Abstract Since the New Administration perspective was introduced by Dwight Waldo, equity
has played a key role in public administration and public policy studies. Much research has …

Background Universities enroll students from diverse backgrounds every year, with 300
million students expected in higher education by 2025. However, with widening …

Widening participation has been a vehicle to facilitate access and support towards the
successful completion of university studies for underrepresented groups who are less likely …

Improving the rates of continuation and completion of nursing students is a priority to ensure
there are sufficient qualified staff to deliver national healthcare services. In the literature …

Background With the widening of participation in higher education, it is essential in the
discipline of nursing that students are able to communicate proficiently to deliver quality …

Aims To explore the lived experiences of mature female students undertaking a Bachelor of
Nursing (Adult) programme in the UK, to gain insight into the challenges and barriers faced …

As health and social service professions increasingly emphasize commitments to equity,
advocacy and social justice, non-traditional entrants to the professions increasingly bring …

This paper discusses the new English degree level social work apprenticeship scheme.
Examining how it links and contrasts with modern and historical international apprenticeship …

Nursing is often associated with providing working-class women a route to upward social
mobility. This article argues that although nursing is a relatively open profession, the impact …

Aims and objectives To explore the experiences of first‐year nursing students, their
motivations for working and how they juggled study and other commitments while engaging …