FACE Conference 2009

Towards a New Agenda for Lifelong Learning:
Access, Diversity and Participation

Keynote Presentations

The irony of access studies:'Excluding the excluded from research about exclusion'
Stephen Gorard, Birminham University

Universities and their regional engagement
Michael Osborne, University of Glasgow

 

Abstracts

Abstracts from the 2009 Conference

 

Paper Sessions

Graphic Design Incubator Project - "Education by Design"
Piers Carey, Durban University of Technology and Tony Hudson, University of East London

Determinants of Post Secondary Aspirations of Secondary School Students
Mark Bowden, Victoria University

Participation of adults in Higher Education, the French way
Jean-Marie Filloque and Claire Sallic, European University of Brittany

How Key is Commitment? An Outline Proposal
Charlotte Young, Bournemouth University, Aimhigher LIFE

Planting Acorns: Building a Children's University in Stoke on Trent
Jane Ball and Pete Jones, Staffordshire University

 

 

“Sorry, too busy!”; a study of staff development provision for widening participation
Helen Rowland, Aimhigher Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

Widening Participation through Family Learning
Delyth Murphy & Linda Evans, Bangor University

Community IT and its role in social inclusion
George Roberts, Southampton University and Oxford Brookes University

Equipped for learning? Access to HE delivery model for skills for participatory learning
Anastasia Dimitriadou, Westminster Kingsway College

Approaches to Learning and Social Identity: Attracting Mature Students into HE
Chris Howard and Peter Davies, IEPR Staffordshire University

Contextual data in admissions: is it right to use it; is it wrong not to?
Dan Shaffer, SPA

 

 

Higher Education and Communities Research Barking and Dagenham
Karina Berzins, University of East London

Supporting Students in Transition the Student Mentor Experience
Guy Collins, Rob Reeves, and Vic Casambro, Staffordshire University

If they have got something to say, why can’t they just say it in English?
Mary McKeever

An outreach Summer School Project working with pupils aged14 to 19
Jane Ellis and Kathryn Maddy, University of Glamorgan

Development and implementation of a support website for students in Art & Design
Jonathan Rhodes and Onkar Dhailwal, University of Wolverhampton

 

 

A work-based degree in Clinical Leadership; accessibility & support in the workplace
Drewe Phillips and Marianne Cowpe, University of Glamorgan

Work based learning in the voluntary sector - some case studies and dilemmas
Danny Saunders, Kathryn Addicott and Dr Rob Payne, University of Glamorgan

Using research and evidence to improve student retention and success
Liz Thomas, The HE Academy

The 14 -19 Advanced Diploma – a real progression opportunity?
Sue Betts and Kate Burrell, Linking London Lifelong Learning Network

Are Access to Higher Education learners being recruited onto Foundation Degrees?
Maree Walker, OCNLR

 

 

Progression Agreements, what can they add to (vocational) progression?
Jeff Braham, University of Derby

Aimhigher and the FE College: Strategic Synergy?
Jim Tate and Sue Hatt, University of the West of England, Aimhigher Southwest

“It must be a fluke” – The Self-Perceptions of Learners Entering a College of FE and HE
Jo Finch, Havering College

Cultural capital as an explanation of variation in participation in higher education
John Noble and Peter Davies, Staffordshire University

Blended Professionals: Stirred but not shaken
John Storan Tony Hudson, Continuum and University of East London

 

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FACE 2009 Entertainment

Hear the music of Rachel Rimmer on My Space and Watch her video

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Widening Participation and Employability: Breaking Down the Barriers
Ruby Hammer, Staffordshire University

Internationalisation: Extending and Deepening Participation – a Case Study
Graham Meeson and Joy Clews, Bishop Grosseteste, University College Lincoln

Overcoming Barriers to Social Work Education: Meeting the WP target
Beverley Crooks and Cathy Aymer, Brunel University

Flying Start - Still Flying Ten Years On
Vikki Cook, University of Central Lancashire

Building bridges or jumping through hoops
Wendy Munro, Staffordshire LLN

 

 

African-Caribbean Males in HE: What are Universities doing to widen participation?
Beverley Crooks, Brunel University

Working together to widen Asian women's access to HE
Jasbir Panesar

How to make friends and integrate people: Care leavers in HE
Nina Farr, Southampton Solent University

Report in Progress - BME Students: Great Expectations
Bob Nunn, Veritas

Creating a positive learning environment for Non-EU students - academic support
Catherine Foster and Helen Higson, Aston Business School

Barriers to Progression for Learners on Vocational courses in Animal-Related Subjects
Nia Huws and Liz Taylor, VetNet LLN

 

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FACE 2009 Entertainment

Hear the music of The Outlandish Knights on My Space

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University Facing Employers and Developing Nationwide Competitiveness
Mike Goodwin, University of Wolverhampton and Alec Forsyth, H. A. Forsyth Consultancy

Pedagogic Support to Facilitate Self-managed Learning Within the 14-19 Curriculum
Mike Goodwin, University of Wolverhampton and Alec Forsyth, H. A. Forsyth Consultancy

A CPD Framework to Support Workbased Lifelong Learning Environments & Networks
Mike Goodwin, University of Wolverhampton and Alec Forsyth, H. A. Forsyth Consultancy

WP, Regeneration and Knowledge Intensification: Contextualising Local Responses
Steve Wyn Williams and Peter Jones, Staffordshire University

Imagining a Beautiful Mosaic: Flexible Learning for Access, Diversity & Participation
Tony Wall, York St John University

 

 

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