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Biography
I currently fulfil a role covering teaching and learning within the School of Applied Sciences. I have extensive experience of course development, quality assurance and teaching over the last 20 odd years. I have a particular interest in widening participation and the challenges facing students from various backgrounds particularly less advantaged communities. I am currently working with colleagues across the School on projects aimed at rasiing aspirations but also understanding the complex barriers to engagement that some students face. The fundamental aim is to encourage more students from under-represented groups (specifically BAME and white working class males) into Higher Education and once there to ensure they have the opportunities to thrive.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Transition of students into Higher Education
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality
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Resilient Societies Research Centre
Amaratunga, D. (PI), Haigh, R. (PI), Hwang, B. (PI), Massey, R. (CoI), Smyth, T. (CoI), Allan, R. (CoI), Hills, M. (CoI), Mishra, R. (CoI), Malalgoda, C. (CoI), Gao, Y. (CoI), Pitts, A. (CoI), Davidson, A. (CoI), Fox, B. (CoI), Wood, A. (CoI), Chen, T. (CoI), McAuley, J. (CoI), Wilson, R. (CoI), Milner, T. (CoI), Lever, J. (CoI), Snell, M. (CoI), Flynn, M. (CoI), Schofield, N. (CoI) & Hemachandra, K. (PI)
1/10/21 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
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Pathways to student engagement: beyond triggers and mechanisms at the engagement interface
Trowler, V., Allan, R., Bryk, J. & Din, R., 1 Oct 2022, In: Higher Education. 84, 4, p. 761-777 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Penitent Performance, Reconstructed Rumination or Induction: Student strategies for the deployment of reflection in an extended degree programme
Trowler, V., Allan, R., Bryk, J. & Din, R., 18 Sept 2020, In: Higher Education Research and Development. 39, 6, p. 1247-1261 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Mystery of the Missing Men: How Do Young Men Experience "Belong-ing" in Higher Education
Trowler, V., Allan, R. & Din, R., 1 Dec 2019, In: Boyhood Studies. 12, 2, p. 51-69 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
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“To secure a better future”: the affordances and constraints of complex familial and social factors encoded in higher education students’ narratives of engagement
Trowler, V., Allan, R. & Din, R., 1 Nov 2019, In: Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. 21, 3, p. 81-98 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Self-Assembly of an Anion-Binding Cryptand for the Selective Encapsulation, Sequestration, and Precipitation of Phosphate from Aqueous Systems
Rice, C. R., Slater, C., Faulkner, R. A. & Allan, R. L., 1 Oct 2018, In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 57, 40, p. 13071-13075 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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