Jane Wormald

University of Huddersfield · School of Education and Professional Development

To address social justice in higher education (HE) is a matter of public and ethical responsibility;it can enhance social, cultural and economic opportunities, so disparities in outcomes are reduced.The underachievement in HE of specific social groups has concerned the sector for many years (Mountford-Zimdars et al., 2015).This paper focuses on an...

In the UK, students from socially disadvantaged backgrounds and from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds achieve less well in terms of retention, degree classifications and employment outcomes, than do more privileged students (HEFCE 2013, 2014, 2015a, 2015b). Students from BAME backgrounds report dissatisfaction with teaching, curriculum...

There are increasing demands for Higher Education (HE) students to play a role in research-active communities and, similarly, for College Based Higher Education (CBHE) lecturers to develop their research practices. A cross-consortium Student Research Festival was designed to create a collaborative 'community of discovery' (Coffield and Williamson,...

Austerity measures and increased tuition fees place heightened pressures on universities to provide sustainable, cost effective, high quality provision. This paper analyses how a team of staff in a School of Education at a UK University are leading collaborative work with partner colleges, to deliver a model that ameliorates the financial pressures...

This article examines the relationship between confidence and risk in relation to the initial education and continuing professional development (CPD) of teachers. The context for this examination is the Lifelong Learning Sector (LLS) in England, which sits between secondary schools and universities, and the discussion is illustrated with data gathe...