Mandy Powell
Biographic Data
| ID | 6560730 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mandy Powell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mandy |
| FAMILY NAME | Powell |
| SIGNATURE | POWELL M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1301-452X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reconceptualising fair access to highly academically selective universities
The higher education regulator for England has set challenging new widening access targets requiring universities to rethink how merit is judged in admissions. Universities are being encouraged to move away from the traditional meritocratic equality of opportunity model of fair access, which holds that university places should go to the most highly qualified candidates irrespective of social background, in accordance with the principles of proced…
The use of access thresholds to widen participation at Scottish universities
The Scottish Government has set ambitious targets for widening access to full-time undergraduate degree programmes. Meeting these targets will be a real challenge, not least because young people from socioeconomically disadvantaged contexts continue to lag substantially behind their more advantaged peers when it comes to achievement at Higher level. Following the recommendations of the Commission on Widening Access, the Scottish Government has ma…
Organisational Identity as a Barrier to Widening Access in Scottish Universities
Widening access policy has historically focused on tackling the socioeconomic barriers to university access faced by prospective students from under-represented groups, but increasingly policy makers are seeking to also address the barriers to wider access posed by undergraduate admissions policies. In this vein, the Scottish Government has recently called upon universities to set separate academic entry requirements for socioeconomically disadva…
Time to shine
Creative Scotland's ten-year plan for youth arts, Time to Shine (2013), was funded to the tune of 5m by the Scottish Government's Young Scots Fund. When Creative Scotland was formed in 2009, a Concordant of Intent- was submitted to the new Scottish National Party's minority government. Produced by four national youth performing arts companies (NYPAC), the National Youth Choir of Scotland, The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland, the Scottish Yo…
The use of access thresholds to widen participation at Scottish universities
The Scottish Government has set ambitious targets for widening access to full-time undergraduate degree programmes. Meeting these targets will be a real challenge, not least because young people from socioeconomically disadvantaged contexts continue to lag substantially behind their more advantaged peers when it comes to achievement at Higher level. Following the recommendations of the Commission on Widening Access, the Scottish Government has ma…
Organisational Identity as a Barrier to Widening Access in Scottish Universities
Widening access policy has historically focused on tackling the socioeconomic barriers to university access faced by prospective students from under-represented groups, but increasingly policy makers are seeking to also address the barriers to wider access posed by undergraduate admissions policies. In this vein, the Scottish Government has recently called upon universities to set separate academic entry requirements for socioeconomically disadva…
Time to shine
Creative Scotland's ten-year plan for youth arts, Time to Shine (2013), was funded to the tune of 5m by the Scottish Government's Young Scots Fund. When Creative Scotland was formed in 2009, a Concordant of Intent- was submitted to the new Scottish National Party's minority government. Produced by four national youth performing arts companies (NYPAC), the National Youth Choir of Scotland, The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland, the Scottish Yo…
Time to shine
Creative Scotland's ten-year plan for youth arts, Time to Shine (2013), was funded to the tune of 5m by the Scottish Government's Young Scots Fund. When Creative Scotland was formed in 2009, a Concordant of Intent- was submitted to the new Scottish National Party's minority government. Produced by four national youth performing arts companies (NYPAC), the National Youth Choir of Scotland, The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland, the Scottish Yo…
Organisational Identity as a Barrier to Widening Access in Scottish Universities
Widening access policy has historically focused on tackling the socioeconomic barriers to university access faced by prospective students from under-represented groups, but increasingly policy makers are seeking to also address the barriers to wider access posed by undergraduate admissions policies. In this vein, the Scottish Government has recently called upon universities to set separate academic entry requirements for socioeconomically disadva…
The use of access thresholds to widen participation at Scottish universities
The Scottish Government has set ambitious targets for widening access to full-time undergraduate degree programmes. Meeting these targets will be a real challenge, not least because young people from socioeconomically disadvantaged contexts continue to lag substantially behind their more advantaged peers when it comes to achievement at Higher level. Following the recommendations of the Commission on Widening Access, the Scottish Government has ma…
Reconceptualising fair access to highly academically selective universities
The higher education regulator for England has set challenging new widening access targets requiring universities to rethink how merit is judged in admissions. Universities are being encouraged to move away from the traditional meritocratic equality of opportunity model of fair access, which holds that university places should go to the most highly qualified candidates irrespective of social background, in accordance with the principles of proced…
Political science (4 works) · Government (linguistics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Disadvantaged (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Higher Education Learning Practices (2 works)