A Tale of Two Cities: Sheffield

Harrison, Shirley

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-14640-6_11

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“…This helps re-configure WP to be outward facing, and better positioned to support learners and their families in the context of their own communities (Scull and Cuthill, 2010) This highlights the importance of both finding effective WP activity that promotes access-to-HE for disadvantaged students (Gorard, 2006), and robust evaluation approaches that exemplifies best practice in the WP sector. In particular, Harrison (2019) notes that although modern WP is often well-intentionedsome measures have become 'deadweight' (an assumption that activities lead to associative and positive outcomes), and stresses that "we need evaluations that focus [on] changes not outcomes" (Harrison, 2019).…”

Section: The Go Higher West Yorkshire Partnershipmentioning

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‘A presence in the community’: developing innovative practice through realist evaluation of widening participation in West Yorkshire

Formby¹,

Woodhouse²,

Basham³

et al. 2020

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This paper examines the role realist evaluation can play in supporting innovative practice in widening participation (WP) activity. Based on the Go Higher West Yorkshire Uni Connect project (formerly the National Collaborative Outreach Programme, or NCOP), a new model of WP provision has been developed to support learners in spatially disadvantaged communities where access to Higher Education is nationally less than average. It offers specific examples of innovative practice developing a locally tailored approach to WP activities based on community contexts. A realist evaluation framework is utilised to iteratively assess WP activity through subsequent development and modification of relevant programme theory. The article contributes to literature through offering a reflexive account of how realist evaluation can be utilised in terms of WP outreach.

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Section: The Go Higher West Yorkshire Partnershipmentioning

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‘A presence in the community’: developing innovative practice through realist evaluation of widening participation in West Yorkshire

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Woodhouse²,

Basham³

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“…Manchester is often held up as an iconic example of the new entrepreneurial reality with its governance built around a local political and business consensus, driven by a number of partnerships creating an entrepreneurial consensus termed 'the Manchester script' (Quilley, 2002). Manchester's acclamation as a beacon entrepreneurial city includes that of former Prime Minister Tony Blair (Harrison and Miller, 2006). City entrepreneurialism results from economic restructuring and massive manufacturing job losses, leading to urban governance becoming concerned increasingly with maintaining the national and global competitiveness of cities and city regions (Hall and Hubbard, 1996).…”

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“…Manchester's acclamation as a beacon entrepreneurial city includes that of former Prime Minister Tony Blair (Harrison and Miller, 2006). City entrepreneurialism results from economic restructuring and massive manufacturing job losses, leading to urban governance becoming concerned increasingly with maintaining the national and global competitiveness of cities and city regions (Hall and Hubbard, 1996).…”

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Gin and Tonic or Oil and Water: The Entrepreneurial City and Sustainable Managerial Regeneration in Manchester

Leary

2008

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This paper explores the notion of local urban policy hybridity in Manchester, England. It presents the findings of qualitative research set in the context of the parallel entrepreneurial city and sustainable regeneration debates. The research objective was to examine the extent of Manchester's conversion to the politics of the entrepreneurial city on the assumption that this signals a departure from efforts towards the city's achievement of sustainable regeneration and social equity goals. Manchester was selected because it has been held up as an iconic entrepreneurial city. The continuing entrepreneurial city debate, instigated by David Harvey in the 1980s, runs alongside that of sustainable regeneration in ways that are seen as sometimes complementary but usually contradictory. The software package NVivo 7 was used to assist with data analysis. The methodological approach was based loosely on the grounded theory approach of Strauss and Corbin: the approach of the analysis mainly followed the qualitative interpretive approach of discourse analysis. Key community strategy documents are found to interweave elements of the entrepreneurial and managerial governance discourses and also incorporate conceptual elements that have emerged recently such as a concern with crime, sustainability and community involvement. The paper provides valuable insights into the hybrid nature of Manchester's actually existing local community strategies which feature a robust adherence to the managerial mode of local urban policy.

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A Tale of Two Cities: Sheffield

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‘A presence in the community’: developing innovative practice through realist evaluation of widening participation in West Yorkshire

‘A presence in the community’: developing innovative practice through realist evaluation of widening participation in West Yorkshire

Gin and Tonic or Oil and Water: The Entrepreneurial City and Sustainable Managerial Regeneration in Manchester

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