Class, Race, Disability and Mental Health in Higher Education

Mike Seal is the National Officer of the Professional Association of Lecturers in Youth and Community Work, a Visiting Professor at Newman University Birmingham, UK, and Leeds Beckett University, UK, and a freelance educational consultant.

• Introduction: Questioning the Access, Success and Progression of Disadvantaged Students in Higher EducationPart I: Theories of Social Policy and Key Studies for Widening Participation in Higher Education1. Theoretical Perspectives on Widening Participation 2. Social and Higher Policy on Widening Participation 3. Access, Success and Participation of Disadvantaged Students4. Key Studies on Global Majority, Working Class and Disabled Student and Student with Mental Health ConditionsPart II: Terminology, the Issues and Theoretical Perspectives5. Working Class Students: Social Mobility Denied6. From BAME Students to Global Majority: Entering the Belly of the Coloniser7. Students with Mental Health Issues: Higher Education as Enabler of Mental Health8. Student with Disabilities: Discourses of MarginalisationPart III: Causes, Interventions and Further Research9. Working Class Students: Acknowledging the Price of Participation10. Global Majority Students: Countering the Politics of Denial11. Students with Mental Health Issues: Countering Narratives of Culpability and Avoidance 12. Student with Disabilities: Countering Ableism in Higher EducationConclusion: Setting a Realistic Goal for the Access, Success and Progression of Disadvantaged Students in Higher Education in Higher Education

Mike is an educator who wants us to understand and confront the issues which increase inequality for many students. This book helped me think more deeply about class, race and mental health which disadvantage many students. The accessible style and language made it a pleasure to read. Readers also have the added bonus of being able to apply some good practical solutions to their own academic practice.