From Access to Engagement and Beyond

by Stuart Billingham

Overview

This collection reveals a recurring theme in the author’s work over almost three decades: that the preoccupation in policy, commentary, research and practice with who gets into higher education has led to a corresponding failure to cast a critical eye over what, where and when they get the higher education offer. It seems that potential students are expected to fit-in with HE culture, rather than think about how HE might change to fit-in with them.

On offer is a collection of the author’s works, spanning much of his professional working life, covering issues relevant to widening access to success in higher education and for a wide-ranging audience. Some chapters offer conference speeches and keynotes; others are blogs or chapters in books. One is even a speech to an audience from the UK House of Lords delivered originally within the Parliament precincts. Together they paint a picture of the prevailing issues and concerns of the widening access agenda over twenty-five years.

A recurring call throughout is the need for greater international collaboration, a need that has indeed grown in importance as the conversation on widening access and success has progressed. Some would say that this is due, in no small measure, to the work of this critical thinker and practitioner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781803820408
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	07/14/2022
Series:	Great Debates in Higher Education
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Stuart Billingham is Professor Emeritus of Lifelong Learning at York St John University, UK and was previously Pro Vice Chancellor at the University. He has worked to widen access to success in, and through, tertiary education now for almost 40 years. He has published widely, both nationally and internationally, and has regularly presented at major international conferences on these issues.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Acknowledgements xvii

1 Introduction

Ethnicity and Equal Opportunity in Higher Education in the 1900s: From Access to Pedagogy 5

2 Introduction

Learning Communities and Tertiary Education 17

3 Introduction

Diversity, Inclusion and the Transforming Student Experience 35

4 Introduction

From Access to Engagement 49

5 Introduction

'Too Busy to Come': What Future for Widening Participation? 67

6 Introduction

UK Launch of the European Access Network (EAN) World Congress on Access to Post-Secondary Education 91

7 Introduction

Supporting Student Success: Making Excellence Inclusive 105

8 Introduction

Same but Different 121

9 Introduction

Reflections on the Future of Social Mobility 129

10 Introduction

Access and Disability 139

11 Introduction

Change Is Gonna Come 145

"Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?" 149

References 159

Index 169