Widening Participation
Welcome to the Widening Participation Subject Guide - giving you information on library resources and services.
Getting Started with Widening Participation
Jisc have produced a useful guide on Widening Participation and digital inclusion within Higher Education. It contains information on the steps that can be taken to improve accessibility and outreach, and the importance of personalising the education experience for students.
The Education and Teacher Training Subject Guide contains links to a number of databases which might be helpful for studies on widening access. You can also find contact details for the Academic Support Librarian who will be guide you on location additional resources, as well as details on library services.
Widening Access Statistics
According to the Higher Education Student Statistics: UK 2020/21 report of UK domiciled* full-time HE undergraduate students:
- 91% of students were from a state-funded school or college
- 43% of students were a first-generation undergraduate
- 26% of students were Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic
- 15% of students had a known disability
*UK domiciled means that the UK was a student’s normal place of residence before starting their course
Moray House Library
Moray House Library, within the Holyrood Campus of the University of Edinburgh School of Education and Sport, holds the majority of books for Widening Participation Studies. Most of the books in Moray House Library are on the 1st floor.
Online Learning
The Library provides access to many e-resources, but we also provide lots of other services and support for students on online learning programmes.
- Library services for online learning students
- How to set up the Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Education and Widening Participation Journals
Widening Participation Books
Improving Learning by Widening Participation in Higher Education by ISBN: 9780415495424Publication Date: 2009-10-22
Inclusive Education: Perspectives on Pedagogy, Policy and Practice by ISBN: 9781138913899Publication Date: 2016-05-03
Poor Queer Studies: Confronting Elitism in the University by ISBN: 9781478009146Publication Date: 2020-03-06
Rethinking Widening Participation in Higher Education by ISBN: 9780415575638Publication Date: 2011-06-01The Rhetoric of Widening Participation in Higher Education and Its Impact by
ISBN: 3319759655Publication Date: 2018-05-24
The Right to Higher Education: Beyond Widening Participation by ISBN: 1136450955Publication Date: 2013-06-19
Widening Participation, Higher Education and Non-Traditional Students by ISBN: 9781349949694Publication Date: 2016-08-24
Access & Widening Participation Resources
- A Blueprint for Fairness: Final Report of the Commission on Widening AccessA Blueprint for Fairness presents a system wide plan to achieve equal access to higher education.
- Commissioner for Fair Access (Scotland)The Scottish Framework for Fair Access, launched in May 2019, has been developed to help access practitioners plan and evaluate new ways of helping people from disadvantaged backgrounds access higher education.
- The Hub for SUCCESSThe Hub for SUCCESS is a collaborative project concerned with improving post-school
educational outcomes for people of all ages with experience of care in the South-East region
of Scotland. - SCAPP (Scotland’s Community of Access and Participation Practitioners)SCAPP (Scotland’s Community of Access and Participation Practitioners) aims to provide a practitioners’ network to support the development and professionalisation of a strong widening access and participation community in Scotland and by doing this embed, enhance and support effective practice in Scotland.
- Schools for Higher Education ProgrammeThe Schools for Higher Education Programme (SHEP) supports regional collaboration between schools, colleges and universities to increase progression to higher education in both colleges and universities.
- Scottish Wider Access Programme (SWAP)The Scottish Wider Access Programme supports access to higher education for adult learners. SWAP access programmes run at colleges across Scotland and are a proven route into hundreds of degree courses at partner universities.