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Free access to the concert hall: widening university students’ participation in extracurricular activity?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2019

Gillian Peiser  and
Grant Stanley
Gillian Peiser*
Affiliation:
School of Education, Faculty of Education, Health and Community, LJMU, I.M. Marsh campus, Barkhill Road, Liverpool, UK
Grant Stanley*
Affiliation:
School of Education, Faculty of Education, Health and Community, LJMU, I.M. Marsh campus, Barkhill Road, Liverpool, UK
*
Corresponding author. Emails: g.peiser@ljmu.ac.uk; g.stanley@ljmu.ac.uk
Corresponding author. Emails: g.peiser@ljmu.ac.uk; g.stanley@ljmu.ac.uk
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Abstract

The role of extracurricular activity in higher education is receiving increasing international attention as a means for developing social and cultural resources for steering social and employment networks. The focus of this paper is on a post-1992 English university partnership with an orchestra, enabling students to attend free concerts. The initiative aspired to extend the student experience, break down barriers, and encourage students to try a new musical experience. This study explores students’ experiences and contrasts these with the aspirations of the vice chancellor. In view of studies establishing relationships between extracurricular activity and inequality of opportunity, this paper also investigates whether financial subsidies widen participation.

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Extracurricular activitycultural consumptionhigher educationsocial and cultural resourceswidening participation

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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , March 2020 , pp. 43 - 54
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© Cambridge University Press 2019

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