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The mismeasure of participation: how choosing the ‘wrong’ statistic helped seal the fate of Aimhigher (2012)
Journal Article
Harrison, N. (2012). The mismeasure of participation: how choosing the ‘wrong’ statistic helped seal the fate of Aimhigher. Higher Education Review -London-, 45(1), 30-61

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.

Well-founded social fictions: A defence of the concepts of institutional and familial habitus (2012)
Journal Article
Burke, C. T., Emmerich, N., & Ingram, N. (2013). Well-founded social fictions: A defence of the concepts of institutional and familial habitus. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 34(2), 165-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2012.746263

This article engages with Atkinson’s recent criticisms of concepts of collective habitus, such as ‘institutional’ and ‘familial’ habitus, in order to defend their conceptual utility and theoretical coherence. In so doing we promote a flexible underst... Read More about Well-founded social fictions: A defence of the concepts of institutional and familial habitus.

The importance of internal conversations and reflexivity for work-based students in higher education: Valuing contextual continuity and 'giving something back' (2012)
Journal Article
Bovill, H. (2012). The importance of internal conversations and reflexivity for work-based students in higher education: Valuing contextual continuity and 'giving something back'. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 31(6), 687-703. https://doi.org/10.1080/02601370.2012.723049

This paper utilises the theories of Archer to explore the impact of student 'internal conversations' upon the development of reflexive approaches employed by work-based students (WBS). The study informing this paper draws on the voices of a range of... Read More about The importance of internal conversations and reflexivity for work-based students in higher education: Valuing contextual continuity and 'giving something back'.

Changing rooms: Geography through art (2012)
Journal Article
Jones, M., & Huson, S. (2012). Changing rooms: Geography through art. Teaching Geography, 37(3), 110-112

This article describes a cross-curricular project involving PGCE students teaching geography through art to year 8 students. Mark and Simon suggest that geography through art can help stimulate students’ geographical imaginations.

Integrated quality enhancement and review of higher education in Further Education Colleges (2012)
Journal Article
Davies, P., & Simmons, J. (2012). Integrated quality enhancement and review of higher education in Further Education Colleges. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 17(3), 367-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2012.700182

Integrated Quality Enhancement and Review (IQER) was introduced as quality assurance designed specifically for Higher Education (HE) in Further Education Colleges (FEC) in 2008. Following a historical account of the quality assurance systems applied... Read More about Integrated quality enhancement and review of higher education in Further Education Colleges.

Online people tagging: Social (mobile) network(ing) services and work-based learning (2012)
Journal Article
Cook, J., & Pachler, N. (2012). Online people tagging: Social (mobile) network(ing) services and work-based learning. British Journal of Educational Technology, 43(5), 711-725. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2012.01346.x

Social and mobile technologies offer users unprecedented opportunities for communicating, interacting, sharing, meaning-making, content and context generation. And, these affordances are in constant flux driven by a powerful interplay between technol... Read More about Online people tagging: Social (mobile) network(ing) services and work-based learning.

Expensive and failing? The role of student bursaries in widening participation and fair access in England (2012)
Journal Article
Harrison, N., & Hatt, S. (2012). Expensive and failing? The role of student bursaries in widening participation and fair access in England. Studies in Higher Education, 37(6), 695-712. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2010.539679

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.

Insights into inclusive education through a small Finnish case study of an inclusive school context (2012)
Journal Article
Takkunen, U. M., Tarr, J. M., & Tsokova, D. (2012). Insights into inclusive education through a small Finnish case study of an inclusive school context. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 16(7), 691-704. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2010.502947

This study seeks to present data and discussion arising from a case study of a school in Finland renowned for its practice in the inclusion of learners with additional support requirements due to cognitive and physical disabilities. It aims to establ... Read More about Insights into inclusive education through a small Finnish case study of an inclusive school context.

Higher education in further education: Capturing and promoting HEness (2012)
Journal Article
Lea, J., & Simmons, J. (2012). Higher education in further education: Capturing and promoting HEness. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 17(2), 179-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2012.673888

This article discusses the implications of continuing to support the delivery of higher education (HE) in further education (FE) settings. Although a critical mass of students studying HE in Further Education Colleges (FECs) is significant in sustain... Read More about Higher education in further education: Capturing and promoting HEness.

Neoliberal Globalization and Trade Unionism: Toward Radical Political Unionism? (2012)
Journal Article
Upchurch, M., & Mathers, A. (2012). Neoliberal Globalization and Trade Unionism: Toward Radical Political Unionism?. Critical Sociology, 38(2), 265-280. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920510396384

This article revisits the question of changing forms of trade unionism within the context of neoliberal globalization. While broadly accepting the argument that globalization might encourage the development of more radical forms of unionism as surviv... Read More about Neoliberal Globalization and Trade Unionism: Toward Radical Political Unionism?.

Investigating the impact of personality and early life experiences on intercultural interaction in internationalised universities (2012)
Journal Article
Harrison, N. (2012). Investigating the impact of personality and early life experiences on intercultural interaction in internationalised universities. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 36(2), 224-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.03.007

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.

Beyond 'political economism': New identities for unions in Western Europe? (2012)
Journal Article
Taylor, G., Mathers, A., & Upchurch, M. (2012). Beyond 'political economism': New identities for unions in Western Europe?. Capital and Class, 36(1), 17-34. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816811428664

This article engages critically with Richard Hyman's work on union identity and European integration. It includes a sympathetic review of Hyman's contribution to the debate on these topics over the past two decades, alongside a critique of Hyman's ap... Read More about Beyond 'political economism': New identities for unions in Western Europe?.