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Data for the book were gathered from three sets of students in Hong Kong. The first group were undergraduate students from universities in Hong Kong funded by the University Grants Council (UGC). This remains an elite university system, with only about 17 % of an age-group finding a place. The second group were students enrolled in a recently-founded community college sector. These were mostly students who were unable to gain a place in the UGC-funded universities. As such they could be equated to the expanded intake to higher education in Western countries since the expansion from elite to mass higher education. The third group of students were enrolled in taught postgraduate awards. Many of these were studying part-time, often in awards related to their careers. Interviewees in each of the three groups were asked, through semi-structured interviews, about: • their motivation to enrol in higher education and in the particular course they had selected; • what motivated them to study; and • the curriculum and teaching and learning strategies which motivated them.

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Kember, D. (2016). The Studies. In: Understanding the Nature of Motivation and Motivating Students through Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-883-0_1

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