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“Further education, future prosperity? The Implications of Marketisation on Further Education Working Practices” (2017)
Journal Article
Illsley, R., & Waller, R. (2017). “Further education, future prosperity? The Implications of Marketisation on Further Education Working Practices”. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 22(4), 477-494. https://doi.org/10.1080/13596748.2017.1381291

© 2017 Association for Research in Post-Compulsory Education (ARPCE). This paper examines how the marketised funding system of vocational further education is affecting lecturers’ working practices and professional integrity. Semi-structured intervie... Read More about “Further education, future prosperity? The Implications of Marketisation on Further Education Working Practices”.

Success and impact in widening participation policy: What works and how do we know? (2017)
Journal Article
Harrison, N., & Waller, R. (2017). Success and impact in widening participation policy: What works and how do we know?. Higher Education Policy, 30(2), 141-160. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-016-0020-x

© 2016 International Association of Universities. Efforts to widen the participation in higher education for disadvantaged and under-represented groups are common to many countries. In England, higher education institutions are required by government... Read More about Success and impact in widening participation policy: What works and how do we know?.

Engaging sociologists: An A-Level tutoring and mentoring outreach project with 2nd year undergraduate students (2017)
Journal Article
Waller, R., Mathers, A., Savidge, P., Flook, G., & Hamm, D. (2017). Engaging sociologists: An A-Level tutoring and mentoring outreach project with 2nd year undergraduate students

This article is a collaborative piece of work co-written by two university academic staff (AM and RW), an FE college lecturer (PS), and two undergraduate students (GF and DH) who recently participated in the tutor/mentor scheme. The university academ... Read More about Engaging sociologists: An A-Level tutoring and mentoring outreach project with 2nd year undergraduate students.

Paired peers: Moving on up? Project Report (2017)
Report
Bradley, H., Waller, R., Bathmaker, A. M., Ingram, N., Hoare, A., Bentley, L., …Abrahams, J. (2017). Paired peers: Moving on up? Project Report

Paired Peers Phase 2 (August 2014 - July 2017)followed up Paired Peers: Class and the Student Experience, also funded by Leverhulme Trust, which ran from September 2010 to August 2013. This project followed a cohort of students from Bristol’s two uni... Read More about Paired peers: Moving on up? Project Report.