Research projects
Our staff have been funded to pursue a range of projects:
Current research projects
Career Decision-making and Career Development of Part-time Higher Education Students
- Principal investigator: Professor Claire Callender
- Funded by: Higher Education Careers Services Unit
- Dates: 14 January 2008-31 December 2011
- Part-time undergraduates in higher education: a literature review
Citizenship and Integration in the UK
- Principal investigator: Dr Dina Kiwan
- Funded by: Home Office
- Dates: 1 May 2010 to 30 April 2011
- Visit the project web site
Education for 'National' Citizenship in the Context of Devolution and Ethno-Religious Conflict
- Principal investigator: Dr Dina Kiwan
- Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
- Dates: 1 January 2009-30 December 2010
Returns to Higher Education for Part-time Students
- Principal investigator: Professor Claire Callender
- Funded by: UK Commission for Employment & Skills
- Dates: 8 November 2010 to 31 March 2011
Older People as Volunteers
- Principal investigator: Anne Jamieson
- Funded by: The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
- Dates: 1 September 2010 – May 2011
Past research projects
Gender and Lifelong Learning seminar series
- Investigators: Professor Sue Jackson, Professor Jacky Brine, Dr Christina Hughes and Dr Loraine Blaxter
- Funded by ESRC (Project RES-451-26-0141)
- Dates: January 2005-December 2006
- Find out more about this seminar series.
Intersecting identities: Women's spaces of sociality in post-colonial London
- Investigators: Professor Sue Jackson, Dr Rosie Cox, Dr Dina Kiwan and Dr Yasmeen Narayan
- Dates: 1 April 2005-30 September 2008
- Funded by: ESRC (Project RES-148-25-0022)
- Download project report
Learning citizenship: lifelong learning, community and the Women's Institutes
- Investigator: Professor Sue Jackson
- Funded by: ESRC (Project RES-000-22-1441)
- Dates: 17 October 2005-16 December 2006
New conceptions of 'expertise' in professional education
- Principal investigator: Dr H B Kotzee
- Funded by: Institute of Education
- Dates: 1 September 2009-30 April 2010
The Supply of Part-Time Provision in Higher Education in the UK
- Funded by: Universities UK
- Principal investigator: Professor Claire Callender
- Dates: 1 May 2009-31 January 2010
- Research report: The supply of part-time provision in higher education in the UK
