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Turner, Rebecca; Webb, Oliver J.; Cotton, Debby R. E. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
Traditionally, undergraduates study several 'long thin' modules at the same time. Under 'immersive scheduling', students complete a 'short fat' module (i.e. a single subject studied over a compressed period), before moving onto other modules. This piece of social research capitalised on the introduction of immersive scheduling to the first year of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Scheduling, Units of Study
Rooney, Joy M.; Unwin, Peter F. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
Service users and carers' (SUACs) inclusion in student selection days at English universities is accepted as standard practice, since such inclusion is mandated by a range of professional health and social work regulators. However, SUACs' voices are little heard; this study addresses this knowledge gap for the first time. Student selection…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Social Work
Radio Blindness: Interdisciplinarity, Ocularnormativity, and Young People's Preparation for Academia
Bolt, David – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2020
True to the field of Cultural Disability Studies in Education (CDSE), this project adopts an explicitly interdisciplinary approach in order to explore representations of disability and the related social attitudes and experiences. Disability studies and radio studies are brought together to predicate and inform the analysis of a sample of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Social Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Programming (Broadcast)
McMurray, Stephen – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
This article explores the impact of funding cuts to the Further Education colleges in Scotland. The reduction in the number of students in the colleges has been hugely politically controversial. The research utilised the Infact database on the Scottish Funding Council's website and also a literature review. The research found there had been a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Retrenchment, Educational Finance, Adult Education
Pitman, Tim; Roberts, Lynne; Bennett, Dawn; Richardson, Sarah – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
Whether or not disadvantaged students are realising the same benefits from higher education as their peers is of fundamental importance to equity practitioners and policymakers. Despite this, equity policy has focused on access to higher education and little attention has been paid to graduate outcomes. The Australian study reported here used…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Outcomes of Education, Access to Education, Higher Education
Moriña, Anabel; Morgado, Beatriz – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
The main topic of this article is architectural barriers and infrastructures as identified by university students with disabilities. The data presented is part of a much wider research project, sponsored by Spain's Ministry of Economy and Competition. A biographical-narrative methodology was used for this study. The results presented have been…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Barriers, Accessibility (for Disabled), College Students
Campbell, Natalie – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
This article presents the narrative accounts of six elite student-para-athletes attending higher education full time in the UK. Whilst literature concerning the student-athlete population in the UK is growing, there is no research at present that brings to the fore the voices of student-athletes who represent their country in Paralympic sports. In…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Athletes, Semi Structured Interviews
Bolt, David – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
In this article the tripartite model of disability is applied to the lived experience of twenty-first-century higher education. The tripartite model facilitates a complex understanding of disability that recognises assumptions and discrimination but not at the cost of valued identity. This being so, not only the normative positivisms and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Disabilities, Models, Inclusion
Moriña, Anabel – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
The partial results of ongoing research in the "University Barriers and Aids Identified by Students with Disabilities" Project are presented. This four-year study (2011-2014) was carried out by a University of Seville research team with lecturers from a variety of fields and areas of knowledge (Educational Sciences, Economics, Health…
Descriptors: Disabilities, College Students, Personal Narratives, Interviews
Murray, Mary M.; Mereoiu, Mariana – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2016
This manuscript describes a statewide initiative to implement a training model for educators and parents of children with disabilities in more than 90 public school districts and 20 higher education institutions. The proposed model was designed to facilitate positive changes among families, teachers and administrators by increasing their…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Teacher Education Programs, Models
Robinson, Denise; Rennie, Sandra – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2014
Volunteer trainee teachers (trainee teachers who teach on an unpaid basis and not on a pre-service course) are present in a number of institutions across the lifelong learning sector (LLS) in England, giving the opportunity to gain entry into the teaching profession to those who might otherwise face difficulties in accessing paid teaching. Whilst…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Volunteers, Teachers, Lifelong Learning
Doughty, Hannah; Allan, Julie – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2008
Educational establishments are now legally bound to create inclusive learning environments. However, successful implementation will depend on changes in the culture and ethos of these institutions, as well as shifts in the attitudes and practices of staff. This article reports on the findings of an evaluation of staff development sessions led by…
Descriptors: Interviews, Questionnaires, Disabilities, Staff Development