This article provides an overview of global higher education focusing particularly on issues of diversity and gender. The main evidence is drawn from seven unique projects on Widening Participation in Higher Education funded by the British Government's Higher Education Funding Council for England and administered through the Economic and Social…

This article uses feminist methodologies of critical and personal reflections to consider the contributions that feminist sociology and sociology of education have made to developments in the pedagogies and practices of higher education, particularly professional and postgraduate education. First, the article reviews the contributions of women and…

Considers the relationships among children, parents, and the state in the context of changing global, social, and family structures and policy developments. Presents a case study of changes in the family and in the socio-economic context. Provides an analysis of the New Labour government's approach to education, welfare, and family policies. (CMK)