Staying the course: Factors affecting the progression of Access Foundation students at Technological University Dublin

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dc.contributor.authorForster, Annette
dc.contributor.authorFaulkner, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorPrendergast, Mark
dc.contributor.funderDublin Institute of Technologyen
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-26T11:29:26Z
dc.date.available2022-05-26T11:29:26Z
dc.date.issued2022-05
dc.date.updated2022-05-25T13:55:14Z
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the factors affecting the progression of Access Foundation students to undergraduate studies, as there is little research on the progression of such students in the empirical literature. Access education has been developed for marginalized students who are traditionally under-represented in higher education. A pragmatic, mixed-methods approach was used to determine the factors that affect the progression of Access Foundation students at Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) over three academic years (2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20). Quantitative and qualitative data were collected via a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Quantitative data was analysed using a range of descriptive and inferential statistics. The grounded theory approach recommended by Strauss and Corbin (1990) was adopted for qualitative analysis. Findings revealed that demographic, psychosocial, environmental, institutional and educational factors play a role in students’ progression from Access education to undergraduate studies. Factors such as housemates, attendance and working during the Access programme were found to be predictors of Access student progression in a binary logistic regression. Additionally, progression rates were higher when there was a higher proportion of mature students in the Access programme. Quantitative and qualitative models of Access student progression were developed.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationForster, A., Faulkner, F. and Prendergast, M. (2022) Staying the course: Factors affecting the progression of Access Foundation students at Technological University Dublin. Available at: https://www.tudublin.ie/media/website/news/2022/main-news/Staying-the-Course-Factors-Affecting-the-Progression-of-Access-Foundation-Students-at-Technological-University-Dublin.pdf (Accessed: 26 May 2022)en
dc.identifier.endpage62en
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/13259
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTechnological University Dublinen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tudublin.ie/media/website/news/2022/main-news/Staying-the-Course-Factors-Affecting-the-Progression-of-Access-Foundation-Students-at-Technological-University-Dublin.pdf
dc.rights© 2022, the Authors.en
dc.subjectHigher educationen
dc.subjectEquity of accessen
dc.subjectAccess programmeen
dc.subjectTechnological University Dublinen
dc.subjectTU Dublinen
dc.titleStaying the course: Factors affecting the progression of Access Foundation students at Technological University Dublinen
dc.typeReporten
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