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Quality in Undergraduate Education: How Powerful Knowledge Disrupts Inequality
McLean, M., Abbas, A., Ashwin, P.W.H. 28/12/2017 London : Bloomsbury Academic. 272 p. ISBN: 9781474214490. Electronic ISBN: 9781474214506.
Book
Conceptualising transformative undergraduate experiences: a phenomenographic exploration of students’ personal projects
Ashwin, P.W.H., Abbas, A., McLean, M. 12/2016 In: British Educational Research Journal. 42, 6, p. 962-977. 16 p.
Journal article
How does completing a dissertation transform undergraduate students’ understandings of disciplinary knowledge?
Ashwin, P.W.H., Abbas, A., McLean, M. 2017 In: Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. 42, 4, p. 517-530. 14 p.
Journal article
Newer researchers in higher education: policy actors or policy subjects?
Ashwin, P., Deem, R., McAlpine, L. 21/10/2016 In: Studies in Higher Education. 41, 12, p. 2184-2197 . 14 p.
Journal article
Researcher creations?: the positioning of policy texts in higher education research
Ashwin, P., Smith, K. 06/2015 In: Higher Education. 69, 6, p. 1007-1018. 12 p.
Journal article
Reflective teaching in higher education
Ashwin, P., Boud, D., Coate, K., Hallett, F., Keane, E., Krause, K., Leibowitz, B., MacLaren, I., McArthur, J., McCune, V., Tooher, M. 26/02/2015 London : Bloomsbury Academic. 416 p. ISBN: 9781441197559.
Book
Missionary zeal: some problems with the rhetoric, vision and approach of the AHELO project
Ashwin, P. 5/10/2015 In: European Journal of Higher Education. 5, 4, 8 p.
Comment/debate
Representations of a high-quality system of undergraduate education in English higher education policy documents
Ashwin, P., Abbas, A., McLean, M. 2015 In: Studies in Higher Education. 40, 4, p. 610-623. 14 p.
Journal article
The meanings of student engagement: implications for policies and practices
Ashwin, P., Mcvitty, D. 2015 In: The European higher education area. Cham : Springer p. 343-359. 17 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
How do students’ accounts of sociology change over the course of their undergraduate degrees?
Ashwin, P., Abbas, A., McLean, M. 02/2014 In: Higher Education. 67, 2, p. 219-234. 16 p.
Journal article
How often are theories developed through empirical research into higher education?
Ashwin, P. 12/2012 In: Studies in Higher Education. 37, 8, p. 941-955. 15 p.
Journal article
Analysing teaching-learning interactions in higher education : accounting for structure and agency.
Ashwin, P. 02/2009 London : Continuum. 174 p. ISBN: 9780826494184.
Book
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The conceptualisation of students' personal transformation through their engagement in South African undergraduate education
Ashwin, P.W.H., Komljenovic, J. 3/12/2018 In: Higher Education Pathways. African Minds p. 125-135. 11 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Higher Education Pathways: South African Undergraduate Education and the Public Good
Ashwin, P.W.H., Case, J. 12/2018 Cape Town : African Minds. 320 p. ISBN: 9781928331902.
Book
Academics' perceptions of what it means to be an academic
Rosewell, K., Ashwin, P. 24/07/2018 In: Studies in Higher Education.
Journal article
Where does the TEF go from here?
Ashwin, P.W.H. 10/06/2018 Research Professional
Article
TEF 2018: Can students trust the gold standard?
Ashwin, P.W.H. 06/2018 Times Higher Education
Article
The importance of arguing over teaching excellence
Ashwin, P.W.H. 05/2018 Times Higher Education
Article
Learning gain: Myths and possibilities
Ashwin, P.W.H. 02/2018 HEFCE Blog
Article
Building an Agenda for Academic Development on the Peculiarity of University Teaching
Ashwin, P.W.H. 2018 In: Pedagogical Peculiarities. Sense Publishers p. 113-124. 12 p.
Chapter
Introduction
Ashwin, P.W.H., Case, J. 2018 In: Higher Education Pathways. Cape Town : African Minds p. 3-9. 7 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
What have we learned about pathways to the public good from South African undergraduate education
Ashwin, P.W.H., Carpentier, V., Case, J., Marshall, D., Tristan, M., McKenna, S., Naidoo, R., Schendel, R., Walker, M. 2018 In: Higher Education Pathways. Cape Town p. 291-298. 8 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Quality in Undergraduate Education: How Powerful Knowledge Disrupts Inequality
McLean, M., Abbas, A., Ashwin, P.W.H. 28/12/2017 London : Bloomsbury Academic. 272 p. ISBN: 9781474214490. Electronic ISBN: 9781474214506.
Book
Making sense of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) results
Ashwin, P.W.H. 21/06/2017
Other contribution
Sociological knowledge and transformation
Jenkins, C., Barnes, C., McLean, M., Abbas, A., Ashwin, P.W.H. 4/01/2017 In: Socially just pedagogies, capabilities and quality in higher education. London : Palgrave
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
How does completing a dissertation transform undergraduate students’ understandings of disciplinary knowledge?
Ashwin, P.W.H., Abbas, A., McLean, M. 2017 In: Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. 42, 4, p. 517-530. 14 p.
Journal article
What is the Teaching Excellence Framework in the United Kingdom, and will it work?
Ashwin, P.W.H. 2017 International higher education, p. 10-11. 2 p.
Article
The quality of learning, teaching, and curriculum
McLean, M., Ashwin, P.W.H. 8/12/2016 In: New languages and landscapes of higher education. Oxford University Press p. 84-102. 19 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Conceptualising transformative undergraduate experiences: a phenomenographic exploration of students’ personal projects
Ashwin, P.W.H., Abbas, A., McLean, M. 12/2016 In: British Educational Research Journal. 42, 6, p. 962-977. 16 p.
Journal article
Quality by the skipload
Ashwin, P.W.H. 10/11/2016 Times Higher Education, p. 24. 1 p.
Article
Imagine a Tef that actually measured teaching excellence...
Ashwin, P.W.H. 26/10/2016 The Guardian
Article
Newer researchers in higher education: policy actors or policy subjects?
Ashwin, P., Deem, R., McAlpine, L. 21/10/2016 In: Studies in Higher Education. 41, 12, p. 2184-2197 . 14 p.
Journal article
Theorising learning to teach: insights, absences and future possibilities
Ashwin, P.W.H. 18/10/2016 In: Theorising learning to teach in higher education. Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge p. 224-232. 9 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Local difficulties: why it’s hard to make global comparisons in higher education
Ashwin, P.W.H. 22/09/2016 Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-17, p. 90. 1 p.
Article
David Watson’s Scholarly Legacy: Towards a Conscience for Higher Education Research
Ashwin, P.W.H. 19/04/2016 Society for Research into Higher Education Blog
Article
Why Would Going to University Change Anyone?: The Challenges of Capturing the Transformative Power of Higher Education in Comparisons of Quality
Ashwin, P.W.H. 23/03/2016 In: Educational Studies Moscow. 2016, 1, p. 21-34. 14 p.
Journal article
From a teaching perspective, 'impact' looks very different
Ashwin, P.W.H. 21/03/2016 Times Higher Education
Article
The influence of curricula content on English sociology students’ transformations: the case of feminist knowledge
Abbas, A., Ashwin, P.W.H., McLean, M. 16/03/2016 In: Teaching in Higher Education. 21, 4, p. 442-456. 15 p.
Journal article
Teaching to the test
Ashwin, P.W.H. 6/01/2016 University World News
Article
Three muddles that will undermine the TEF
Ashwin, P.W.H. 7/12/2015 Wonkhe
Article
Missionary zeal: some problems with the rhetoric, vision and approach of the AHELO project
Ashwin, P. 5/10/2015 In: European Journal of Higher Education. 5, 4, 8 p.
Comment/debate
Not everybody walks around and thinks “That’s an example of othering or stigmatisation": identity, pedagogic rights and the acquisition of undergraduate sociology-based social science knowledge.
McLean, M., Abbas, A., Ashwin, P. 13/07/2015 In: Theory and Research in Education. 13, 2, p. 180-197. 18 p.
Journal article
Measuring quality
Ashwin, P. 07/2015 Critical Muslim, 15, p. 89-97. 9 p.
Article
Researcher creations?: the positioning of policy texts in higher education research
Ashwin, P., Smith, K. 06/2015 In: Higher Education. 69, 6, p. 1007-1018. 12 p.
Journal article
Five ways universities have already changed in the 21st century
Ashwin, P. 14/05/2015 The Conversation
Article
Reflective teaching in higher education
Ashwin, P., Boud, D., Coate, K., Hallett, F., Keane, E., Krause, K., Leibowitz, B., MacLaren, I., McArthur, J., McCune, V., Tooher, M. 26/02/2015 London : Bloomsbury Academic. 416 p. ISBN: 9781441197559.
Book
Seven myths of university teaching
Ashwin, P.W.H. 25/02/2015 Times Higher Education
Article
Representations of a high-quality system of undergraduate education in English higher education policy documents
Ashwin, P., Abbas, A., McLean, M. 2015 In: Studies in Higher Education. 40, 4, p. 610-623. 14 p.
Journal article
Teaching and learning: an overview of the thematic section
Klemencic, M., Ashwin, P. 2015 In: The European higher education area. Springer p. 315-324. 10 p. ISBN: 9783319187679. Electronic ISBN: 9783319208770.
Chapter
The meanings of student engagement: implications for policies and practices
Ashwin, P., Mcvitty, D. 2015 In: The European higher education area. Cham : Springer p. 343-359. 17 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
The role of HEFCE in teaching and learning enhancement: a review of evaluative evidence
Trowler, P., Ashwin, P., Saunders, M. 17/07/2014
Other contribution
How do students’ accounts of sociology change over the course of their undergraduate degrees?
Ashwin, P., Abbas, A., McLean, M. 02/2014 In: Higher Education. 67, 2, p. 219-234. 16 p.
Journal article
Knowledge, curriculum and student understanding in higher education
Ashwin, P. 02/2014 In: Higher Education. 67, 2, 112 p.
Special issue
Knowledge, curriculum and student understanding in higher education
Ashwin, P. 02/2014 In: Higher Education. 67, 2, 4 p.
Editorial
Evoked prior learning experience and approach to learning as predictors of academic achievement
Trigwell, K., Ashwin, P., Millan, E. 09/2013 In: British Journal of Educational Psychology. 83, 3, p. 363-378. 16 p.
Journal article
A Bernsteinian view of learning and teaching undergraduate sociology-based social science
Mclean, M., Abbas, A., Ashwin, P. 1/06/2013 In: Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences. 5, 2, p. 32-44. 13 p.
Journal article
Qualitative Life-grids: a proposed method for comparative European educational research
Abbas, A., Ashwin, P., McLean, M. 2013 In: European Educational Research Journal. 12, 3, p. 320-329. 10 p.
Journal article
The use and value of Bernstein’s work in studying (in)equalities in undergraduate social science education
McLean, M., Abbas, A., Ashwin, P. 2013 In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 34, 2, p. 262-280. 19 p.
Journal article
University knowledge, human development and pedagogic rights
McLean, M., Abbas, A., Ashwin, P. 2013 In: Human development and capabilities. London : Routledge p. 30-43. 14 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
How often are theories developed through empirical research into higher education?
Ashwin, P. 12/2012 In: Studies in Higher Education. 37, 8, p. 941-955. 15 p.
Journal article
Evoked prior experiences in first year university student learning
Ashwin, P., Trigwell, K. 1/08/2012 In: Higher Education Research and Development. 31, 4, p. 449-463. 15 p.
Journal article
Questioning theory–method relations in higher education research: editorial
Ashwin, P., Case, J. 06/2012 In: Higher Education Research and Development. 31, 3, 2 p.
Editorial
Quality and Inequality in Undergraduate Courses A guide for national and institutional policy makers: A guide for national and institutional policy makers
Ashwin, P., Abbas, A., McLean, M. 05/2012 Nottingham : University of Nottingham. 10 p.
Other report
Neoliberal policy, quality and inequality in undergraduate degrees
Abbas, A., Ashwin, P., McLean, M. 2012 In: Organising Neoliberalism:. London : Anthem p. 179-199. 21 p.
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Questioning theory–method relations in higher education research: a special issue
Ashwin, P., Case, J. 2012 In: Higher Education Research and Development. 31, 3, 163 p.
Special issue
The pedagogic device: Sociology, knowledge practices and teaching-learning processes
Ashwin, P., Abbass, A., McLean, M. 2012 In: Tribes and Territories in the 21st-Century. Abingdon : Routledge
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Questioning the relations between biography, theory and power in biographical teaching methods: a dialogue
Wright, H., Ashwin, P. 2011 In: Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences. 3, 3, p. 1-22. 22 p.
Journal article
A critical engagement with research into higher education
Shay, S., Ashwin, P., Case, J. 06/2009 In: Studies in Higher Education. 34, 4, 3 p.
Editorial
Analysing teaching-learning interactions in higher education : accounting for structure and agency.
Ashwin, P. 02/2009 London : Continuum. 174 p. ISBN: 9780826494184.
Book
A critical engagement with research into higher education: a special issue
Shay, S., Ashwin, P., Case, J. 2009 In: Studies in Higher Education. 34, 4, 109 p.
Special issue
Conceptualising teaching and learning interactions in researching higher education.
Ashwin, P. 2009 In: The Routledge International Handbook of Higher Education. New York and London : Routledge p. 37-46. 10 p. ISBN: 9780415432641.
Chapter
2005-2010 Centres of Excellence in Teaching and Learning programme
Saunders, M., Trowler, P., Ashwin, P. 2008 Bristol : HEFCE. 127 p.
Book
Accounting for structure and agency in close-up research on teaching, learning and assessment in higher education.
Ashwin, P. 2008 In: International Journal of Educational Research. 47, 3, p. 151-158. 8 p.
Journal article
How approaches to teaching are affected by discipline and teaching context
Lindblom-Ylanne, S., Trigwell, K., Nevgi, A., Ashwin, P. 06/2006 In: Studies in Higher Education. 31, 3, p. 285-298. 14 p.
Journal article
An exploratory study of situated conceptions of learning and learning environments.
Trigwell, K., Ashwin, P.W.H. 1/03/2006 In: Higher Education. 51, 2, p. 243-258. 16 p.
Journal article
Changing higher education: the development of learning and teaching
Ashwin, P. 2006 London : Routledge. 152 p. ISBN: 0415341299.
Book
Interpreting the developments: possible futures for learning and teaching in higher education.
Ashwin, P. 2006 In: Changing higher education: the development of learning and teaching.. London : Routledge p. 127-134. 8 p. ISBN: 0415341299 (pbk. : alk. paper).
Chapter
The development of learning and teaching in higher education: the changing context.
Ashwin, P. 2006 In: Changing higher education: the development of learning and teaching.. London : Routledge p. 3-15. 13 p. ISBN: 0415341299 (pbk. : alk. paper).
Chapter
Variation in academics' accounts of tutorials.
Ashwin, P. 2006 In: Studies in Higher Education. 31, 6, p. 651-665. 15 p.
Journal article
Variation in students' experiences of the Oxford tutorial.
Ashwin, P. 11/2005 In: Higher Education. 50, 4, p. 631-644. 14 p.
Journal article
Towards a reconciliation of the 'approaches to learning' and 'critical pedagogy' perspectives in higher education through a focus on academic engagement.
Ashwin, P., McLean, M. 2005 In: Improving student learning: diversity and inclusivity. Oxford : Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development p. 377-389. 13 p. ISBN: 1873576722.
Chapter
Investigating educational development.
Ashwin, P., Trigwell, K. 2004 In: Enhancing staff and educational development.. London : Kogan Page p. 117-131. 15 p.
Chapter
Students' learning motivation and their approaches to learning.
Trigwell, K., Ashwin, P. 2004 In: Improving student learning.. Oxford : Oxford Brookes University p. 52-65. 14 p.
Chapter
Variation in tutors' experiences of small group tutorials.
Ashwin, P. 2004 In: Improving student learning.. Oxford : Oxford Brookes University p. 80-89. 10 p.
Chapter
Peer facilitation and how it contributes to the development
Ashwin, P. 1/03/2003 In: Research in Post-Compulsory Education. 8, 1, p. 5-18. 14 p.
Journal article
Peer Support : relations between the context, process and outcomes for the students who are supported.
Ashwin, P. 2003 In: Instructional Science. 31, 3, p. 159-173. 15 p.
Journal article
Implementing peer learning across organisations: the development of a model
Ashwin, P. 1/12/2002 In: Mentoring and Tutoring. 10, 3, p. 221-231. 11 p.
Journal article