Managing Uncertainty and Risk in Access to the Solicitors' Profession in England
Classed Pathways
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2323491 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Casey (0000-0002-3201-3274, University of York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 623-640 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00380385231196101 |
| OpenAlex | W4386440704 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 39 |
Despite decades of diversity and widening participation initiatives, access to elite professions for those from lower socio-economic backgrounds remains a troublingly persistent issue. Degree apprenticeships present an alternative to the traditional university pathway and an opportunity to increase social mobility into professional occupations. Yet, uptake of this pathway has so far been from more advantaged individuals. This article explores the dispositions of key stakeholders towards alternative pathways. It asks whether professional apprenticeships are perceived as legitimate and, if not, what are the likely consequences? Using the solicitors' profession in England as a pertinent case, interviews with 23 participants on the degree apprenticeship and university pathways were asked about their social and educational backgrounds, exploring the influences on their career and pathway decision making. The analysis demonstrates differing perceptions of risk and legitimacy among those from different social and educational backgrounds, with implications for equity, inequality and social mobility
Apprenticeship · Career Pathways · Diversity (politics) · Elite · Equity (law) · Inequality · Legitimacy · Medical education · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Higher Education and Employability · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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Outline of a Theory of Practice
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Higher Education, Social Class and Social Mobility
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Sampling and Choosing Cases in Qualitative Research
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Ethnic Choosing
Learning the rules of the game
Hot’, ‘cold’ and ‘warm’ information and higher education decision-making
Honourable mobility or shameless entitlement? Habitus and graduate employment
The Origins of a Theory of Career Decision‐making
Getting in, getting on, going further
Sticky Subjects’ or ‘Cosmopolitan Creatives’? Social Class, Place and Urban Young People’s Aspirations for Work in the Knowledge Economy
Investigating the Imagination of Possible and 'Like-to-Avoid' Selves among Higher Education Students from Different Socioeconomic Backgrounds at a Selective English University
Explaining Educational Differentials
Two Decades of Developments in Qualitative Inquiry
Higher education, social class and the mobilisation of capitals
How fair is access to more prestigious UK universities
Sponsored and Contest Mobility and the School System
The Worldwide Expansion of Higher Education in the Twentieth Century
An Invitation of Reflexive Sociology
Entry to Elite Positions and the Stratification of Higher Education in Britain
Talent-spotting' or 'social magic'? Inequality, cultural sorting and constructions of the ideal graduate in elite professions
University or Degree Apprenticeship? Stratification and Uncertainty in Routes to the Solicitors' Profession
Understanding social exclusion in elite professional service firms
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |