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This chapter gives an overview of how UK institutions of Higher Education (HE) now offer a variety of schemes to foster wider participation. Although not a comprehensive analysis of widening participation (WP), it is a way of locating foundation programme activity in WP in general. Several pitfalls are described, including how WP efforts often focus on recruitment rather than on the students’ relevant experience.
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Leech, S., Marshall, C.A., Wren, G. (2016). Understanding Foundation Year Provision. In: Marshall, C., Nolan, S., Newton, D. (eds) Widening Participation, Higher Education and Non-Traditional Students. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94969-4_2
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