2024
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-024-01214-0
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Climbing the ivory tower: agency, reflexivity and the career pathways of care-experienced academics in higher education

Neil Harrison,
Simon Benham-Clarke

Abstract: There has been increasing interest in understanding the higher education experiences of students who spent time ‘in care’ as children, who tend to have to overcome strong barriers to educational success. Care-experienced students often thrive in higher education, although little is currently known about those who build on this success to pursue their own academic career. This study sought to explore the educational trajectories and working lives of care-experienced academics in the UK for the first time. We us… Show more

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