READ ME File For 'University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis "Bursting bubbles: Exploring discourses, perceptions and experiences of widening participation in two UK medical schools".'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D2649

ReadMe Author: HEATHER MOZLEY, University of Southampton 

This dataset supports the thesis entitled: Bursting bubbles: Exploring discourses, perceptions and experiences of widening participation in two UK medical schools
AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2023

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
This dataset includes 19 anonymised transcripts of focus group interviews undertaken with medical school staff and students at the University of Southampton and the University of Aberdeen. 
Interviews were carried out and transcribed by the lead researcher.

Date of data collection: March 2019 - February 2020.

Information about geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton (Southampton, England, UK) and University of Aberdeen (Aberdeen, Scotland, UK)

The PhD was funded by:
Leonard Thomas Fund
Widening Participation and Social Mobility directorate at the University of Southampton
University of Southampton Vice Chancellor's Scholarship
Health Education England

Date that the file was created: June 2023

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Notes:
A second dataset was collected and analysed for this thesis, consisting of 8 in-depth narrative interviews with medical students at the University of Southampton and University of Aberdeen medical schools.
Due to the in-depth, bibliographic nature of the interviews and significant risk of participant identification, I will not deposit them into the repository.