The Organisation of the Study Sample Clauses

The Organisation of the Study. ‌ The next few chapters of the thesis include a literature review and the three empirical studies which were briefly outlined in the previous section. Chapter 2 provides a detailed literature review on human capital theory and intergenerational mobility. The literature review also includes a section on the importance of social mobility, with a focus on the widening participation agenda in HE, and the adoption of contextual admissions and the advantages and disadvantages of the widening participation and contextual admissions in- dicators currently being used in HE. This section also looks into the differences in student outcomes, and the variation in sense of belonging and self-efficacy among students from different backgrounds and socio-economic groups. Finally, the review also highlights the role of UK further education colleges (FECs) in the development of skills for young people and adults, an introduction to student mobility, including a brief history on its evolution in Europe, the establishment of Xxxxxxx, the motivations for studying abroad, and the relationship between study abroad and academic achievement. Chapter 3 explores the role of literacy and numeracy skills in HE participation. Individuals are grouped into different categories based on their scores on the literacy and numeracy components of the SfL survey in order to determine how this affects their likelihood of attending higher education. This is also investigated separately for females and males to account for skill differentials by gender. Chapter 4 investigates how sense of belonging and self-efficacy may explain the variation in the likelihood of being awarded a first class degree using student administrative data from a London-based Xxxxxxx group university. Data are analysed using logistic regressions to determine the effect of self-efficacy and belongingness on the likelihood of being awarded a first class degree. It also investigates the possibility that sense of belonging and self-efficacy may partly explain the ethnicity attainment gap by first categorising students broadly into two main ethnic groups; White and BAME students, before breaking down the XXXX category to explore differences between individual minority groups. The focus of chapter 5 is study abroad participation and academic achievement. Adminis- trative data is collected for students who attended a London-based Xxxxxxx group university and their grades are compared in the pre- and post-study abroad period while g...