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Conceptualising transitions from vocational to higher education: bringing together Bourdieu and Bernstein (2019)
Journal Article
Katartzi, E., & Hayward, G. (2020). Conceptualising transitions from vocational to higher education: bringing together Bourdieu and Bernstein. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 41(3), 299-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2019.1707065

In this paper we provide a framework for conceptualising transitions from Vocational Education and Training (VET) programmes to Higher Education (HE), by bringing together Bourdieu’s and Bernstein’s theoretical approaches with the view to attend to t... Read More about Conceptualising transitions from vocational to higher education: bringing together Bourdieu and Bernstein.

Transitions to higher education: the case of students with vocational background (2019)
Journal Article
Katartzi, E., & Hayward, G. (2020). Transitions to higher education: the case of students with vocational background. Studies in Higher Education, 45(12), 2371-2381. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1610866

The paper examines the ways transitions to Higher Education are experienced and narrated by students with Vocational qualifications. Drawing upon the mixed-method project that documented transitions to HE, we utilise interview data to illustrate the... Read More about Transitions to higher education: the case of students with vocational background.