Regional structures of feeling? A spatially and socially differentiated analysis of UK student im/mobility

Donnelly, Michael; Gamsu, Sol

doi:10.1080/01425692.2018.1426442

Regional structures of feeling? A spatially and socially differentiated analysis of UK student im/mobility

Donnelly, Michael; Gamsu, Sol

Authors

Michael Donnelly

Dr Sol Gamsu sol.j.gamsu@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor

Abstract

This article explores the patterning of student im/mobility internally within the United Kingdom, using exceptionally detailed student records data on full-time undergraduate entrants from 2014. For this cohort of students, geographic mobility was clearly the preserve of the most socio-economically advantaged, and was less common for Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic groups. Significantly, the student’s ‘home’ region emerges as the most important factor driving im/mobility even when social, ethnic and educational differences are held constant. The concept ‘structures of feeling’ can help make sense of immobility in areas of the North-East, North-West and Wales, where students are likely to look on higher education choice through a different lens of accumulated and contemporary, inter-generational cultural experience. Exploring exceptions to the dominant trends, we also find a more complex patterning of im/mobility that is likely to reflect the deep historical and structural framing of young people’s socio-spatial horizons.

Citation

Donnelly, M., & Gamsu, S. (2018). Regional structures of feeling? A spatially and socially differentiated analysis of UK student im/mobility. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 39(7), 961-981. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2018.1426442

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jan 8, 2018
Online Publication Date	Feb 12, 2018
Publication Date	Feb 12, 2018
Deposit Date	Jan 16, 2019
Publicly Available Date	Aug 12, 2020
Journal	British Journal of Sociology of Education
Print ISSN	0142-5692
Electronic ISSN	1465-3346
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	39
Issue	7
Pages	961-981
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2018.1426442
Related Public URLs	https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/regional-structures-of-feeling-a-spatially-and-socially-different

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in British journal of sociology of education on 12 February 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01425692.2018.1426442