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African Caribbean and Asian Curriculum Project

The ACA action research project was managed by Lancaster University's Community Access Programme (CAP, now known as REAP) and was initiated in 1995 wi ... Read more»

Project staff: Ann-Marie Houghton
Keywords: Action research, Adult learning, Community development, Community involvement, Education, Ethnicity, Family

Aimhigher Cumbria

REAP are working on a consultancy basis with Aimhigher Cumbria to support evaluation of partnership, area and thematic Aimhigher activities. See also ... Read more»

Project staff: Ann-Marie Houghton, Rebecca Marsden, Marion Walker (Educational Research)
Keywords: Action research, Parent-school relations, Partnership, Practitioner research, Widening participation

Aimhigher Cumbria and the Carlisle Information Advice and Guidance Task Group

Funded by, and on behalf of, Aimhigher Cumbria, REAP have undertaken an evaluation of a multi-agency Task Group established in Carlisle. The task gro ... Read more»

Project staff: Steven Dempster, Ann-Marie Houghton
Keywords: Cumbria, Evaluation, Partnership, Widening participation

Aimhigher Cumbria and the STEM curriculum

An evaluation of Aimhigher Cumbria's Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) funded provision and its contribution to awareness, aspiration ... Read more»

Project staff: Ann-Marie Houghton, Rebecca Marsden
Keywords: Engineering, Mathematics, Mathematics education, Science and technology, Transition

Aimhigher Lancashire

A collaborative HEFCE, DfES and LSC funded widening participation project involving Higher and Further Education institutions in Lancashire who are wo ... Read more»

Project staff: Ann-Marie Houghton

Aiming4uni in Furness

REAP is involved with the Aiming4uni in Furness in two ways. Firstly, we contribute to the work with families strand, drawing on our action research ... Read more»

Project staff: Ann-Marie Houghton, Marion Walker (Educational Research)
Keywords: Aiming4Uni, Family, Parents, Summer school, Widening participation

Barrow Youth Re: action Team

The Youth Re: action Team (YRAT) is a group of upper secondary school students from Barrow-in-Furness who have been involved in researching local peop ... Read more»

Project staff: Steven Dempster, Ann-Marie Houghton
Keywords: Regeneration, Research methods

Community Learning

Our community learning provided the basis of an extensive range of research and development cycles which informed our own provision and has generated ... Read more»

Project staff: Ann-Marie Houghton
Keywords: Adult learning, Community development, Education

Designing an Inclusive Curriculum in Higher Education (DICHE)

The project, commissioned by the Higher Education Academy, aims to develop guidance that offers a range of practical ways to embed the requirements of ... Read more»

Project staff: Amy Burgess, Steven Dempster, Ann-Marie Houghton, Rebecca Marsden, Hannah Morgan (Applied Social Science)

Disability Effective Inclusive Policies

The Disability Effective Inclusive Policies (DEIP) Project is funded by the European Social Fund and co-ordinated by the Centre for Continuing Educati ... Read more»

Project staff: Ann-Marie Houghton, Linda Piggott
Keywords: Disability, Employment, Participation, Transition

Evaluation Capacity Building

The project provides for evaluation capacity building for HEI widening participation teams (WPTs) in the form of a development initiative involving re ... Read more»

Project staff: Paul Davies (Educational Research), Ann-Marie Houghton, Rebecca Marsden, Lesleyann Morgan (Educational Research), Linda Pearce (Educational Research), Murray Saunders (Educational Research)
Keywords: Evaluation

Families And Higher Education Decision-making - FAHED

FAHED was an action research project concerned with raising awareness and identifying barriers to participation in higher education. The principles an ... Read more»

Project staff: Ann-Marie Houghton
Keywords: Family, Higher education HE, Parent-school relations, Partnership, Professional development, Widening participation

Lancashire Aimhigher Disability

This is one of the Theme 2 and 3 projects funded by Aimhigher Lancashire. The aim is to identify and dissemination good practice and support for disab ... Read more»

Project staff: Ann-Marie Houghton
Keywords: Disability and widening access, Higher education HE

LIME (Lancashire Intergenerational Multicultural Education) Project

LIME contributed to Lancashire County Council's Adult and Community Programme of Family Learning. It worked to extend understanding about the factors ... Read more»

Project staff: Ann-Marie Houghton
Keywords: Action research, Capacity building, Community development, Informal learning, Parenting

LUCID: Library Understanding and Curriculum enhancement to Inform Decision-making

The LUCID project aims to provide young people with an academically focused awareness and achievement raising package of activities. It brings togethe ... Read more»

Project staff: Ann-Marie Houghton
Keywords: Education

Refugees Education and Employment

The Refugee Progression and Employment (REPP) Project is funded by the European Social Fund. It was a collaborative project with Universities of Susse ... Read more»

Project staff: Ann-Marie Houghton
Keywords: Citizenship, Community development, Education, Equity, Ethnicity, Exclusion and disadvantage

SPECIALS

Funded by North Lancashire Teaching Primary Care Trust, the Students' and Professionals', Experience, Concerns and Issues regarding Alcohol use by Lan ... Read more»

Project staff: Steven Dempster, Ann-Marie Houghton
Keywords: Alcohol and illicit drug use, Health behaviour, Higher education HE

Up2Uni

Up2uni is a staff development programme designed to support practitioners advising prospective students about higher education. On behalf of the prog ... Read more»

Project staff: Steven Dempster, Ann-Marie Houghton, Rebecca Marsden, Marion Walker (Educational Research), Jess Walmsley
Keywords: Evaluation, Professional development, Widening participation

Widening Participation - Disability

The project was funded by HEFCE Special Initiative 'Students with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities (SLDD) - 1996-1999' to enhance its overall co ... Read more»

Project staff: Ann-Marie Houghton
Keywords: Disability and teaching and learning, Disability and widening access

Working with Families

Working with families - involves supporting practitioners working within the community, FE and HE to work more effectively with families who have no e ... Read more»

Project staff: Ann-Marie Houghton