University College Plymouth St Mark & St John

Urban Historical Geography

Urban Leisure and Tourism

Current Research

Assessing the impact of widening participation initiatives

New university centres and regional regeneration

Partnership and collaboration and institutional regional and international impact

Work based learning and employer engagement

Publications (selected)

Chapters in Books

2008 'Employability and the Aimhigher Student Ambassador Scheme South East London' with D Chilosi, P.Broadhead and M. Wilkinson) in University Life Uncovered: Making Sense of the Student Experience
HEA, subject centre for Social Policy and Social Work monograph pp. 87-93

2003 'Supporting Student Retention and Progression: Developing Strategies through Community Learning and Summer School Provision’ in Thomas L, Cooper M and Quinn J, Improving Completion Rates among Disadvantaged Students, Trentham pp. 87-114

2002 'Developing Progression Routes to Learning: Building Progression Pathways in the Tees Valley' (with P Lynn) in Thomas L, Cooper M & Quinn J Collaboration to Widen Participation in HE, Trentham pp 153-170

1999 'Teaching and Learning for Employability’ in Fry H, Ketteridge S and Marshall S, A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Enhancing Academic Practice Kogan Page

1996 'Markets and Fairs in Post-Medieval Yorkshire' and 'Canals and Inland Waterways' in S. Ellis and S. Neave eds.  An Historical Atlas of the East Riding of Yorkshire Hull University Press

1991 ‘Adult Education and the Development of Regional and Local History’ (with J. Crowther) in P. Swan and D.Foster eds.  Essays in Regional and Local History Hutton Press

1990 ‘Market Towns of the North Humber’ in S. Ellis and D.R. Crowther eds. Humber Perspectives, Hull University Press

1986 ‘The Land Tax Returns in the Study of the Physical Development of Country Towns’ in M Turner and D Mills Eds. Land and Property the English Land Tax 1692-1832 Alan Sutton, Gloucester, pp. 93-117

 Refereed Journal Articles (selected)

 2009 ‘Red herrings and real problems: Some reflections on the evaluation of Aimhigher’ (with D.Chilosi) in Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning Vol. 11, no. 1

2009 ‘On Partnership and Network Governance: the Case of an Aimhigher Widening Participation Partnership’ (with D Chilosi, P, Broadhead and  M Wilkinson) Journal of Access, Policy and Practice Vol.6, No.2

2009 ‘Measuring  the Impact of Aimhigher on schooling attainment and higher education applications and entries’ (with D Chilosi and P Broadhead)  Journal of Further and Higher Education vol. 34,  Issue 1,  pp. 1-10

2002 'Think through the Implication of Work Based Learning’ (with B Paulucy) in Exchange issue 2, 2002 pp 26-30

1994 ‘Regeneration through Leisure’ The Leisure Manager June/July pp. 12-15

1987 ‘Development and Change in a Regional Urban System: the Country Towns of Eastern Yorkshire, 1700-1850’, Urban History Yearbook 1987 Leicester University Press, pp. 1-21

1985 ‘Reconstructing Naples’ Geography vol. 70, No. 3  pp. 246-249

1982 ‘The Land Tax Returns and Urban Development’ The Local Historian vol. 15, No. 2 pp. 86-92

 Published Refereed Conference Papers

2008 Supporting Regional Regeneration and Workforce Development: Establishing a new University Centre in Folkestone  (with T Barry) UVAC conference York 2008 pp. 75-84

2008 ‘Measuring the Impact of Aimhigher on participation in Higher Education South East London; a Quantitative Analysis of  how exposition influences aspirations to participate in Higher Education’   with D Chilosi, P. Broadhead,  and M. Wilkinson  FACE  2008 conference pp. 1-8

2007 Supporting Regeneration and Sustainable Communities:  Building a Lifelong Learning Network in Kent and Medway in Lifelong Learning in the City Region Pascal International Conference Proceedings

2003 Widening Participation through On-line Learning: Using Learndirect (Ufi) to Support Accredited Learning – (with B Ingraham and A Dale) in Saunders D et al ed.  Attracting and Retaining Learners: Policy and Practice Perspectives FACE pp.15-29

2003 ‘Encouraging Retention and Progression through Partnership’ – (with P Lynn) in  Saunders D et al ed.  Attracting and Retaining Learners: Policy and Practice Perspectives FACE pp. 209-234

2000 ‘Challenges and choices: the impact of work based learning on the university as an organisation’, (with B. Paulucy) UACE

 Edited Journals

1991 Leisure and Tourism in the Regions  ed. M. Noble (special edition of Journal of Regional and Local Studies vol. 11. no. 1)

Published Project Reports (selected)

2008 ‘Challenges and Opportunities of Partnership Working’ (with D Chilosi, P Broadhead, M. Wilkinson) Aspire, South East London Aimhigher

2008 ‘Can Culture Change?: a Quantitative Analysis of the Impact of Aimhigher on  Participation in Higher Education in South East London’ (with D Chilosi, P Broadhead) Aspire, South East London Aimhigher

2002 ‘Developing Progression Pathways in the Tees Valley: Report of the Second Year of the Progression Pathways Project’ (with P Lynn) University of Teesside

2002 ‘Pathways for Progression’ (with P Lynn) in Working Together:  a report on further and higher education activities to widen participation in the North East of England, Universities for the North East

2001 ‘Developing Progression Pathways in the Tees Valley: Report of the First Year of the Progression Pathways Project’ (with P Lynn) University of Teesside

2001 ‘Raising Aspirations – the Meteor Programme’ (with D. Littlefair)   Centre for Lifelong Learning Publications no 2

Invited Conference Papers and Presentations (selected)

2008 ‘Supporting Regional Regeneration and workforce Development’ UVAC Work Based Learning Conference, York

2008 ‘Developing the Workforce for the 21^st Century: the role of Education’ PMI2 UK/Nigeria Policy Dialogue conference, Abuja, Nigeria (keynote speaker)

2007 ‘Supporting Regeneration and Sustainable Communities: Building Lifelong Learning Networks in Kent and Medway’ Lifelong Learning in the City Region International Conference, Prato, Hungary

2007 ‘Universities and Regional Regeneration’   HESA and Unis East Conference, London

2007 ‘Higher Education and Regeneration: the University Centre Folkestone’ (with S. Piotrowski) 4th Annual South Coast Towns Conference

2006 ‘Establishing Lifelong Learning Partnerships:  Perspectives from London and the South East’, (keynote speaker) Institute of Education, University of London

Other Conference Papers (selected)

 2008 ‘The Impact of Aimhigher on Learners in South East London’ (with D Chilosi, P. Broadhead and M Wilkinson) Three by the Sea conference, University of Sussex

2008 ‘Higher Education Choice and the Aimhigher Experience’   (with D Chilosi, P. Broadhead and M Wilkinson) Society for Research into Higher Education annual conference, December, Liverpool

2008 ‘On Partnership and Governance: the case of an Aimhigher Widening Participation Partnership’   Exploring Trajectories, Edge Hill University and Interpretation in Policy, University of Essex (with D Chilosi, P. Broadhead and M. Wilkinson)

2007 ‘Assessing the impact of widening participation: a quantitative analysis’ (with D. Chilosi and P Broadhead)  FACE Annual Conference, University of East London

Urban Geography

Urban Leisure and Tourism

Higher Education Policy

Work Based Learning

Higher Education policy development