institutional’ and ‘familial’ habitus, in order to defend their conceptual utility and theoretical coherence. In so doing we promote a flexible understanding of habitus as both an individual and a collective concept. By retaining this flexibility (which we argue is in keeping with the spirit of Bourdieuian philosophy) we allow for a consideration of…
Higher education, social class and the mobilisation of capitals
Strategies employed by middle-class families to ensure successful educational outcomes for their children have long been the focus of theoretical and empirical analysis in the United Kingdom and beyond. In austerity England, the issue of middle-class social reproduction through higher education increases in saliency, and students' awareness of how to 'play the game' of enhancing their chances to acquire a sought-after graduate position becomes in…
The Chameleon Habitus
This study utilises an innovative creative method of plasticine modelling to explore the identities of local students (those who live in their family home) at the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England. Students created models representing their identity, which were used as a springboard for in-depth discussion. Through drawing upon Bourdieusian theory this article attempts to shed new sociological light on the subject of…
Class matters in the interview setting? Positionality, situatedness and class
In this article we argue that despite methodological and analytical advancements in the field of social class research, these developments have not led to a wholehearted discussion about class positionality and situatedness in relation to interviewer–participant dynamics. Despite—or perhaps due to—this methodological gap, there remains an unspoken expectation that class matching, particularly when investigating working‐class groups and practices,…
Bourdieu
Bourdieu
Higher Education, Social Class and Social Mobility
A book from the Paired Peers project, which followed a cohort of undergraduate students at the two universities in Bristol from their induction to their final exams. The project looked at the impact of their social class background upon their experiences of university
Research and policy in education
Geoff Whitty’s new book is a major contribution to the field of sociology of education policy. Research and Policy in Education showcases his extraordinary breadth of inquiry, intellectual rigour a
Working-Class Boys and Educational Success
Talent-spotting' or 'social magic'? Inequality, cultural sorting and constructions of the ideal graduate in elite professions
Graduate outcomes - including rates of employment and earnings - are marked by persistent inequalities related to social class, as well as gender, ethnicity and institution. Despite national policy agendas related to social mobility and 'fair access to the professions', high-status occupations are disproportionately composed of those from socially privileged backgrounds, and evidence suggests that in recent decades many professions have become le…
Talking the Talk of Social Mobility
Since 2010, the language of social mobility has been increasingly utilised by UK politicians from across the political spectrum to denote a commitment to 'fair access' to opportunity in both education and the professions. Within this policy discourse, the default understanding of inequality is premised on a narrow notion of access to elite education and employment positions, where a deeper understanding of the politics of social reproduction and …
Private school entry to Oxbridge
In this article we make an argument for the importance of embodied cultural capital in the generation of class advantage through private school students' access to Oxbridge.Private schools in England continue to reproduce advantage (Variyan 2019), however, establishing exactly how students are advantaged through private schooling is not straightforward.Previous studies of educational advantage have drawn on the broad concept of cultural capital (…
Beyond access
In South Africa, children of single-headed households (70% of whom are Black) have significantly worse educational outcomes than any other demographic. While the impact of family structures has been scrutinised in pre-18 education, it remains understudied concerning access and success in Higher Education. Based on semi-structured interviews with students and alumni raised in single-headed households, this article explores the interplay of family …
Sociology (16 works) · Political science (13 works) · Social science (12 works) · Gender Studies (11 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Social and Cultural Dynamics (7 works) · Cultural capital (6 works) · Social class (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Habitus (5 works)