Student Lives in Crisis – Deepening Inequality in Times of Austerity Antonucci

Student Lives in CrisisDeepening Inequality in Times of Austerity\nAuthor(s): Lorenza Antonucci\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bristol University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Policy Press\nISBN-13: 9781447318231, 978-1447318231\nSynopsis\nIn the greatest social change of the last twenty years about half of Europes young people now attend university. Their lived experiences are however largely undocumented.\n\nAntonucci travelled across six cities and three European countries England, Italy and Sweden to provide the first ever comparison of the lives of university students across countries and socio-economic backgrounds. Contrasting students resources and backgrounds, this original work exposes the profound social effects of austerity and the financial crisis on young people.\n\nQuestionnaires and first person interviews reveal that, in contrast with what assumed by HE policies, participating in university exacerbates inequalities among young people. This work is a wake-up call fo.