Colin Mccaig
Biographic Data
| ID | 2253899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Colin Mccaig |
| GIVEN NAMES | Colin |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccaig |
| SIGNATURE | MCCAIG C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sheffield Hallam University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5151-8254 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The role of higher education in Levelling Up: Reforming or subverting the market
The Business of Widening Participation: Policy, Practice and Culture
A comprehensive policy history of widening participation in UK higher education and exploration of how that policy has translated into institutional practices in different contexts, this timely work offers new analysis to academics familiar with the field and to practitioners who may be less so.
The Lives of Working Class Academics: Getting Ideas Above Your Station
A collection of autoethnographies written by academics who self-define as being from a working class heritage. Each one is an account of their lives, their experiences, and their journeys into becoming a higher education professional, in an industry still steeped in elitism
Higher Education, Widening Access and Market Failure: Towards a Dual Pricing Mechanism in England
Over a period of around fifteen years English higher education has become characterised by an increasingly marketise and differentiated system, most recently with the encouragement of new "challenger" providers potentially creating price competition for undergraduate degrees. This paper explores shifting patterns of enrolments between different institution types (those requiring high entry grades and those requiring lower entry grades) for eviden…
Examining the epistemology of impact and success of educational interventions using a reflective case study of university bursaries
This paper engages with the continuing emphasis given to evidence‐based policy and ‘what works’ approaches in educational research, highlighting some of the continuing epistemological challenges from a post‐positivist perspective. To illustrate these, it uses the case of bursaries awarded by universities to improve outcomes for students from disadvantaged backgrounds as an example of an education intervention designed to address structural inequa…
The strange death of number controls in England: Paradoxical Adventures in Higher Education Market Making
The paper analyses the impact of a higher education (HE) funding mechanism, the ‘High Grades’ policy, introduced as part of a student number control regime in England that was introduced in 2012/13 and withdrawn after only two years. This marked the end of an experiment in market making based on quality and price within a fixed student number cap. The paper analyses the impact of policy in key areas of institutional behaviour, which, taken togeth…
The retreat from widening participation? The National Scholarship Programme and new access agreements in English higher education
This article critically analyses the impact of reforms to the student financial support system in English higher education. Comparative analysis of financial support mechanisms and patterns of outreach engagement with groups underrepresented in higher education show a marked deterioration in the levels of cash support available and an increasingly focus on the brightest poor students (in the form of merit aid) at the expense of the generality of …
English Universities, Additional Fee Income and Access Agreements: Their Impact on Widening Participation and Fair Access
This paper argues that the introduction of access agreements following the establishment of the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) has consolidated how English higher education institutions (HEIs) position themselves in the marketplace in relation to widening participation. However, the absence of a national bursary scheme has led to obfuscation rather than clarification from the perspective of the consumer. This paper analyses OFFA's 2008 monitoring …
School Exams: Leavers in Panic
This article sets out to examine three examination crises in Scotland and England in recent years. Although entirely separate, several common underlying themes link these episodes. They are: policy change in the shape of new examination systems and the failure of existing institutions to cope with the increased workload; the politicisation of the results‐reporting period; the time‐limited nature of examination crises; and the tension between mini…
Reinventing the Past: The Case of the English Tradition of Education
This paper explores the linkages between national identity and educational traditions, and the range and flexibility of the incarnations of tradition. It investigates in detail three versions of a specifically English tradition in education that have been generated at different times in England over the past century. These are Cyril Norwood’s account of the English tradition in the 1920s, Fred Clarke’s portrayal of education and social change in …
English Universities, Additional Fee Income and Access Agreements: Their Impact on Widening Participation and Fair Access
This paper argues that the introduction of access agreements following the establishment of the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) has consolidated how English higher education institutions (HEIs) position themselves in the marketplace in relation to widening participation. However, the absence of a national bursary scheme has led to obfuscation rather than clarification from the perspective of the consumer. This paper analyses OFFA's 2008 monitoring …
The retreat from widening participation? The National Scholarship Programme and new access agreements in English higher education
This article critically analyses the impact of reforms to the student financial support system in English higher education. Comparative analysis of financial support mechanisms and patterns of outreach engagement with groups underrepresented in higher education show a marked deterioration in the levels of cash support available and an increasingly focus on the brightest poor students (in the form of merit aid) at the expense of the generality of …
Examining the epistemology of impact and success of educational interventions using a reflective case study of university bursaries
This paper engages with the continuing emphasis given to evidence‐based policy and ‘what works’ approaches in educational research, highlighting some of the continuing epistemological challenges from a post‐positivist perspective. To illustrate these, it uses the case of bursaries awarded by universities to improve outcomes for students from disadvantaged backgrounds as an example of an education intervention designed to address structural inequa…
The strange death of number controls in England: Paradoxical Adventures in Higher Education Market Making
The paper analyses the impact of a higher education (HE) funding mechanism, the ‘High Grades’ policy, introduced as part of a student number control regime in England that was introduced in 2012/13 and withdrawn after only two years. This marked the end of an experiment in market making based on quality and price within a fixed student number cap. The paper analyses the impact of policy in key areas of institutional behaviour, which, taken togeth…
Higher Education, Widening Access and Market Failure: Towards a Dual Pricing Mechanism in England
Over a period of around fifteen years English higher education has become characterised by an increasingly marketise and differentiated system, most recently with the encouragement of new "challenger" providers potentially creating price competition for undergraduate degrees. This paper explores shifting patterns of enrolments between different institution types (those requiring high entry grades and those requiring lower entry grades) for eviden…
School Exams: Leavers in Panic
This article sets out to examine three examination crises in Scotland and England in recent years. Although entirely separate, several common underlying themes link these episodes. They are: policy change in the shape of new examination systems and the failure of existing institutions to cope with the increased workload; the politicisation of the results‐reporting period; the time‐limited nature of examination crises; and the tension between mini…
Reinventing the Past: The Case of the English Tradition of Education
This paper explores the linkages between national identity and educational traditions, and the range and flexibility of the incarnations of tradition. It investigates in detail three versions of a specifically English tradition in education that have been generated at different times in England over the past century. These are Cyril Norwood’s account of the English tradition in the 1920s, Fred Clarke’s portrayal of education and social change in …
Reinventing the Past: The Case of the English Tradition of Education
This paper explores the linkages between national identity and educational traditions, and the range and flexibility of the incarnations of tradition. It investigates in detail three versions of a specifically English tradition in education that have been generated at different times in England over the past century. These are Cyril Norwood’s account of the English tradition in the 1920s, Fred Clarke’s portrayal of education and social change in …
School Exams: Leavers in Panic
This article sets out to examine three examination crises in Scotland and England in recent years. Although entirely separate, several common underlying themes link these episodes. They are: policy change in the shape of new examination systems and the failure of existing institutions to cope with the increased workload; the politicisation of the results‐reporting period; the time‐limited nature of examination crises; and the tension between mini…
English Universities, Additional Fee Income and Access Agreements: Their Impact on Widening Participation and Fair Access
This paper argues that the introduction of access agreements following the establishment of the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) has consolidated how English higher education institutions (HEIs) position themselves in the marketplace in relation to widening participation. However, the absence of a national bursary scheme has led to obfuscation rather than clarification from the perspective of the consumer. This paper analyses OFFA's 2008 monitoring …
The retreat from widening participation? The National Scholarship Programme and new access agreements in English higher education
This article critically analyses the impact of reforms to the student financial support system in English higher education. Comparative analysis of financial support mechanisms and patterns of outreach engagement with groups underrepresented in higher education show a marked deterioration in the levels of cash support available and an increasingly focus on the brightest poor students (in the form of merit aid) at the expense of the generality of …
Examining the epistemology of impact and success of educational interventions using a reflective case study of university bursaries
This paper engages with the continuing emphasis given to evidence‐based policy and ‘what works’ approaches in educational research, highlighting some of the continuing epistemological challenges from a post‐positivist perspective. To illustrate these, it uses the case of bursaries awarded by universities to improve outcomes for students from disadvantaged backgrounds as an example of an education intervention designed to address structural inequa…
The strange death of number controls in England: Paradoxical Adventures in Higher Education Market Making
The paper analyses the impact of a higher education (HE) funding mechanism, the ‘High Grades’ policy, introduced as part of a student number control regime in England that was introduced in 2012/13 and withdrawn after only two years. This marked the end of an experiment in market making based on quality and price within a fixed student number cap. The paper analyses the impact of policy in key areas of institutional behaviour, which, taken togeth…
Higher Education, Widening Access and Market Failure: Towards a Dual Pricing Mechanism in England
Over a period of around fifteen years English higher education has become characterised by an increasingly marketise and differentiated system, most recently with the encouragement of new "challenger" providers potentially creating price competition for undergraduate degrees. This paper explores shifting patterns of enrolments between different institution types (those requiring high entry grades and those requiring lower entry grades) for eviden…
The Business of Widening Participation: Policy, Practice and Culture
A comprehensive policy history of widening participation in UK higher education and exploration of how that policy has translated into institutional practices in different contexts, this timely work offers new analysis to academics familiar with the field and to practitioners who may be less so.
The Lives of Working Class Academics: Getting Ideas Above Your Station
A collection of autoethnographies written by academics who self-define as being from a working class heritage. Each one is an account of their lives, their experiences, and their journeys into becoming a higher education professional, in an industry still steeped in elitism
The role of higher education in Levelling Up: Reforming or subverting the market
Political science (10 works) · Economics (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Higher education (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Autonomy (2 works)