Widening Participation, Higher Education and Non-Traditional Students

Catherine A. Marshall is the Director of the Foundation Centre at Durham University, UK where she promotes the development of an evidenced-based body of scholarly activity to underpin the delivery of programmes designed to provide a route into Higher Education for non-traditional students.  She is the Chair of the National Foundation Year Network.Douglas P. Newton is Professor in the School of Education at Durham University, UK. His books and articles attract international interest. Recent successes include Teaching for Understanding, and the much acclaimed Thinking with Feeling, described as a Copernican shift in the notion of teaching. Sam J. Nolan is the Assistant Director of the Centre for Academic, Researcher and Organisation Development at Durham University, UK. From 2010-2015  Sam worked as a Physics Teaching Fellow, then Head of Scholarship at the Foundation Centre, where he supported the Centre in developing and promoting its scholarly profile.

• Foreword.- Preface.- Chapter 1. Barriers to Accessing Higher Education; Catherine Marshall.- Chapter 2. Understanding Foundation Year Provision; Steve Leech, Catherine Marshall and Geoff Wren .- Chapter 3. Language Issues Facing Non-Traditional Students: Some Problems and Solutions; Megan Bruce, Simon Rees and Julie Wilson.- Chapter 4. Teaching Mathematics to Adults: Integrating New and Old Knowledge; Mary Dodd, Jean Mathias and Sam Nolan.- Chapter 5. Breaking Barriers: Overcoming Anxieties in Practical Science; Sam Nolan, Simon Rees and Carole Rushall.- Chapter 6. Selecting Mature Learners: A Toolkit for Admissions Tutors; Ian Moreton.- Chapter 7. Challenges and Opportunities in Using Facebook to Build a Community for Students at a UK University; Nick Pearce and Sarah Learmonth.- Chapter 8. Engendering an Online Community: Supporting Students on the Transition into UniversityLife; Sam Nolan, Megan Bruce & Steve Leech.- Chapter 9. Culture Shock: Applying the Lessons from International Student Acculturation to Non-Traditional Students; Catherine Marshall and Jean Mathias.- Chapter 10. Students’ Academic Emotions, Their Effects and Some Suggestions for Teaching Practices; Douglas P. Newton.- Chapter 11.Adjusting Teaching Practices for Mature Adults to Incorporate Understandings of Affective Processes and Self-Efficacy in Mathematics; Mary D. Dodd.- Chapter 12. Upwards Trajectories; Catherine Marshall.