Fresh Horizons
The Aspirations and Problems of Intending Mature Students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3945682 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alice Lovell (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 93-104 |
| Publication date | 1980-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-7789 • E-ISSN: 1466-4380 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1394975 |
| OpenAlex | W4240146553 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
In the mid sixties, there was a concerted drive to attract women at home back into higher education. This favourable attitude towards women as mature students was largely due to the shortage of teachers and social workers. The Ninth Report of the National Advisory Council on the Training and Supply of Teachers (1965) published a statement pressing for trainees to be recruited from the ranks of mature women. At the National Union of Teachers Easter Conference, Anthony Crosland proposed a scheme 'to blanket the country with facilities for day training'. This did not in fact happen, but around this time a number of 'Fresh Start' courses were set up. The 'Returners course' referred to above is the Fresh Horizons scheme launched by the City Literary Institute in 1966. These courses were an entirely new venture designed to help people who wanted to make a fresh start in education, and have since been used as a model for similar courses throughout the country. A combined studies course was introduced aimed specifically at attracting married women
Economic growth · Economic shortage · Economics · Feminism · Fresh Start · Human sexuality · Medical education · New horizons · Ninth · Pedagogy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Career Development and Diversity · Cultural Studies · Engineering · Gender Studies · Higher Education and Employability · Higher Education Research Studies · Irish and British Studies · Medicine · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 1995 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |