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Clements, Naomi; Davies, Sara; Mountford-Zimdars, Anna – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2022
Professionalising outreach and evaluation work would enhance the quality and rigour of provision, benefit widening participation students and achieve regulatory requirements (Bowes et al. [2019]. "The National Collaborative Outreach Programme End of Phase 1 report for the national formative and impact evaluations." Office for Students;…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Outreach Programs, Program Evaluation, Social Justice
Mountford-Zimdars, Anna; Moore, Joanne; Higham, Louise – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2021
Higher Education Institutions in England are an integral part of the government's social mobility strategy. Contextualisation of undergraduate admissions decisions has emerged as a key tool towards progressing social mobility objectives. The present paper builds on our previous 2013 research by describing findings from 15 qualitative interviews…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Admission, Context Effect
Mountford-Zimdars, Anna; Sanders, John; Moore, Joanne; Sabri, Duna; Jones, Steven; Higham, Louise – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2017
This article reviews the findings from a UK nationwide project on the causes of differences in student outcomes in higher education. The project was commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and reported in July 2015. We found that universities with an embedded, institution-wide approach that engaged senior managers,…
Descriptors: Universities, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Higher Education
Mountford-Zimdars, Anna; Moore, Joanne; Graham, Janet – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2016
This article reviews the idea of contextualising applicants to higher education in order to widen access. First, the meaning of contextualised admissions (CAs) is discussed before laying out the rationale for contextualising applicants and the beneficiaries of the policy. The final sections discuss key critiques of CA and conclude by arguing that…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Educational Policy