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dc.contributor.authorHolton, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-29T09:58:55Z
dc.date.available2016-06-29T09:58:55Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-01
dc.identifier.issn1473-3285
dc.identifier.issn1473-3277
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/4974
dc.description.abstract

Recent investigations into ‘student geographies’ have recognised the complex ways in which students from different backgrounds go about ‘fitting in’ among their peers within universitymanaged accommodation. Halls have been characterised in the literature as highly pressurised spaces in which multiple (and potentially conflicting) identities can perpetuate disadvantage through incongruous accessibility to student-centric social activities and behaviours. This paper joins these debates by critically examining universities’ ‘Student Accommodation’ web pages alongside qualitative interviews in order to question notions of halls being inclusive and encouraging a cultural mix. Using Bourdieu’s reading of social capital this paper suggests that, while these spaces may perpetuate disadvantaged access to social capital, some students may transcend this, drawing on other forms of non-student social capital which legitimises their position among their peers in halls. This adds to previous discussions of ‘difference’ by highlighting the power of social capital in transforming individuals’ positions within social groupings.

dc.format.extent63-76
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.subjecthalls of residence
dc.subjectstudents
dc.subjectsocial capital
dc.subjectstudent geographies
dc.subjectdifference
dc.subjecthigher education
dc.titleThe geographies of UK university halls of residence: examining students' embodiment of social capital
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeArticle
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plymouth.issue14
plymouth.volume1
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalChildren's Geographies
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14733285.2014.979134
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA14 Geography and Environmental Studies
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plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Research in Environment and Society (CeRES)
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Research in Environment and Society (CeRES)/CeRES (Reporting)
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Users by role
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Users by role/Academics
dc.rights.embargodate2017-07-01
dc.identifier.eissn1473-3277
dc.rights.embargoperiod18 months
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1080/14733285.2014.979134
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