McCaig, C. (2018). System differentiation in England: the imposition of supply and demand. In Bowl, M., Mccaig, C., & Hughes, J. (Eds.) Equality and differentiation in marketised higher education: a new level playing field?. (pp. 73-93). London: Palgrave: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319783123

McCaig, C. (2017). Book Review: Access and Expansion Post-Massification: Opportunities and Barriers to Further Growth in Higher Education Participation Jongbloed, Ben W.A and Vossensteyn, Hans (eds.), 2015. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 19 (2), 167-172. http://doi.org/10.5456/WPLL.19.2.167

Harrison, N., & McCaig, C. (2017). Examining the epistemology of impact and success of educational interventions using a reflective case study of university bursaries. British Educational Research Journal, 43 (2), 290-309. http://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3263

McCaig, C., Harrison, N., Mountford-Zimdars, A., Moore, D., Maylor, U., Stevenson, J., ... Carasso, H. (2016). Closing the gap: understanding the impact of institutional financial support on student success. Office for Fair Access. https://www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Closing-the-gap-understanding-the-impact-of-institutional-financial-support-on-student-success.pdf

McCaig, C., & Harrison, N. (2015). An ecological fallacy in higher education policy: the use, overuse and misuse of 'low participation neighbourhoods'. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 39 (6), 793-817. http://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2013.858681

McCaig, C., & Taylor, C.A. (2015). The strange death of number controls in England : paradoxical adventures in higher education market making. Studies in Higher Education, 42 (9), 1641-1654. http://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2015.1113952

McCaig, C. (2015). Marketisation and widening participation in English higher education : a critical discourse analysis of institutional access policy documents. Higher Education Review, 48 (1), 6-24.

McCaig, C. (2015). The impact of the changing English higher education marketplace on widening participation and fair access : evidence from a discourse analysis of access agreements. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 17 (1), 5-22. http://doi.org/10.5456/WPLL.17.1.5

Taylor, C., & McCaig, C. (2014). Evaluating the impact of number controls, choice and competition : an analysis of the student profile and the student learning environment in the new higher education landscape. York: Higher Education Academy. https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/sites/default/files/resources/Impact%20of%20number%20controls%20choice%20and%20competition.pdf

McCaig, C., Clague, L., Hogarth, T., & Gambin, L. (2014). Technical apprenticeships : research into the need for and capacity to deliver STEM related Apprenticeship Provision in England. London: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/297650/Research_into_the_need_for_and_capacity_to_deliver_STEM_related_Apprenticeship_Provision_in_England_-_Final_-_March_2014.pdf

McCaig, C. (2011). Trajectories of higher education system differentiation: structural policymaking and the impact of tuition fees in England and Australia. Journal of education and work, 24 (1-2), 7-25. http://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2010.534772

McCaig, C. (2010). Access agreements, widening participation and market positionality: enabling student choice? In Molesworth, M., Nixon, E., & Scullion, R. (Eds.) The marketisation of higher education and the student as consumer. Routledge: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415584470/

McCaig, C., & Adnett, N. (2009). English universities, additional fee income and access agreements: their impact on widening participation and fair access. British Journal Of Educational Studies, 57 (1), 18-36. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8527.2009.00428.x

McCaig, C., & Adnett, N. (2008). Variable tuition fees and widening participation: the marketing of English institutions through access agreements. http://www.shu.ac.uk/research/ceir/downloads/BERA2008paperCM.pdf

McCaig, C. (2003). School Exams: Leavers in Panic. Parliamentary Affairs, 56 (3), 471-489. http://doi.org/10.1093/parlij/gsg101

McCulloch, G., & McCaig, C. (2002). Reinventing the Past: the Case of the English Tradition of Education. British Journal of Educational Studies, 50 (2), 238-253. http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8527.00200

McCaig, C. (1998). Labour's policy development in opposition: the changing constraints on action. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 50 (3), 425-435. http://doi.org/10.1080/13636829800200059

McCaig, C., Bowl, M., & Hughes, J. (n.d.). Conceptualising equality, equity and differentiation in marketised higher education: fractures and fault-lines in the neoliberal imaginary. In Bowl, M., Mccaig, C., & Hughes, J. (Eds.) Equality and differentiation in marketised higher education: a new level playing field?. (pp. 195-210). London: Palgrave: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319783123

McCaig, C., Bowl, M., & Hughes, J. (n.d.). Conceptualising equality, equity and differentiation in marketised higher education: fractures and fault-lines in the neoliberal imaginary. In Bowl, M., Mccaig, C., & Hughes, J. (Eds.) Equality and differentiation in marketised higher education: a new level playing field?. (pp. 195-210). London: Palgrave: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319783123

Journal articles

Mccaig, C. (2022). The role of higher education in levelling up: reforming or subverting the market? People, Place and Policy Online, 16 (2), 163-169. http://doi.org/10.3351/ppp.2022.3763685793

Mccaig, C. (2020). Who are we Widening Participation for? Research Intelligence (quarterly magazine), 143, 15-17. https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/summer-2020

Mccaig, C. (2020). Who are we Widening Participation for? Research Intelligence (quarterly magazine), 143, 15-17. https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/summer-2020

Madriaga, M., & McCaig, C. (2019). How international students of colour become Black: a story of whiteness in English higher education. Teaching in Higher Education. http://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2019.1696300

McCaig, C., & Lightfoot, N. (2019). Higher education, widening access and market failure: towards a dual pricing mechanism in England. Social Sciences, 8 (10), 268. http://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8100268

McCaig, C. (2018). A graduate tax fifty years on: a solution looking for a different problem? Higher Education Review, 50 (2), 27-32.

McCaig, C. (2014). The retreat from widening participation? : the National Scholarship Programme and new access agreements in English higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 41 (2), 215-230. http://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2014.916672

Adnett, N., McCaig, C., Slack, K., & Bowers-Brown, T. (2010). Achieving "transparency, consistency and fairness" in English higher education admissions: progress since Schwartz? Higher education quarterly, 65 (1), 12-33. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2273.2010.00468.x

(n.d.). Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Social Sciences in 2019. Social Sciences, 9 (1), 6. http://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9010006

Conference papers

McCaig, C. (2019). Five stages of marketisation in English higher education policymaking. SRHE blog https://srheblog.com/2019/03/29/five-stages-of-marketisation-in-english-higher-education-policymaking/, 1. https://srheblog.com/2019/03/29/five-stages-of-marketisation-in-english-higher-education-policymaking/

McCaig, C., Stevenson, J., & Madriaga, M. (2017). Partnership working in widening participation policy: collaboration in a competitive climate. In BERA Annual Conference 2017, Brighton, 4 January 2017 - 6 January 2017.

McCaig, C., & Lightfoot, N. (2017). A dual pricing mechanism: modelling the English higher education market? In European Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2017, Copenhagen, 21 August 2017 - 24 August 2017. http://www.eera-ecer.de/ecer-2017-copenhagen/

McCaig, C. (2016). Exploring the role of financial support in supporting marginal students in English HE: methodological issues. In BERA Annual Conference 2016, University of Leeds, Leeds, 12 September 2016 - 15 September 2016. https://www.bera.ac.uk/beraconference-2016

McCaig, C. (2016). Developing a research proposal. In Widening Participation Conference : 'HE: Transforming lives through life-wide learning', Milton Keynes.

McCaig, C., & Stevenson, J. (2016). (Re)conceptualising ‘disadvantage’ in UK widening participation policy: possibilities for transformation? In Widening Participation Conference : 'HE: Transforming lives through life-wide learning', Milton Keynes, 27 April 2016 - 28 April 2016.

McCaig, C. (2015). Neoliberalism and the drivers of system differentiation: a journey from equality to equity. In SRHE Annual Research Conference, Newport, South Wales, 2015 - 2015. https://www.srhe.ac.uk/conference2015/

McCaig, C. (2015). English higher education : the historical and political context for marketisation, differentiation and equity. In BERA Annual Conference 2015, Belfast, 15 September 2015 - 17 September 2015. https://www.bera.ac.uk/beraconference-2015

McCaig, C., & Taylor, C. (2013). Evaluating the impact of student number controls, choice and competition on the changing HE landscape. In Society for Research into Higher Education Annusl Conference, Celtic Manor, Newport, South Wales, 2013 - 2013.

Coldwell, M., Maxwell, B., & McCaig, C. (2010). Cultures of career development: senior leaders' and early career teachers' views of career. In BERA Annual Conference September 2010, Unviersity of Warwick, 1 September 2010 (pp. 1-20).

McCaig, C. (2009). OFFA Access Agreements, bursaries and 'fair access' to higher education - opening up a new front in the WP wars? In BERA annual conference, Manchester, 2 September 2009 - 5 September 2009 (pp. 1-23).

McCaig, C., Stevens, A., & Bowers-Brown, T. (2006). Does Aimhigher work? evidence from the national evaluation. In Higher Education Research Network, Sheffield, 2006 (pp. 1-16).

Larson, A., Garland, P., & McCaig, C. (2009). How can the concepts of habitus and field help us to understand the engagement of educational workers in higher Education? In European conference of education research, Vienna, 28 September 2009 - 30 September 2009. http://www.eera-ecer.eu/ecer-programmes/conference/ecer-2009/contribution/581-1/?no_cache=1&cHash=e4fb3787ee

McCaig, C. (2015). Market driven system differentiation in England : can it foster equity and diversity? In ECER : Education and Transition - Contributions from Educational Research, Budapest, 7 September 2015 - 11 September 2015. http://www.eera-ecer.de/ecer-2015-budapest/

Book chapters

Mccaig, C. (2022). Power, corruption and lies: fighting the class war to widen participation in higher education. In Burnell Reilly, I. (Ed.) The lives of working class academics. (pp. 29-40). Emerald Publishing: http://doi.org/10.1108/9781801170574

Mccaig, C. (2022). Power, corruption and lies: fighting the class war to widen participation in higher education. In Burnell Reilly, I. (Ed.) The lives of working class academics. (pp. 29-40). Emerald Publishing: http://doi.org/10.1108/9781801170574

McCaig, C. (2022). Power, Corruption and Lies: Fighting the Class War to Widen Participation in Higher Education. In The Lives of Working Class Academics. (pp. 29-40). Emerald Publishing Limited: http://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-057-420221003

Mccaig, C., & Squire, R. (2022). What Drives Widening Participation Policy in the English Market? In Mccaig, C., Squire, R., & Rainford, J. (Eds.) The business of widening participation: policy, practice and culture. (pp. 19-39). Emerald Publishing: http://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-049-520221002

Mccaig, C., & Squire, R. (2022). What Drives Widening Participation Policy in the English Market? In Mccaig, C., Squire, R., & Rainford, J. (Eds.) The business of widening participation: policy, practice and culture. (pp. 19-39). Emerald Publishing: http://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-049-520221002

Mccaig, C., & Rainford, J. (2022). Increasing and widening participation in the market: system differentiation at the institutional/sectoral level. In Mccaig, C., Squire, R., & Rainford, J. (Eds.) The business of widening participation: policy, practice and culture. (pp. 57-79). Emerald Publishing: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/978-1-80043-049-520221004/full/html

Mccaig, C., & Rainford, J. (2022). Increasing and widening participation in the market: system differentiation at the institutional/sectoral level. In Mccaig, C., Squire, R., & Rainford, J. (Eds.) The business of widening participation: policy, practice and culture. (pp. 57-79). Emerald Publishing: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/978-1-80043-049-520221004/full/html

Mccaig, C., & Squire, R. (2022). What Drives Widening Participation Policy in the English Market? In Mccaig, C., Squire, R., & Rainford, J. (Eds.) The business of widening participation: policy, practice and culture. (pp. 19-39). Emerald Publishing: http://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-049-520221002

Mccaig, C., & Rainford, J. (2022). Increasing and widening participation in the market: system differentiation at the institutional/sectoral level. In Mccaig, C., Squire, R., & Rainford, J. (Eds.) The business of widening participation: policy, practice and culture. (pp. 57-79). Emerald Publishing: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/978-1-80043-049-520221004/full/html

McCaig, C., Rainford, J., & Squire, R. (2022). Conclusion: Evolving Markets; Where Next for the Business of WP? In The Business of Widening Participation: Policy, Practice and Culture. (pp. 187-206). Emerald Publishing Limited: http://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-049-520221010

McCaig, C., Rainford, J., & Squire, R. (2022). Introduction: The Case for a ‘Business of Widening Participation’. In The Business of Widening Participation: Policy, Practice and Culture. (pp. 1-17). Emerald Publishing Limited: http://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-049-520221001

McCaig, C. (2018). Continuity and Discontinuity on the Road to Risk and Exit: Stages of Marketisation in Comparative Policy Analysis. In Mccaig, C. (Ed.) The Marketisation of English Higher Education. (pp. 125-164). Emerald Publishing Limited: http://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-856-920181005

McCaig, C. (2018). Continuity and Discontinuity on the Road to Risk and Exit: Stages of Marketisation in Comparative Policy Analysis. In Mccaig, C. (Ed.) The Marketisation of English Higher Education. (pp. 125-164). Emerald Publishing Limited: http://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-856-920181005

McCaig, C. (2010). Research and evaluation design. In Mccaig, C., & Dahlberg, L. (Eds.) Practical research and evaluation: a start-to-finish guide for practitioners. (pp. 29-40). 2010: Sage: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/textbooksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book232215#tabview=toc

McCaig, C. (2010). Research and evaluation design. In Mccaig, C., & Dahlberg, L. (Eds.) Practical research and evaluation: a start-to-finish guide for practitioners. (pp. 29-40). 2010: Sage: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/textbooksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book232215#tabview=toc

McCaig, C., & Dahlberg, L. (2010). Writing a research proposal or brief. In Mccaig, C., & Dahlberg, L. (Eds.) Practical research and evaluation: a start-to-finish guide for practitioners. (pp. 59-75). Sage: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/textbooksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book232215#tabview=title

McCaig, C., & Dahlberg, L. (2010). Writing a research proposal or brief. In Mccaig, C., & Dahlberg, L. (Eds.) Practical research and evaluation: a start-to-finish guide for practitioners. (pp. 59-75). Sage: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/textbooksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book232215#tabview=title

McCaig, C., & Dahlberg, L. (2010). Dissemination. In Mccaig, C., & Dahlberg, L. (Eds.) Practical research and evaluation: a start-to-finish guide for practitioners. (pp. 219-237). Sage: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/textbooksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book232215#tabview=title

McCaig, C., & Dahlberg, L. (2010). Dissemination. In Mccaig, C., & Dahlberg, L. (Eds.) Practical research and evaluation: a start-to-finish guide for practitioners. (pp. 219-237). Sage: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/textbooksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book232215#tabview=title

McCaig, C., & Smith, M. (2006). Technology supported learning and teaching: a staff perspective. In O'Donoghue, J. (Ed.) Technology supported learning and teaching: a staff perspective. (pp. 106-124). USA: Information Science Publishing: http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=980&DetailsType=Description

Peacock, S., & Dunlop, G.M. (n.d.). Developing E-Learning Provision for Healthcare Professionals' Continuing Professional Development. In Technology Supported Learning and Teaching. (pp. 91-104). IGI Global: http://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-962-5.ch007

McCaig, C. (n.d.). English higher education: widening participation and the historical context for system differentiation. In Bowl, M., Mccaig, C., & Hughes, J. (Eds.) Equality and differentiation in marketised higher education: a new level playing field?. (pp. 51-72). London: Palgrave: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319783123

McCaig, C. (n.d.). English higher education: widening participation and the historical context for system differentiation. In Bowl, M., Mccaig, C., & Hughes, J. (Eds.) Equality and differentiation in marketised higher education: a new level playing field?. (pp. 51-72). London: Palgrave: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319783123

Books

McCaig, C., Rainford, J., & Squire, R. (2022). The business of widening participation: Policy, practice and culture.

McCaig, C., Rainford, J., & Squire, R. (2022). The business of widening participation: Policy, practice and culture.

McCaig, C., Rainford, J., & Squire, R. (2022). The business of widening participation: Policy, practice and culture.

Bowl, M., McCaig, C., & Hughes, J. (Eds.). (2018). Equality and differentiation in marketised higher education: a new level playing field? Palgrave. https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319783123

McCaig, C., Bowl, M., & Hughes, J. (Eds.). (2018). Equality and Differentiation in Marketised Higher Education: A New Level Playing Field? Palgrave.

McCaig, C., Bowl, M., & Hughes, J. (Eds.). (2018). Equality and Differentiation in Marketised Higher Education: A New Level Playing Field? Palgrave.

Reports

Stiell, B., Willis, B., Clarkson, L., Rutgers, D., McCaig, C., Crossfield, J., & Behailu, A. (2023). School Recovery Strategies: Year 2 findings Research report (January 2023). (DFE- RR1318). DfE. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1131182/School_recovery_strategies_year_2_findings.pdf

Bowes, L., Tazzyman, S., Sandhu, J., Moreton, R., Birkin, G., McCaig, C., ... Wright, H. (2019). The National Collaborative Outreach Programme. End of phase 1 report for the national formative and impact evaluations. Office for Students. https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/ncop-end-of-phase-one-evaluation-report/

Bowes, L., Tazzyman, S., Sandhu, J., Moreton, R., Birkin, G., McCaig, C., ... Wright, H. (2019). The National Collaborative Outreach Programme. End of phase 1 report for the national formative and impact evaluations. Office for Students. https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/ncop-end-of-phase-one-evaluation-report/

Diamond, A., Bowes, L., Moreton, R., Welford, J., Crawford, C., McCaig, C., ... Frances, N. (2018). Scottish toolkit for fair access: Interim report. CFE Research.

Harrison, N., Vigurs, K., Crockford, J., McCaig, C., Squire, R., & Clark, L. (2018). Understanding the evaluation of access and participation outreach interventions for under 16 year olds. Bristol: Office for Students. https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/a8ad5c94-7a33-4b53-8f09-824d0705f073/ofs2018_apevaluation.pdf

Harrison, N., Vigurs, K., Crockford, J., McCaig, C., Squire, R., & Clark, L. (2018). Evaluation of outreach interventions for under 16 year olds. Tools and guidance for higher education providers. Bristol: Office for Students. https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/e2c5eea5-b262-4ff6-8261-5b0bc84ba46a/ofs2018_apevaluation_a.pdf

Austen, L., Donnelly, A., McCaig, C., & O'Leary, C. (2018). Evaluation of the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme. Office for Students website: Office for Students. https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/evaluation-of-the-national-teaching-fellowship-scheme/

Tazzyman, S., Bowes, L., Moreton, R., Madriaga, M., & McCaig, C. (2018). Report: National Collaborative Outreach Programme Year one report of the national formative and impact evaluation, including capacity building with NCOP consortia. CFE Research for HEFCE. http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/HEFCE,2014/Content/Pubs/Independentresearch/2018/NCOP,Year,1,report,of,the,national,formative,and,impact,evaluation/2018_ncopyear1.pdf

Tazzyman, S., Bowes, L., Moreton, R., Madriaga, M., & McCaig, C. (2018). Year one report of the national formative and impact evaluation, including capacity building withNCOP consortia. Bristol: HEFCE. http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rereports/year/2018/ncopyear1/

Stevenson, J., McCaig, C., & Madriaga, M. (2017). Evaluation of the National Networks for Collaborative Outreach (NNCOs). Sheffied Hallam University for HEFCE.

McCaig, C., & Taylor, C. (2014). Evaluating the impact of number controls, choice and competition : an analysis of the student profile and the student learning environment in the new higher education landscape. Colin McCaig.

Coldwell, M., Maxwell, B., McCaig, C., & Stevens, A. (2011). NQT Quality Improvement Study for the Training andDevelopment Agency for Schools : Synthesised key findings from all five stages of the NQT Quality Improvement Study. Sheffield Hallam University for the Training and Development Agency for Schools.

Theses / Dissertations

Windle, D. (2024). Understanding Experiences of High Achieving Sixth-form Students Through the Oxbridge Application Process. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Pountney, R., & Mccaig, C. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00600

Squire, R. (2022). Third sector organisations in widening participation policy: networks, expertise and authority. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Mccaig, C., & Dean, J. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00467

Dent, S.R. (2019). Recognising Students in Higher Education Who Care for Children. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by McCaig, C. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00272

Presentations

Madriaga, M., & Mccaig, C. (2019). How international students become black: a story of whiteness in English higher education. Presented at: Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Conference, Newport, Wales

McCaig, C. (2017). Evidencing the impact of your institution's financial support. Presented at: Developing your access agreement conference, Woburn House, London, 2017

McCaig, C. (2016). The impact of the TEF, changes to degree awarding powers and university title in a marketised HE landscape. Presented at: BERA Higher Education Special Interest Group Seminar: The (Proposed) Teaching Excellence Framework: Whose world-view is this anyway?, Institute of Education, London, 2016

Other publications

McCaig, C., & Bowers-Brown, T. (2007). Aimhigher: achieving social justice? http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/168534.htm