Michael Hill

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | LSHTM · Education

This chapter gives details of the methodology and findings from an evaluation research project into the impact of the first year of a postgraduate certificate in higher education practice programme at an alternative provider of higher education with a demographically diverse student intake. The programme is designed is to encourage deep learning...

A staff peer observation scheme is being implemented at an private provider of higher education in England with highly diverse student and staff populations. The scheme was instigated to include all staff new to higher education and to provide giving them the opportunity to share their experiences and learning. This paper presents the findings from...

This paper focuses on the development of Academic Skills Centres (ASCs) at an English University and their impact on the achievement and success of attendees, a high proportion of who are from lower socio-economic groups and Black Minority Ethnic backgrounds.The ASCs aim to meet the needs of students with diverse learning styles and encourage acade...

Recent research by the Higher Education Academy (2008) has confirmed earlier DfES findings (Broecke 2007) that “being from a minority ethnic group has a statistically significant and negative effect on degree attainment” and recommended that “the loop between data collection, data analysis and action planning” be closed. A case study at one ethnica...

The resource implication of the increasing diversity of the student intake into Higher Education is recognised by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) through the provision of additional funding, however, a dearth of rigorous evaluation of the impact of Widening Participation activities is highlighted in the current literature (...

The influences of government policy and the mission of Kingston University have led to the university’s strategic commitment to recruit, support and retain students from traditionally underrepresented groups and to its putting in place a wide range of initiatives related to widening participation and retention. To support this work the university h...

Kingston University is a medium sized HEI with a mission that addresses the current government agenda of increasing and widening participation in higher education largely through a commitment to increasing the number of students from non traditional backgrounds. This has led to a far more diverse applicant and student population and has raised ques...