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The objectives underpinning the policies to expand and widen participation have impacted on university provision to help students improve their general literacy and academic writing skills. This book examines how and why Students’ Skills Centres, (SSCs), gained such a hold in the sector, despite the contentious nature of the research evidence that challenges the notion of the applicability of generic writing skills. It is argued in the book, that on a small scale, SSCs illustrate the paradoxes and ironies that have developed in higher education. ‘.

Higher education and state -- England. --- Tutors and tutoring -- England. --- Universities and colleges -- Social aspects -- England. --- Vocational qualifications -- Study and teaching -- England. --- Education --- Social Sciences --- Education, Special Topics --- Educational equalization. --- Education, Higher. --- College students --- Higher education --- Educational inequality --- Equal education --- Equal educational opportunity --- Equalization, Educational --- Education. --- Literacy. --- Postsecondary education --- Universities and colleges --- Affirmative action programs in education --- Aims and objectives --- Illiteracy --- General education --- Higher education and state. --- Tutors and tutoring. --- Social aspects. --- Colleges --- Degree-granting institutions --- Higher education institutions --- Higher education providers --- Institutions of higher education --- Postsecondary institutions --- Public institutions --- Schools --- Education, Higher --- Private tuition (Tutoring) --- Tutorial method in education --- Teaching --- Remedial teaching --- State and higher education --- Education and state --- Government policy