ABSTRACT
Acknowledging the presence of non-traditional groups in teaching materials is one way of transforming the curriculum to their skills, experiences and aspirations should be treated as valid. Financial support was dependent on the financial circumstances of the household, in particular on whether or not the husband was employed. The family circumstances of mature students is given scant coverage in studies concerned with their participation in higher education. The 1987 White Paper 'Meeting the Challenge' identified access courses as one of three popular routes into higher education along with traditional 'A'level and vocational qualifications. In two out of the four households where the male was unemployed, the wife engaged in part-time work as well as attending university, and part of the earnings from part-time employment was utilized to subsidize university expenses. The workshop discussion on this chapter focused on mature women students in higher education.
