Understanding and overcoming the challenges of targeting students from under-represented and disadvantaged ethnic backgrounds
Research shows that there are persistent and significant disparities in the participation rates, retention and outcomes of students from different minority ethnic backgrounds in higher education.
Action research tackling the degree attainment gap for minoritised students
Improving outcomes for Sheffield Hallam's Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) students and building organisational capacity to support their success.
Digital Futures in Teacher Education (DeFT)
Creating teacher education materials and guidance on practice involving digital literacy in schools.
Mobilising family support: implications for the academic resilience of international students
This project focuses on international students, exploring the impact of family support or, conversely, estrangement from family, during their UK studies.
Quality enhancement for ITE Partnerships in Wales
Building capacity for an evidence-based, research-informed teaching workforce in Wales
Understanding the impact of financial support on student success: an institutional approach
For this initiative, data management staff at six universities worked to identify data fields that enabled them to better identify recipients of bursaries and scholarships so that institutions can better track their effectiveness.
Understanding the evaluation of outreach with under-16s from disadvantaged backgrounds
Mapping institutions' HE outreach and access activities
National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) Evaluation
Evaluation team led by SIoE's Professor Colin McCaig finds that the NTFS is highly valued by the HE sector
Research-based Pedagogical Tools in India
Promoting inquiry in university education
Equality and Differentiation in Marketised Higher Education
SIoE Professor Professor Colin McCaig is contributor and co-editor of new book on English higher education policy and equality