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Degrees of value: Cultivating privilege at an elite university
This study examines how students at the London School of Economics (LSE) perceive the value of their university degree. The research employs mixed methods, combining a survey of second- and third- year undergraduates with follow-up in-depth interviews. The survey captured students’ perceived educational gains, priorities during university, as well as beliefs about factors influencing success at university and in the labour market. Students with different profiles — defined by their understandings of success—were selected for in-depth interviews to explore how they negotiated between competing priorities. Findings show how under perceived conditions of social congestion (Brown, 2013), students navigate elite higher education as a site for cultivating multiple forms of graduate capital (Tomlinson, 2017) so as to gain positional advantages over other graduates.
Date:
28 April 2026, 14:00
Venue:
Seminar Room A and Teams
Speaker:
Dr Fiona Gogescu (LSE)
Organising department:
Department of Education
Part of:
Centre for Global Higher Education Webinars
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.researchcghe.org/events/degrees-of-value-cultivating-privilege-at-an-elite-university/
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editors:
Hannah Freeman,
Kristina Khoo,
Shaena Sinclair
