Being-in-motion: the everyday (gendered and classed) embodied mobilities for UK university students who commute

Holton, M. and Finn, K. (2018) Being-in-motion: the everyday (gendered and classed) embodied mobilities for UK university students who commute. Mobilities, 13(3), pp. 426-440. (doi: 10.1080/17450101.2017.1331018)

Abstract

This article makes the case for a more robust mobilities approach to student geographies in the UK, in order to problematise the enduring binary of [im]mobility (‘going away’ vs. ‘staying local’) and to challenge the presumed linearity of educational (and mobility) transitions in higher education. Through a discussion of two UK-based studies, we make the case for considering the complex and multi-layered everyday mobilities of students who commute to illuminate a broader range of mobility practices that shape students’ experiences and identities, and which are embedded in multiple and intersecting embodiments of class, gender, age and ethnicity.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: This work was partly supported by the Society for Research into Higher Education under [grant number RA1513].
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Finn, Dr Kirsty
• Authors: Holton, M., and Finn, K.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Pedagogy Policy and Practice
• Journal Name: Mobilities
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• ISSN: 1745-0101
• ISSN (Online): 1745-011X
• Published Online: 31 May 2017
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
• First Published: First published in Mobilities 13(3):426-440
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher