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Learning in the Liminal Space: A Semiotic Approach to Threshold Concepts (2014)
Journal Article
Land, R., Rattray, J., & Vivian, P. (2014). Learning in the Liminal Space: A Semiotic Approach to Threshold Concepts. Higher Education, 67(2), 199-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-013-9705-x

The threshold concepts approach to student learning and curriculum design now informs an empirical research base comprising over 170 disciplinary and professional contexts. It draws extensively on the notion of troublesomeness in a ‘liminal’ space of... Read More about Learning in the Liminal Space: A Semiotic Approach to Threshold Concepts.

Is Access to University a Matter of Quality? UK and European Experiences of Widening Participation (2013)
Journal Article
Owen, C., Eggins, H., Gordon, G., Land, R., & Rattray, J. (2013). Is Access to University a Matter of Quality? UK and European Experiences of Widening Participation. Journal of the European higher education area, 4, 17-32

Widening participation and the related issue of social mobility are re-emerging as crucial, complex and pressing priorities in terms of the governance and the social and economic effectiveness of higher education in the regions of Europe. Concern abo... Read More about Is Access to University a Matter of Quality? UK and European Experiences of Widening Participation.