• Widening Participation and HE. Students, systems and other paradoxes.

      Thompson, David W. (London: Routledge (Taylor & Francis), 2008)
      This paper has developed from research that the author initiated. The data were derived from an outreach project that aimed to increase awareness of and participation in higher education amongst Muslim women within a major English city. The paper elevates some of the author's findings into a general discussion on the role of higher education (HE) and the paradoxes that are revealed when considering how concepts of widening participation and lifelong learning fit within the HE system. Readers are invited to think of different approaches to widening participation, for example through civic and community engagement, and consider sustained research that relates access to wider debates within the study of HE, such as lifelong learning and civic responsibility.
    • Widening Participation: A Virtual Approach to F.E. Collaboration

      McConville, Sally A. (University of Wolverhampton, 2005)
      Discusses a programme specifically designed for use by students undertaking Access to Nursing courses at local colleges of further education in Wolverhampton. Students access the Wolverhampton On-Line Learning Framework (WOLF) site using guest status to log on to and engage with a selection of exciting, interactive learning activities related to nursing and linked to modules studied during the first year pre-registration training.
    • Widening Participation: A Virtual Approach to F.E. Collaboration.

      McConville, Sally A. (University of Wolverhampton, 2007)
      The aim of the project is to devise a Wolverhampton On Line Learning Framework (WOLF) programme specifically designed for use by students undertaking nursing access courses at local colleges of Further Education. There are three main intended outcomes: 1) provide the students with a ‘taster’ of the realty of pre registration nurse training both theoretically and practically hoping that this will aid retention rates and increase the employability of the students on qualifying. 2) To create a smooth transition from studying as a student at further education level to higher education level. It is further hoped that the introduction to WOLF prior to commencement on pre-registration courses will improve students’ key skills in preparation for studying at higher education level and familiarise the students with WOLF as it is used quite extensively in pre-registration training. 3) To generate enthusiasm and interest in the pre-registration nurse training available at Wolverhampton University, with the assistance of Technology Supported Learning, to aid recruitment. The outcomes link with the School of Health Teaching and Learning Strategy (2001) where it states a mechanism should be provided for interactive information exchange and a resource should be provided for developing key skills in I.T.