Outputs (797)

Theoretical Insights into Gender and Sexual Violence for University Students in the UK; Playing it Safe to Stay Safe. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Whilst US universities can be seen to lead in researching sexual violence on campus, UK response from 2010 has followed. Mixed method studies emerged highlighting prevalence of sexual violence mirroring national and international trends. Though this... Read More about Theoretical Insights into Gender and Sexual Violence for University Students in the UK; Playing it Safe to Stay Safe..

Issues experienced and support provided to adolescents and young adults at the end of active treatment for cancer: A rapid review of the literature (2018)
Journal Article

Introduction: The end of active treatment is a stressful period for adolescents and young adults (AYA), but little is known about AYA experiences at this time point. The aim was to describe the issues young people experienced and identify interventio... Read More about Issues experienced and support provided to adolescents and young adults at the end of active treatment for cancer: A rapid review of the literature.

What 'gives life' to critical pedagogy in the lifelong learning sector? Some early findings (2018)
Journal Article

Critical pedagogy in post compulsory education – Keeping innovative practice alive (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Critical pedagogy in the UK has traditionally been practised in the Lifelong Learning sector. However, the sector has become constrained by funding cuts, instrumental curricula and accountability measures, and teachers can feel that they have little... Read More about Critical pedagogy in post compulsory education – Keeping innovative practice alive.

Adult education, mental health and mental wellbeing (2018)
Journal Article

Journal editorial

Using the lens of 'possible selves' to explore access to higher education: A new conceptual model for practice, policy, and research (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 by the authors. The concept of 'aspiration-raising' has been ubiquitous in the discussion of differential rates of participation in higher education in England for many years. Potential students from disadvantaged backgrounds are constructed a... Read More about Using the lens of 'possible selves' to explore access to higher education: A new conceptual model for practice, policy, and research.

Students-as-insurers: rethinking ‘risk’ for disadvantaged young people considering higher education in England (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The conventional view since the early 2000s has been that participation in higher education (HE) is a risky pathway for disadvantaged young people in England; the social risk of entering... Read More about Students-as-insurers: rethinking ‘risk’ for disadvantaged young people considering higher education in England.

What shapes everyday translanguaging? Insights from a global mental health project in Northern Uganda (2018)
Book Chapter

This chapter contributes to ongoing explorations of translanguaging in everyday contexts, acknowledges the origins of the concept in multilingual educational contexts, and notes how researchers have also applied the concept to multilingual interactio... Read More about What shapes everyday translanguaging? Insights from a global mental health project in Northern Uganda.

Challenging discourses of aspiration: The role of expectations and attainment in access to higher education (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 British Educational Research Association Raising the proportion of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds progressing to higher education has been a key policy objective for successive governments in the UK since the late 1990s. Often thi... Read More about Challenging discourses of aspiration: The role of expectations and attainment in access to higher education.

Practical steps to building science capital in the primary classroom (2018)
Journal Article

An exploration of how meeting with engineers and scientists and other initiatives can help to increase science capital