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Staff research interests

Following is a brief introduction to our staff research interests. You can find out more by reading the staff pages.



African diaspora: politics and culture
  • William Ackah: Black and ethnic minority; community and voluntary sector; European Structural Funds; Political and cultural movements in the African diaspora.
Citizenship
  • Professor Sue Jackson: Gender and education; feminist theory and research; lifelong learning; gender, class and citizenship.
Community and voluntary sector
  • William Ackah: Black and ethnic minority; community and voluntary sector; European Structural Funds; political and cultural movements in the African diaspora.
  • Linda Milbourne: change in voluntary and community sector; effects of changing policies and institutions on roles and identities of young people; inter-agency working; social exclusion; social policy in theory and practice.
Higher education policy
  • Claire Callender: Higher education policy; funding and finances of higher education students, both in the UK and internationally; widening participation; part-time students.
Gender and education
  • Professor Sue Jackson: Gender and education; feminist theory and research; lifelong learning; gender, class and citizenship.
Social policy
  • Linda Milbourne: change in voluntary and community sector; effects of changing policies and institutions on roles and identities of young people; inter-agency working; social exclusion; social policy in theory and practice.
Work-based learning
  • Anita Walsh: Work-based learning; epistemology of informal and work-based learning.
Young people
  • Linda Milbourne: change in voluntary and community sector; effects of changing policies and institutions on roles and identities of young people; inter-agency working; social exclusion; social policy in theory and practice.

 

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