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Neoliberal development and struggle against it: The importance of social class, mystification and feasibility (2018)
Journal Article
Maisuria, A. (2018). Neoliberal development and struggle against it: The importance of social class, mystification and feasibility. Aula Abierta, 47(4), 433-440. https://doi.org/10.17811/rifie.47.4.2018.433-440

In this article I introduce and develop neoliberalism through a discussion of Marxism and the way that classed mystification and feasibility are crucial concepts for understanding the maintenance of neoliberalism, and revolutionary possibilities. The... Read More about Neoliberal development and struggle against it: The importance of social class, mystification and feasibility.

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)
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Lea, S., Martins, A., Bassett, M., Cable, M., Doig, G., Fern, L. A., …Taylor, R. M. (2018). Issues experienced and support provided to adolescents and young adults at the end of active treatment for cancer: A rapid review of the literature. European Journal of Cancer Care, 27(6), https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12972

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.

Using the lens of 'possible selves' to explore access to higher education: A new conceptual model for practice, policy, and research (2018)
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Harrison, N. (2018). Using the lens of 'possible selves' to explore access to higher education: A new conceptual model for practice, policy, and research. Social Sciences, 7(10), Article 209. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci7100209

© 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)
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Harrison, N. (2019). Students-as-insurers: rethinking ‘risk’ for disadvantaged young people considering higher education in England. Journal of Youth Studies, 22(6), 752-771. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2018.1535174

© 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.

Challenging discourses of aspiration: The role of expectations and attainment in access to higher education (2018)
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Harrison, N., & Waller, R. (2018). Challenging discourses of aspiration: The role of expectations and attainment in access to higher education. British Educational Research Journal, 44(5), 914-938. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3475

© 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)
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Edmonds, J., Lewis, F., & Fogg Rogers, L. (2018). Practical steps to building science capital in the primary classroom. Primary Science, 154, 29-31

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

Higher education students' experiences of digital learning and (dis)empowerment (2018)
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Costa, C., Murphy, M., Pereira, A. L., & Taylor, Y. (2018). Higher education students' experiences of digital learning and (dis)empowerment. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 34(3), 140-152. https://doi.org/10.14742/ajet.3979

This paper focuses on learning practices in higher education in relation to a digital participatory culture. Using key principles of critical education, the research set out to explore higher education students' sense of agency online - or lack of it... Read More about Higher education students' experiences of digital learning and (dis)empowerment.

Curious teachers, create curious learners and great historians (2018)
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Carter, J., Whitehouse, S., & Vickers-Hulse, K. (2018). Curious teachers, create curious learners and great historians. Education 3-13, 46(6), 648-660. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2018.1483800

© 2018, © 2018 ASPE. Engel, S.[2011. “Children’s Need to Know: Curiosity in Schools.” Harvard Educational Review 81 (4): 625–645] stated that curiosity should be cultivated in our schools as it is intrinsic to children’s development. However, this is... Read More about Curious teachers, create curious learners and great historians.

Digital scholarship, higher education and the future of the public intellectual (2018)
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Murphy, M., & Costa, C. (2019). Digital scholarship, higher education and the future of the public intellectual. Futures, 111, 205-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2018.04.011

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Intellectual life in countries such as the UK and elsewhere is currently framed by a seeming contradiction. On the one hand, notions of engagement and knowledge transfer have taken centre stage in higher education institutions in... Read More about Digital scholarship, higher education and the future of the public intellectual.

The Hare and the Tortoise go to Forest School: taking the scenic route to academic attainment via emotional wellbeing outdoors (2018)
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McCree, M., Cutting, R., & Sherwin, D. (2018). The Hare and the Tortoise go to Forest School: taking the scenic route to academic attainment via emotional wellbeing outdoors. Early Child Development and Care, 188(7), 980-996. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2018.1446430

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper presents a longitudinal mixed methods study tracking 11 children (aged 5–7 on entry), defined as disadvantaged in multiple ways, i.e. social, behavioural and economic. They at... Read More about The Hare and the Tortoise go to Forest School: taking the scenic route to academic attainment via emotional wellbeing outdoors.

A potent mix: When science and poetry combine (2018)
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Jones, V. (2018). A potent mix: When science and poetry combine. Primary Science, 152, 16-18

Teaching science through the unexpected route of poetry can establish new and interesting understandings for learners. This article considers how to merge these two disciplines.

Capturing habitus: Theory, method and reflexivity (2018)
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Costa, C., Burke, C., & Murphy, M. (2019). Capturing habitus: Theory, method and reflexivity. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 42(1), 19-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2017.1420771

Bourdieu’s career long endeavour was to devise both theoretical and methodological tools that could apprehend and explain the social world and its mechanisms of cultural (re)production and related forms of domination. Amongst the several key concepts... Read More about Capturing habitus: Theory, method and reflexivity.

Access, participation and capabilities: Theorising the contribution of university bursaries to students’ well-being, flourishing and success (2018)
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Harrison, N., Davies, S., Harris, R., & Waller, R. (2018). Access, participation and capabilities: Theorising the contribution of university bursaries to students’ well-being, flourishing and success. Cambridge Journal of Education, 48(6), 677-695. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2017.1401586

For the last 10 years, universities in England have been expected to offer financial support to low-income students alongside that provided by government. These bursaries were initially conceived in terms of improving access for under-represented gro... Read More about Access, participation and capabilities: Theorising the contribution of university bursaries to students’ well-being, flourishing and success.