Outputs (5)

The mismeasure of participation: how choosing the ‘wrong’ statistic helped seal the fate of Aimhigher (2012)
Journal Article

Extant between 2004 and 2011, Aimhigher was the UK government’s flagship national initiative for widening participation to higher education for young people from disadvantaged social groups, with costs approaching £1 billion. Its demise was predicate... Read More about The mismeasure of participation: how choosing the ‘wrong’ statistic helped seal the fate of Aimhigher.

Expensive and failing? The role of student bursaries in widening participation and fair access in England (2012)
Journal Article

English universities currently spend £355m each year on bursaries to student groups who are under-represented in higher education. However, there is little evidence to suggest that this investment has had any meaningful impact on patterns of student... Read More about Expensive and failing? The role of student bursaries in widening participation and fair access in England.

Implementing and measuring widening participation in the post-2012 higher education world (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The impact of the pursuit of ASDAN’s Certificate of Personal Effectiveness (CoPE) on GCSE attainment (2012)
Report

Investigating the impact of personality and early life experiences on intercultural interaction in internationalised universities (2012)
Journal Article

Qualitative studies from a range of nations suggest that students studying in their own country exhibit a range of responses towards the international students with whom they share social and academic spaces, although the tendency is towards passive... Read More about Investigating the impact of personality and early life experiences on intercultural interaction in internationalised universities.