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Discussing difference, discovering similarities: A toolkit of learning activities to improve cross-cultural exchange between students of different cultural backgrounds (2009)
Report

This document is the output from a project commissioned under the Prime Minister's Initiative on international student mobility and undertaken by ThinkingPeople, the University of the West of England and the University of Bath and published by UKCISA... Read More about Discussing difference, discovering similarities: A toolkit of learning activities to improve cross-cultural exchange between students of different cultural backgrounds.

Bristol diversity trail (2009)
Other

The Bristol Diversity trails are online resources hosted by the England's Past for Everyone website and funded by the Victoria County History/HLF. They are the first walking trail/virtual trail for Bristol to explore the multiethnic nature of the cit... Read More about Bristol diversity trail.

Bristol slavery trail (2009)
Other

This revised edition of educational website materials was produced for School's Learning Zone website of the England’s Past for Everyone website, funded by EPE/HLF and managed by the Victoria County History in the Institute of Historical Research, U... Read More about Bristol slavery trail.

"Targeting disadvantaged learners": Will we really narrow the social class gap in participation by targeting our most deprived communities first? (2009)
Journal Article

This paper examines the 2007 guidance for widening participation practitioners issued by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the ramifications of its targeting strategy in Southwest England. Drawing on data on higher educati... Read More about "Targeting disadvantaged learners": Will we really narrow the social class gap in participation by targeting our most deprived communities first?.

Knowing the ‘unknowns’: Investigating the students whose social class is not known at entry to higher education (2009)
Journal Article

This paper originates from the National Audit Office's 2008 report into widening participation policy in the United Kingdom. The report found that while there appeared to be modest improvements in the proportion of students coming from lower socio-ec... Read More about Knowing the ‘unknowns’: Investigating the students whose social class is not known at entry to higher education.