The representation of mature students in governing bodies of a Portuguese university
With this text, we try to understand if – and if so, how – mature students are represented by and in the governing bodies of higher education institutions. With a theoretical framework that values above all the institutional dimension, we carried out thirteen semi-structured interviews with students...
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2024-02-01
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| description | With this text, we try to understand if – and if so, how – mature students are represented by and in the governing bodies of higher education institutions. With a theoretical framework that values above all the institutional dimension, we carried out thirteen semi-structured interviews with students and faculty members who are part of the various governing bodies with student representation of a Portuguese higher education institution. The data show that (i) the functioning of these bodies tends to be known only by the students who participate in them, (ii) the bodies usually react to, rather than prevent, the problems that arise, (iii) mature students are perceived as a source of ‘difficulties’ and ‘needs’, and (iv) student representation in governing bodies does not seem to fairly and equitably represent all students, and some specificities of mature students (among other underrepresented groups) seem to be made invisible.
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| spelling | doaj-art-4f70c2df535549aa994e9e2a13d593e62025-08-20T03:01:08ZengLinköping University Electronic PressEuropean Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults2000-74262024-02-0115110.3384/rela.2000-7426.4862The representation of mature students in governing bodies of a Portuguese universityJosé Pedro Amorim0Felismina Viterbo1CIIE/FPCE-University of Porto and Paulo Freire Institute of PortugalFPCE-University of PortoWith this text, we try to understand if – and if so, how – mature students are represented by and in the governing bodies of higher education institutions. With a theoretical framework that values above all the institutional dimension, we carried out thirteen semi-structured interviews with students and faculty members who are part of the various governing bodies with student representation of a Portuguese higher education institution. The data show that (i) the functioning of these bodies tends to be known only by the students who participate in them, (ii) the bodies usually react to, rather than prevent, the problems that arise, (iii) mature students are perceived as a source of ‘difficulties’ and ‘needs’, and (iv) student representation in governing bodies does not seem to fairly and equitably represent all students, and some specificities of mature students (among other underrepresented groups) seem to be made invisible. https://rela.ep.liu.se/article/view/4862mature studentsstudent representationstudent participationhigher educationjustice |
| spellingShingle | José Pedro Amorim Felismina Viterbo The representation of mature students in governing bodies of a Portuguese university European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults mature students student representation student participation higher education justice |
| title | The representation of mature students in governing bodies of a Portuguese university |
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| title_short | The representation of mature students in governing bodies of a Portuguese university |
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| topic | mature students student representation student participation higher education justice |
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