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The Business of Widening Participation: Policy, Practice and Culture

ISBN: 978-1-80043-050-1, eISBN: 978-1-80043-049-5

Publication date: 10 October 2022

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(2022), "Index", McCaig, C., Rainford, J. and Squire, R. (Ed.) The Business of Widening Participation: Policy, Practice and Culture, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 207-213. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-049-520221012

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INDEX

A levels
, 152, 160, 180

Ability
, 92, 106, 127, 200

Academia
, 199

Academic Services teams
, 84

Access Agreements
, 47–49, 60, 129

Access and Participation Plan (APP)
, 33, 50, 82, 168

regulation
, 196

review
, 177–178

Access courses
, 42, 156

Access inequality
, 64, 202

Access practitioners
, 81–82

Access to higher education
, 80, 104

Access work
, 32, 80, 87–88, 95

Adult Education Colleges
, 2

Advisory Group on Access and Participation (AGAP)
, 43

Aimhigher programme
, 21, 24, 28, 46, 48, 104, 107–108

Alternative providers
, 13, 58, 63, 69, 168, 173–177, 189, 203

Aspiration
, 46, 91, 94

Augar Report
, 14, 64, 71, 191–193, 202

Barriers
, 30, 95, 190

Binary principle
, 64

Binary system of universities
, 42

Black, Asian and minority ethnic undergraduates (BAME undergraduates)
, 175, 199

Brazil
, 171–172, 176

Brightside
, 27, 31, 106, 108, 112

Brilliant Club
, 31, 106, 139–140

Browne Review (2010)
, 26, 28–29, 172–173

Business as usual
, 40

historical efforts to widen access
, 40–51

Business of WP
, 3, 188, 202–204

competing imperatives and confounding dichotomies
, 189–191

first degree
, 198–200

lifelong learning entitlement and potential impact on business of WP
, 195

mismatched agendas
, 195–197

new markets
, 198

for new providers
, 177–178

pay
, 192–193

policy developments
, 191–192

shifting priorities
, 193–195

success
, 197–198

Butler Act (see Education Act)

Centralisation
, 41

CFE Research
, 139

Charities
, 27, 31, 102, 115, 169

Choice-driven market
, 28–30

Collaboration
, 31–33, 43, 87

Collaborative outreach
, 44, 50

National collaborative programmes
, 104

Collaborative work across institutional boundaries
, 87–88

Colleges of Advanced Technology (CATs)
, 5

Committee on Higher Education (CHE)
, 41

Competition
, 31–33, 40, 113–114

Connectivity
, 114–115

Connectors
, 105–107, 109

Conservative government (s)
, 4, 6, 21, 64, 198, 202

Conservative-Lib Dem Coalition government
, 28

Datafication
, 13, 150

Dearing Report
, 7, 21–24, 43, 58, 85, 188

Dearing Review
, 2–3, 8, 20, 172

Degree awarding powers (DAP)
, 5, 7, 50, 173, 192

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS)
, 48

Department for Education (DfE)
, 6, 148, 192

Department for Education and Employment (DfEE)
, 24

Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
, 24, 46, 60

Differentiation
, 3, 6, 10, 25, 27–28, 31, 57–59, 61, 63, 67–69, 135–136

Disability Discrimination Act
, 43

Disability statements
, 43–44

Dual economy of WP policy
, 31–33

Dual imperative
, 4, 14, 70, 187, 190, 200, 202

Dual price mechanism
, 193

East Midlands WP Research and Evaluation Partnership (EMWREP)
, 137

Economic imperative
, 20, 60, 80, 85, 93, 147, 148–150, 152, 154, 158–159, 161–162, 190, 197

Education Act
, 41, 148, 172

Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
, 105, 201

Education Policy Institute
, 133

Educational imperative
, 149–150, 152, 154, 161, 163, 192, 196

English HE
, 60, 62

market
, 4, 15, 188

supply and demand work in
, 65–67

Entry criteria permits
, 47

Equality Act (2010)
, 26, 158

European Union (EU)
, 64

Evaluation
, 107

challenges of WP evaluation
, 132–135

consultancy
, 139–140

frameworks
, 138–139

as functional approach to tracking and monitoring
, 125–126

growth of evaluation products
, 135–140

history
, 124–132

practice
, 126

services
, 136

Evaluators
, 107–108, 123, 131–135, 140–141

Evidence
, 12, 14, 28, 43, 60, 87–88, 130, 132, 201

Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (ENEM)
, 171

Exempt Charities
, 5

Expertise
, 23, 102, 108–109, 134–135, 200

Fair access
, 2–3, 20, 26, 47, 67, 188

Fee-distribution
, 29

Foundation degrees
, 45, 154, 195, 198

Funding
, 111–113, 128

method
, 44

Further and Higher Education Act (1992)
, 5–6, 13, 42, 58, 149–150, 188

Further education (FE)
, 2, 24, 148, 169, 192

definitions and purposes
, 148–149

economic vs. educational imperative
, 149–150

generation of creative, successful solutions
, 154–160

HE in
, 154

providers
, 138

T levels
, 152–153

widening participation
, 150–152

Further Education Colleges (FECs)
, 2, 42, 87, 189

Gifted and Talented strand of Aimhigher
, 28

Globalisation
, 4, 64, 85

Government agencies
, 49, 87, 102, 111

Happiness industry
, 94

Higher education (HE) (see also Further education (FE))
, 2, 45, 80, 104, 124, 148, 188

expansion
, 20

in FE
, 154

policy
, 2, 8, 124

progression
, 137

regulation
, 124

regulatory landscape in England
, 168

sector
, 61

systems
, 20, 57

teaching and learning in
, 40

Higher Education Access Tracker service (HEAT service)
, 137

Higher Education Act (HEA)
, 10, 25–27, 46

Higher Education and Research Act (HERA)
, 5, 33, 58, 173–175, 189

Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
, 6, 23, 25, 27, 40, 42, 46, 60, 106, 125, 190

Advisory Group
, 43

employees
, 47

Strategic Plan 2000–2005
, 61

work
, 45

Higher education institutions (HEIs)
, 7, 43, 83

Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI)
, 30, 108

Higher Education Policy Statement and Reform
, 192

Higher Education Providers (HEPs)
, 21, 58, 80, 83, 102, 125, 168, 195

hidden agendas of
, 84–85

Higher Education Statistical Agency (HESA)
, 127, 137, 175

Human capital
, 2, 4–5, 8, 14–15, 22, 30, 66, 86, 202, 204

Hybrid organisations
, 106

Impetus
, 104–105, 115

Information technology systems (IT systems)
, 180

Institutional agendas, inability to articulate
, 87

Institutional level
, 10, 12, 59, 73, 102, 189–190, 195, 197

Institutional policy agendas
, 86

Institutional responsibility
, 20, 28, 30

International competitiveness
, 71

IntoUniversity
, 27, 31, 115

Key performance measures (KPMs)
, 34, 51, 176

Knowledge exchange (KE)
, 2, 190

Latin America
, 169–170

Leadership
, 115–117

League tables
, 10, 25, 33, 42, 72, 85, 150

Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
, 43, 46

Level playing field
, 173–175

‘Liberal arts’ approach
, 41

Lifelong learning entitlement and potential impact on business of WP
, 195

Lifelong Learning Networks
, 46

Lifelong Loan Entitlement (LLE)
, 198

Local authorities (LAs)
, 5

Low participation neighbourhoods (LPNs)
, 93

Market
, 40

mechanisms
, 8

parameters
, 59–60

principles
, 104

Market failure
, 33, 199

Marketing
, 84

Marketisation
, 8–9, 64, 80, 126–128, 150

business
, 25–27

distinction and WP evaluation
, 135–136

of education
, 95

Meritocratic/meritocracy
, 6, 14

Meta-evaluation
, 128–129

Metrics in education
, 148

Mixed messages
, 131–132

Monitoring
, 131–132

Morality in competitive market
, 63–65

Multilevel policy process
, 7–11

National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP)
, 21, 87, 104, 130, 200

National collaborative programmes
, 104

National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education (NCIHE)
, 23

National Education Opportunities Network (NEON)
, 95, 107

National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
, 108

National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
, 139

National Networks for Collaborative Outreach scheme (NNCO scheme)
, 32, 88, 104, 130, 200

National policy agendas
, 85–86

National programmes
, 125

National Strategy for Access and Student Success
, 31–32, 49, 69, 108, 127, 190

Negotiation
, 40

Neoliberal market
, 20

Neoliberalism
, 3, 147

Network for Evaluating and Researching University Participation Interventions (NERUPI)
, 138

Networked governance
, 107

Networks
, 114–115

New College of the Humanities (NCH)
, 13, 173

New Labour government
, 2, 24, 103

New providers
, 13, 134, 48, 63, 168, 172, 184

‘New public management’
, 4, 8, 22, 104–105, 188

Non-prestigious institutions
, 65

Office for Fair Access (OFFA)
, 9, 25, 40, 58, 104, 125, 190

funding and investment in
, 69

guidance
, 61

Office for Students (OfS)
, 9, 30, 33, 40, 58, 129, 168, 191

Open University (OU)
, 62–63

Operational level
, 3

Operationalisation and practice of WP
, 11–15

Paradigm war
, 132

Participation
, 5, 20, 32

Participation of local areas (POLAR)
, 46, 92

Performance-based funding (PBF)
, 4

Performative approach to education
, 128

Philanthropy
, 105

Policy
, 19, 191

Policy churn
, 124, 131, 135, 163

Policy development
, 4, 7, 21, 33, 40, 50, 191–192

Policy enactment
, 3, 7, 82, 102

staircase
, 3, 7, 40, 52, 189

Policy implementation
, 7, 192

Policymaking
, 7

Polytechnics
, 2, 6, 8, 188

Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council (PCFC)
, 42

Post-1992 universities
, 7, 10

Post-crash austerity regime
, 126

Post-pandemic practices
, 95–96

Postgraduate research (PGR)
, 199

Postgraduate taught (PGT)
, 199

Practice

must/could/should of
, 94–95

in post-pandemic world
, 95–96

Practitioners
, 11–12, 59, 80, 83, 88, 96

Pragmatic experts
, 108–109

Pragmatic theory-driven approach
, 129–132

Pragmatism
, 91–93

Pre-1992 universities
, 28, 64, 92

Prestige
, 60

Private higher education (PHE) (see also Higher education (HE))
, 2, 13, 168

business of WP for new providers
, 177–178

challenges in delivery
, 179–181

global PHE context
, 169–171

institutional context
, 178–179

level playing field
, 173–175

plans for future development
, 182–183

private providers and WP
, 175–177

UK context
, 171–173

WP work
, 181–182

Private providers
, 175–177

Private-sector
, 4, 168, 175

Privatisation
, 8

Professionalisation of WP
, 90–91

Progression framework
, 130

Pupil premium
, 92

Quasi-markets
, 65

Raising aspirations
, 24, 30

Randomised control trials (RCTs)
, 129, 132–133

Real price differential
, 65–66

Realising Opportunities programme
, 92

Recruitment
, 84

Regulation
, 20, 33–34, 169

Regulatory growth
, 58

Research and development
, 45

Resource Accounting Budget (RAB charge)
, 193

Resource dependency
, 5

Retention
, 30, 44

Retention and success
, 58

Return-on-investment analysis
, 127

Risk agenda
, 69–71

Risk and differentiation
, 67–69

Robbins Report
, 5, 7–8, 41–42

Russell Group of research-intensive universities
, 42

Sector pushback
, 133–134

Sectoral level
, 9

Social agendas
, 86–87

Social inequality
, 171

Social justice
, 190

in competitive market
, 63–65

Social mobility
, 26, 188

individual responsibility for
, 30

and outside organisations
, 31

and risk agenda
, 69–71

Social Mobility Commission (SMC)
, 107

Social return on investment
, 108

Social vitality
, 150

Specialist Evidence Evaluation Research service (SEER service)
, 140

Specialist providers
, 42, 179

Standardised tracking of outcomes with benchmarking and evaluation service (STROBE service)
, 138

Standards of evidence
, 108

Student ambassadors
, 89, 95

Student Experience
, 84

Student number controls (SNCs)
, 29

Sub-degree qualifications
, 24, 198, 202

Sutton Trust
, 31, 104–105, 107

System differentiation
, 58

differentiated market and drive to widen participation
, 60–61

market parameters
, 59–60

morality and social justice in competitive market
, 63–65

risk and differentiation
, 67–69

social mobility and risk agenda
, 69–71

supply and demand work in English HE
, 65–67

T levels
, 152–153

Targeting
, 91–93, 127, 131

Taught degree awarding powers (TDAP)
, 172

Teach First/Teach for All
, 105

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998
, 25

Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
, 31, 63

The Bedford College Group (TBCG)
, 148

Theory of change
, 130, 139

Theory-driven evaluation
, 131

Third sector organisations (TSOs)
, 2, 21, 102, 104, 109, 189

Third Sector Widening Participation Organisations (TSWPOs)
, 102, 194

conditions of enactment
, 109

landscape
, 103–105

research outline
, 109–119

roles and functions
, 105–109

Tracking
, 125, 131–132, 141

products
, 137–138

Transforming Access and Student Outcomes (TASO)
, 12, 133, 200

Trial-based designs
, 134

Trials approach
, 132

Tuition fees
, 2, 7, 25–26, 29, 34, 58, 61, 63, 65, 126–127, 136, 172–173, 179

UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)
, 175

Uncertainty
, 50, 52, 128

Uni Connect programme
, 21, 34, 87–88, 104, 200

Unique learner number (ULN)
, 137

Universities Funding Council (UFC)
, 42

Universities Grants Committee (UGC)
, 5, 168–169

University and College Union (UCU)
, 149

University Colleges Admission Service (UCAS)
, 64, 137, 193

University of Buckingham
, 168

University title (UT)
, 42, 50, 173–174, 192

Values
, 95, 102, 117–120, 197

Value for money
, 12, 71, 125–129, 131, 136, 141, 197

Variable bursaries
, 61

Variable fees
, 28–30

Widening access
, 22, 32, 43–45, 47, 49–50, 69, 183, 190, 202–203

Widening participation (WP)
, 2, 20, 40, 58, 80, 124, 150–152, 188

access practitioners
, 82

‘access to HE’ to ‘participation and success in HE’
, 30–31

activity within institutions
, 23

aspiration
, 94

as business as usual for institutions
, 6–7

as business as usual for state
, 4–6

challenges of WP evaluation
, 132–135

collaborative work across institutional boundaries
, 87–88

dilemmas of market
, 91

dual economy of WP policy
, 31–33

enactment
, 101

hidden agendas of HEPs
, 84–85

inability to articulate institutional agendas
, 87

individual responsibility for social mobility
, 30

institutional policy agendas
, 86

institutional responsibility
, 28

institutions in shaping practice
, 84

linking policy to practice
, 82–84

marketisation business
, 25–27

must/could/should of practice
, 94–95

as national concern
, 23–25

national policy agendas
, 85–86

operationalising business of
, 11–15

policies to practices
, 80–81

policy context
, 21–22

policy in development of English competitive market
, 3–4

policy regime
, 168

politics of expansion
, 22

practice in post-pandemic world
, 95–96

practitioners
, 88–90

private providers and
, 175–177

professionalisation
, 90–91

regulated
, 33–34

sector
, 27–28

social agendas
, 86–87

social mobility and outside organisations
, 31

state WP intervention in context of developing market
, 7–11

strategies
, 44

targeting and pragmatism
, 91–93

variable fees and choice-driven market
, 28–30

Widening participation strategic assessments (WPSAs)
, 126

Workers Educational Association
, 41

Working-class people
, 41

World War II (WWII)
, 171–172