Outputs (27)

What excluded children think about their education in alternative provision – and why it matters (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine

Nearly 16,000 children in England learn in state-funded alternative provision (AP). These are educational settings for school-aged pupils who are unable to attend mainstream school. These pupils may have been excluded from their previous school, have... Read More about What excluded children think about their education in alternative provision – and why it matters.

Class in the lecture room: Equitable initiations of knowledges (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This article investigates higher education (HE) lecturers’ understandings of their own and others’ social class positioning and its impact on redistributing knowledge in the lecture-room. The literature on class and HE underscores the subtle processe... Read More about Class in the lecture room: Equitable initiations of knowledges.

Working class men on care based degrees (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This talk draws on data from a small qualitative study of men on care-based degree pathways in one university in England. There is little research that specifically considers the experiences of working-class men on these courses. The talk explores as... Read More about Working class men on care based degrees.

'I want to move out of city due to knife crime' (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine

This piece is a discussion point that provides insights of serious youth violence in Bristol. This piece incorporates discussions from stakeholders in to serious youth violence in Bristol and possible solutions.
A focus on community engagement is re... Read More about 'I want to move out of city due to knife crime'.

The role of class in outcomes for young people with Dr. Craig Johnston (2024)
Digital Artefact

In this episode of the Empire Fighting Chance podcast, host Neil interviews Dr. Craig Johnston, a senior lecturer at the University of the West of England and co-founder of the Alliance of Working Class Academics. Dr. Johnsxton discusses the impact o... Read More about The role of class in outcomes for young people with Dr. Craig Johnston.

Outcomes beyond evaluation: The impetus and measure of relationships within alternative provisions (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the context of rising interest in Alternative Provisions (APs) amongst policymakers and researchers in England, this article examines social capital and accountability in this ‘new’ field of enquiry. APs stress the value of supportive relationship... Read More about Outcomes beyond evaluation: The impetus and measure of relationships within alternative provisions.

Promoting university to the parents of students -  Normative youth transitions and intensification of  ‘ideal’ parenting into HE (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper draws on recent marketing moves within the English universities to increasingly promote Higher Education (HE) to the parents of students. Changes to the HE landscapes in England – including the massification and commodification of the sect... Read More about Promoting university to the parents of students -  Normative youth transitions and intensification of  ‘ideal’ parenting into HE.

Other lives: Young people on the margins of school exclusion (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper draws on a qualitative data analysis of the experiences of a small group of so-called ‘hard-to-reach’ disabled young men in Alternative Provisions (APs). Supporting young people has largely focused on the use of professional interventions.... Read More about Other lives: Young people on the margins of school exclusion.

Made for a Trade? Negotiating working-class masculinity to and through spaces of Higher Education (2024)
Book Chapter

The following chapter explores issues related to the underrepresentation of young working-class males in higher education (HE). The lack of working-class men in HE, in comparison to other social groups, has been a regular feature of the media and pol... Read More about Made for a Trade? Negotiating working-class masculinity to and through spaces of Higher Education.

Swimming against the tide: Exploring alternative approaches for education (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Drawing on a lens of social justice and critical pedagogy, this workshop aims to unpack the relationship between educational practice and intersectional subjectification.