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Long-Range Outreach: Recognising and Responding to the Intermediate Challenge to Widening Access Posed by Post-16 Progression
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Raven, Neil – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2023
A growing body of evidence has been assembled in recent years indicating the influence that early educational experiences can have on a young person's prospects of progressing to university. These include experiences associated with the transition to post-16 study, which can also involve a move to a different educational institution. Whilst…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Access to Education, Outreach Programs, Student Adjustment
Widen HE Access from FE Colleges: The Key Role Played by Subject Tutors
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Raven, Neil – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2022
The potential for further education colleges (FECs) to contribute to widening higher education access has been recognised in a number of studies. Yet, evidence suggests that higher education participation rates from FECs are lower than from school sixth forms. This article reports on the early findings from a research project that is exploring how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education
Understanding Areas of Educational Disadvantage: An Examination of Outreach Target Wards in the County of Essex
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Raven, Neil – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2018
Much outreach work now focuses on the most educationally disadvantaged localities in England, identified by the government-funded National Collaborative Outreach Programme as "target wards." This study explores the underlying reasons why these districts return rates of young higher education participation that are not only comparatively…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Counties, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
A Framework for Outreach Evaluation Plans
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Raven, Neil – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2015
Much importance is now placed upon the evaluation of outreach interventions by higher education institutions (HEIs). Accompanying this focus are requests that HEIs prepare evaluation plans. Yet, whilst some now have plans in place, others do not. One of the challenges for those preparing such documents is that official guidance is not prescriptive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outreach Programs, Higher Education, Evaluation Methods
New Perspectives: Using Participatory Photography to Evaluate Widening Participation Interventions
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Raven, Neil – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2015
With much emphasis now placed upon determining the effectiveness of widening participation (WP) interventions, there is value in identifying evaluation methods best able to provide insights into the impact of this work. One method that has received little attention in the field of WP and yet has considerable potential in this respect is associated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Photography, Intervention, Evaluation Methods
Assessing an Approach to the Capturing and Sharing of Work-Based Learning with a Focus on Improving Practice and Provision
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Raven, Neil – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2014
The value of learning from work-based experience has been advocated by a number of commentators, including management writers as well as those addressing aspects of organisation and leadership in the higher education (HE) sector. Yet, in the field of HE administration, as is the case more generally, evidence suggests the limited application of…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Educational Practices, Experiential Learning, Universities