Alpesh Maisuria's Outputs (43)

Comparing the school curriculum across the UK (2024)
Report

The school curriculum in England is the responsibility of the Westminster Government. Since devolution (1997-99), the respective state school curriculums in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, have been a devolved matter. Education policy in Scotl... Read More about Comparing the school curriculum across the UK.

School inspections in England: Ofsted (2024)
Report

This briefing covers:
• Recent developments, including changes to complaints procedures, and speedier re-visits for schools judged inadequate on safeguarding grounds only
• Possible future reform to how Ofsted inspects schools, including around the... Read More about School inspections in England: Ofsted.

Faith schools: FAQs (2024)
Report

The Commons Library regularly receives enquiries from Members relating to faith schools, and the particular arrangements in place relating to them. This note provides answers to some of the most common questions raised, and also some relevant statist... Read More about Faith schools: FAQs.

Teacher recruitment and retention in England (2023)
Report

In general, over the past decade the overall number of teachers in state-funded schools has not kept pace with increasing pupil numbers. This means the pupil to teacher ratio (number of pupils per teacher) has increased from 17.1 in November 2010 to... Read More about Teacher recruitment and retention in England.

‘Maths to 18’ in England (2023)
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On 4 January 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak set out his priorities for 2023 and announced all children and young people will study maths in some form to 18.

On 17 April 2023, the Prime Minister made a speech on improving maths attainment, in whi... Read More about ‘Maths to 18’ in England.

UK support for at-risk academics (2023)
Report

This debate pack relates to a Westminster Hall debate on UK support for at-risk academics on 12 September 2023. The debate will last for 30 minutes and be led by Sir Julian Lewis MP.

A Marxist critical realist perspective on social class and “race" (2023)
Book Chapter

Grammar schools in England (2023)
Report

Grammar schools select all or most of their pupils based on examination of their academic ability, usually at age 11. There is a general prohibition against state funded schools selecting pupils based on academic ability. Grammar schools that have ha... Read More about Grammar schools in England.

Motivation, markets and meaning: Perceptions of higher education in students at élite and local universities in England and Cuba (2023)
Journal Article

This article reports research exploring students’ perceptions of higher education in traditional and local universities in England and Cuba. The study has explored parallels identified in the course of research-informed teaching that harvested qualit... Read More about Motivation, markets and meaning: Perceptions of higher education in students at élite and local universities in England and Cuba.

Critical pedagogy and emancipation: A Festschrift in memory of Joyce Canaan (2022)
Book

Journeying of a revolutionary (2022)
Book Chapter

Introduction: Journeys through critical realism (2022)
Book Chapter

This international and interdisciplinary collection gathers stories from researchers and research students about their methodological encounters with critical realism. Whether the contributors are experienced or novice researchers, they are predomina... Read More about Introduction: Journeys through critical realism.

Working with Critical Realism: Stories of Methodological Encounters (2022)
Book

This international and interdisciplinary collection gathers stories from researchers and research students about their methodological encounters with critical realism. Whether the contributors are experienced or novice researchers, they are predomina... Read More about Working with Critical Realism: Stories of Methodological Encounters.

A Kind of Conclusion Against Full-Stops and Bookends? (2022)
Book Chapter

Given the intention of this edited collection is to capture the stories of students, researchers, and academics grappling with critical realism, as the Editors, we thought it appropriate for at least two reasons that we do the same. First, if reasons... Read More about A Kind of Conclusion Against Full-Stops and Bookends?.

Navigating the relational character of social class for capitalism in the academy (2022)
Book Chapter

This chapter is a Marxist Critical Realist inspired discussion of my interest in, and experiences of, being a working-class academic from Indian/African heritage. I begin my autoethnography by problematising the limits of defining social class from a... Read More about Navigating the relational character of social class for capitalism in the academy.

Selective education for mystifying social class, neoliberalism, and alternatives (2022)
Book Chapter

Selective schooling for mystifying social class, neoliberalism, and alternatives (2022)
Book Chapter

The fifth edition of the market-leading Education, Equality and Human Rights has been fully updated to reflect economic, political and cultural changes in the UK, including the impacts of Brexit and Covid-19. It considers the great changes we are wit... Read More about Selective schooling for mystifying social class, neoliberalism, and alternatives.

A Book Review Symposium: Walter Omar Kohan (2021) Paulo Freire: A Philosophical Biography [Translated by Jason Wozniak and Samuel D. Rocha] (2022)
Journal Article

Neo-liberalism and revolution: Marxism for emerging critical educators (2022)
Book Chapter

This entry has been written for those who are arriving at Marxism as newcomers, and curious about where to start. This entry is an explication of some fundamentals of Marxism, which is argued as the most efficacious theoretical framework for understa... Read More about Neo-liberalism and revolution: Marxism for emerging critical educators.

Education, social class, and Marxist theory (2022)
Book Chapter