Outputs (4)

A systematic review of evidence on the effectiveness of interventions and strategies for widening participation in higher education (2018)
Journal Article
Younger, K., Gascoine, L., Menzies, V., & Torgerson, C. (2019). A systematic review of evidence on the effectiveness of interventions and strategies for widening participation in higher education. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 43(6), 742-773. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877x.2017.1404558

Widening participation (WP) in higher education (HE) is an increasingly important policy issue, with interventions to increase participation from minority ethnic, low-income and other under-represented groups undertaken in HE sectors in many countrie... Read More about A systematic review of evidence on the effectiveness of interventions and strategies for widening participation in higher education.

Risk Management. (2017)
Book Chapter
Birch, R., Pye, R., McDonald, C., & Baker, J. (2017). Risk Management. In T. Strike (Ed.), Higher Education Strategy and Planning: A Professional Guide (155-163). Routledge

Underpinning excellence in higher education – an investigation into the leadership, governance and management behaviours of high-performing academic departments (2015)
Journal Article
Kok, S. K., & McDonald, C. (2017). Underpinning excellence in higher education – an investigation into the leadership, governance and management behaviours of high-performing academic departments. Studies in Higher Education, 42(2), 210-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2015.1036849

The changes in government funding alongside external pressures of increased international and national competition have meant that higher education institutions need to excel in a turbulent environment. The leadership, governance and management (LGM)... Read More about Underpinning excellence in higher education – an investigation into the leadership, governance and management behaviours of high-performing academic departments.

Underpinning Excellence: Understanding the Way Things are Done. (2012)
Journal Article
Kok, S. K., & McDonald, C. (2012). Underpinning Excellence: Understanding the Way Things are Done. International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, 11(4), 119-132. https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9524/cgp/v11i04/50157

Current changes and cuts in funding within the UK university sector have meant that institutions need to perform at their optimum amidst a time of austerity. This has meant that institutions need not only be efficient and effective in their daily act... Read More about Underpinning Excellence: Understanding the Way Things are Done..