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Cultural distance, mindfulness and passive xenophobia: Using Integrated Threat Theory to explore home higher education students' perspectives on 'internationalisation at home' (2010)
Journal Article
Harrison, N., & Peacock, N. (2010). Cultural distance, mindfulness and passive xenophobia: Using Integrated Threat Theory to explore home higher education students' perspectives on 'internationalisation at home'. British Educational Research Journal, 36(6), 877-902. https://doi.org/10.1080/01411920903191047

This paper addresses the question of interaction between home and international students using qualitative data from 100 home students at two 'teaching intensive' universities in the southwest of England. Stephan and Stephan's Integrated Threat Theor... Read More about Cultural distance, mindfulness and passive xenophobia: Using Integrated Threat Theory to explore home higher education students' perspectives on 'internationalisation at home'.

Action research project to analyse and evaluate 14-19 vulnerable learner and parent perceptions to progression within a collaborative framework (2010)
Report
Ryan, J., & Davies, J. D. (2010). Action research project to analyse and evaluate 14-19 vulnerable learner and parent perceptions to progression within a collaborative framework

Researching the operation of a collaborative framework within the Concorde Partnership has highlighted a number of significant factors, from the perspective of students and parents that will allow the partnership to exploit particular opportunities,... Read More about Action research project to analyse and evaluate 14-19 vulnerable learner and parent perceptions to progression within a collaborative framework.

Models of good practice in recruitment, initial assessment, induction and ongoing support for Learning & Skills Sector ITE trainees: Survey conducted on behalf of the SWitch Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training by the School of Education, University of the West of England, Bristol in collaboration with City of Bristol College (2010)
Report
SWitch Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training by the School of Education, University of the West of England, Bristol in collaboration with City of Bristol College

Testing the impact of innovative pedagogies for higher education (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Clough, N., Tarr, J., Macedo, E., & Cortesao, L. (2010, August). Testing the impact of innovative pedagogies for higher education. Paper presented at ECER 2010: The European Conference on Educational Research, Helskini, Finland

Neoliberal policy and the meaning of counterintuitive middle-class school choices (2010)
Journal Article
James, D., Reay, D., Crozier, G., Beedell, P., Hollingworth, S., Jamieson, F., & Williams, K. (2010). Neoliberal policy and the meaning of counterintuitive middle-class school choices. Current Sociology, 58(4), 623-641. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392110368003

This article considers how the nature and effects of neoliberal policy in education are illuminated by the outcomes of a study of white middle-class families choosing ordinary state secondary schools in England. Having described the main features of... Read More about Neoliberal policy and the meaning of counterintuitive middle-class school choices.

We blame the parents! A response to 'cultural capital as an explanation of variation in participation in higher education' by John Noble and Peter Davies (British Journal of Sociology of Education 30, no. 5) (2010)
Journal Article
Harrison, N., & Waller, R. (2010). We blame the parents! A response to 'cultural capital as an explanation of variation in participation in higher education' by John Noble and Peter Davies (British Journal of Sociology of Education 30, no. 5). British Journal of Sociology of Education, 31(4), 471-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2010.484922

This paper offers a response to a recent article where the authors argue cultural capital is the only determinant of the propensity of young people to seek to enter higher education, dismissing other indicators such as social class. This response que... Read More about We blame the parents! A response to 'cultural capital as an explanation of variation in participation in higher education' by John Noble and Peter Davies (British Journal of Sociology of Education 30, no. 5).

Detached youth work (2010)
Book Chapter
Whelan, M. (2010). Detached youth work. In What is Youth Work. Exeter: SAGE Publications

Independent evaluation of the One Children's Workforce Tool (2010)
Report
Kushner, S., Oliver, B., Benjamin, C., Last, K., Gulati, A., Dalrymple, J., …Eke, R. (2010). Independent evaluation of the One Children's Workforce Tool

The One Children’s Workforce Tool (OCWT) was developed by the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) in 2008 within the One Children’s Workforce Framework. The Framework describes what a reformed and joined-up workforce should look like at l... Read More about Independent evaluation of the One Children's Workforce Tool.

What should higher education be doing in a changing environment? (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Cuthbert, R. (2010, June). What should higher education be doing in a changing environment?. Presented at Higher Education Futures Conference: deciding a route and role for your institution. A diverse future? Time for Choices, Bloomsbury Hotel, London

The emerging dilemmas and challenges for mentors and mentees in the new context for training in-service teachers for the Learning and Skills sector (2010)
Journal Article
Cullimore, S., & Simmons, J. (2010). The emerging dilemmas and challenges for mentors and mentees in the new context for training in-service teachers for the Learning and Skills sector. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 15(2), 223-239. https://doi.org/10.1080/13596741003790799

The new requirements for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) courses for the Learning and Skills sector mean that mentors now have a more significant role in the formal assessment of their mentees' practical teaching. This research looks at the emerging... Read More about The emerging dilemmas and challenges for mentors and mentees in the new context for training in-service teachers for the Learning and Skills sector.

Developing frameworks for evaluating education and training approaches that encourage professional recognition of children’s participatory rights (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Clough, N., & Tarr, J. (2010, May). Developing frameworks for evaluating education and training approaches that encourage professional recognition of children’s participatory rights. Paper presented at 12th Conference (2010) of the Children’s Identity and Citizenship in Europe Thematic Network ‘Lifelong Learning and Active Citizenship’, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain