Claire Callender Research projects 

Current Projects

Callender C (Principal Investigator), w. Jamieson, A. 2008 -2009
The supply of part-time provision in the UK
Funder: Universities UK.
The overall aim of the study is to explore some of the factors facilitating and inhibiting the supply of part-time provision in the UK, especially at undergraduate level. It will also update some of the previous work commissioned by UUK on part-time study..

Callender, C (Principal Investigator) 2008 -2009
The awareness and take-up of institutional bursaries
Funder: Office for Fair Access (£102,000)
The research is exploring HEIs strategies and marketing techniques for increasing the awareness of bursaries among students and parents and HEIs actions for improving bursary take-up. It will also examine the awareness and understanding of students, parents and advisors of bursaries, how they learn about them, and whether bursaries influence students’ decisions about where and what to study at university.

Callender C (Principal Investigator) 2007- 2011
Futuretract: Part-time students
Funder: Higher Education Career Services Unit /Department for Innovation, Skills and Universities (£300,000)
Principal investigator: Professor Claire Callender.
This longitudinal study of part time undergraduates and their employers is exploring students’ career making and employers’ attitudes to part-time students.

Recently completed projects

Callender C (Principal Investigator) 2006
An analysis of students’ income and expenditure for Eurostudent
Funder: Scottish Executive,
Principal investigator: Professor Claire Callender

Callender C (Principal Investigator) 2005
Part-time students and part-time study
Funder: Universities UK/HEFC (£31,000)

Callender C (Principal Investigator) 2004
HE and FE students’ income, expenditure and debt of in Scotland
Funder: Scottish Executive (£170,000)

Callender C (Principal Investigator) 2003
Comparative study of HE students income, expenditure and debt in London
Funder: Greater London Authority (£39,573)

Callender C (Principal Investigator) 2002 - 2007
Social Capital and Families Research Group (with colleagues at London South Bank University)
Professor Callender headed up a strand on education and employment involving four research projects.
Funder: ESRC (£3.5 million)