A couple of weeks ago I was part of an SRHE webinar exploring Higher Education on Small Islands. Following this … More
Tag: higher education
International vs Internal Student Mobilities
One of my colleagues at the University of the Highlands and Islands, Dr Philomena De Lima is doing some work … More
Migration, education and employment: socio-cultural factors in shaping individual decisions in Orkney and Shetland
So, my latest paper has just been published in the Island Studies Journal. The paper is titled: Migration, education and … More
Social Class, Rurality and Access to Higher Education
I’ve recently been reading about research into working class students and their experience of Higher Education. Wolfgang Lehmann has written … More
Stats busting: the Higher Education experiences of students from Orkney and Shetland
So, as part of my PhD I have been looking at the destinations of higher education graduates who were originally … More
Cornwall to Orkney: was it destiny….?!
Tidying up, I just found an essay I wrote when I was 16 which was published in the Western Morning … More
Participation in Higher Education by region (in England): a picture of rural disadvantage
Well, this is interesting, today I came across a report from HEFCE: ‘trends in young participation in higher education’ which … More
Orkney school leavers (2010-11) – the impact of gender
The dive into statistics continues…. Today I have been looking at the School Leaver Destinations for Orkney, compiled by Skills … More