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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.

Poverty, class and education (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This conference talk acknowledges the context of a challenging environment for educational systems within and beyond Scotland. It recognises that policymakers, researchers and practitioners are seeking solutions to manage and overcome complex challen... Read More about Poverty, class and education.

How is theory used to understand and inform practice in the alternative provision sector in England: trends, gaps and implications for practice (2024)
Journal Article

This article examines how theory features in the research literatures concerning the English alternative (education) provision (AP) sector. Despite increasing interest over the past decade in how AP can (re)engage school-aged young people in learning... Read More about How is theory used to understand and inform practice in the alternative provision sector in England: trends, gaps and implications for practice.

Beyond the beautiful game (2024)
Book Chapter

Football has always been rooted in working-class culture and celebrated within working-class communities. Criticism of today’s game typically focuses on the capitalisation of some leagues, and football’s growing distance from its own roots. Yet, it r... Read More about Beyond the beautiful game.

Class Action (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine

People with a working-class heritage can face deeply entrenched normative and attitudinal barriers in and through education. Yet, they remain a comparatively overlooked social group in academic studies, even with those employing intersectional analys... Read More about Class Action.