Research Seminar Series 2009: Access and Success for All
- Date: 9 Mar 2009 - 4 Dec 2009
19 Research Seminars will be held in 2009 in UK Higher Education Institutions, and Further Education Colleges delivering Higher Education, to promote access and success for all students.
This second series, offered by the Academy in association with Action on Access and Equality Challenge Unit, builds on the success of the first seminar series delivered in 2007-8 as part of the work of the Disability Equality Partnership. The series aims to promote research and evidence that has informed institutional policy and/or practice to address the diversity agenda and support success for all students.
15 September: Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln
REACH (REsearching Experience and ACHievement of Black and Minority Ethnic students)
14 October: Canterbury Christ Church University
Familiarity Breeds Contentment: enabling student transitions into HE through taking a holistic approach to programme delivery
15 October: Bradford University
Learning from the Data: Using institutional data to develop an audit tool to enhance student success
11 November: Newman University College Birmingham
Collaborative action research: exploring the complexities of students' expectations and experiences of widening participation
11 November: University of Abertay Dundee
More Choices, More Chances: developing an on-campus social enterprise model to widening participation to higher education among the young adults out of work, training and education
11 November: London Metropolitan University
Understanding the experience of Black and Minority Ethnic Students in HE and shaping the curriculum
18 November: University of Bradford
The Inclusive Campus: institutional strategies, culture change and basic research
4 December: University of the Arts London
Bad Language: How Educational Discourse can be a Barrier to Student Success
4 December: Northumbria University
Dispositions to Learn and Student Success