All Outputs (12)

Race, Racism, and Higher Education: Ethnic Minority Students’ Transitions to and From University (2024)
Book
Bhopal, K., & Myers, M. (2024). Race, Racism, and Higher Education: Ethnic Minority Students’ Transitions to and From University. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003097211

Drawing upon current debates on inequalities in higher education, particularly those of race and class, and based on a Bourdieusian discussion of the relational nature of different capitals and competition for such capitals, this must-read text explo... Read More about Race, Racism, and Higher Education: Ethnic Minority Students’ Transitions to and From University.

Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege: Exploring Race and Class in Global Educational Economies (2023)
Book
Bhopal, K., & Myers, M. (2023). Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege: Exploring Race and Class in Global Educational Economies. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003029922

Providing an extraordinary picture of the inner workings of elite universities, Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege draws on current debates on education and inequality and considers the relevance of universities’ global brand identities.... Read More about Elite Universities and the Making of Privilege: Exploring Race and Class in Global Educational Economies.

The Unhomely of Homeschooling (2022)
Journal Article
Myers, M. (2023). The Unhomely of Homeschooling. Sociology, 57(5), 1101-1117. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385221129943

Despite increasing global popularity perceptions of homeschooling remain problematic. It resists trends towards mass compulsory education and the promotion of children’s rights; it challenges the state’s authority to educate citizens; and raises conc... Read More about The Unhomely of Homeschooling.

The impact of COVID‐19 on A Level exams in England: Students as consumers (2022)
Journal Article
Bhopal, K., & Myers, M. (2023). The impact of COVID‐19 on A Level exams in England: Students as consumers. British Educational Research Journal, 49(1), 142-157. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3834

The recent global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic created significant challenges for society, not least for education. England went into lockdown in March 2020; following this, A Level exams were cancelled and the Department for Education announced... Read More about The impact of COVID‐19 on A Level exams in England: Students as consumers.

Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Pupils and Mental Wellbeing (2022)
Book Chapter
Myers, M. (2022). Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Pupils and Mental Wellbeing. In Mental Wellbeing in Schools: What Teachers Need to Know to Support Pupils from Diverse Backgrounds (37-47). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003160526-4

Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller (GRT) communities suffer some of the worst health outcomes in the UK including low levels of life expectancy, high rates of infant mortality, and a high prevalence of chronic health conditions (McFadden et al., 2018; NHS, 2... Read More about Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Pupils and Mental Wellbeing.

Racism, zero-hours contracts and complicity in higher education (2022)
Journal Article
Myers, M. (2022). Racism, zero-hours contracts and complicity in higher education. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 43(4), 584-602. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2022.2042192

The use of zero-hours contracts (ZHCs) has been associated with the transfer of risk away from corporate employers and towards individual employees. In universities increasing numbers of teaching staff are employed on such contracts. Academics from B... Read More about Racism, zero-hours contracts and complicity in higher education.

Cosmopolitan Brands: graduate students navigating the social space of elite global universities (2021)
Journal Article
Myers, M., & Bhopal, K. (2021). Cosmopolitan Brands: graduate students navigating the social space of elite global universities. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 42(5-6), 701-716. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2021.1941763

Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s analysis of the competition for economic, social and cultural capitals within educational fields, this article reports empirical research from 49 in-depth interviews with graduate students at four elite universities in th... Read More about Cosmopolitan Brands: graduate students navigating the social space of elite global universities.

Routes through higher education: BME students and the development of a ‘specialisation of consciousness’ (2020)
Journal Article
Bhopal, K., Myers, M., & Pitkin, C. (2020). Routes through higher education: BME students and the development of a ‘specialisation of consciousness’. British Educational Research Journal, 46(6), 1321-1337. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3634

With changing demographics and the advent of mass higher education, there has been a significant impact on graduate transitions which has led to greater inequalities in access to social support during the transitionary period between undergraduate st... Read More about Routes through higher education: BME students and the development of a ‘specialisation of consciousness’.

An inheritance of exclusion: Roma education, genetics and the turn to biosocial solutions (2019)
Journal Article
Myers, M. (2020). An inheritance of exclusion: Roma education, genetics and the turn to biosocial solutions. Research in Education, 107(1), 55-71. https://doi.org/10.1177/0034523719880205

Since the 1990s an increasing body of genetic studies of Roma people has been conducted and used to understand their lives. This includes research on health issues such as genetic predispositions to obesity or high cholesterol levels and the migratio... Read More about An inheritance of exclusion: Roma education, genetics and the turn to biosocial solutions.

Muslims, home education and risk in British society (2018)
Journal Article
Myers, M., & Bhopal, K. (2018). Muslims, home education and risk in British society. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 39(2), 212-226. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2017.1406337

The number of families who choose to home educate has significantly increased in the last decade. This article explores the experiences of British Muslims who home educate using data from a larger study exploring the views of a diverse range of famil... Read More about Muslims, home education and risk in British society.

Gypsy students in the UK: the impact of ‘mobility’ on education (2017)
Journal Article
Myers, M. (2018). Gypsy students in the UK: the impact of ‘mobility’ on education. Race Ethnicity and Education, 21(3), 353-369. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2017.1395323

This paper argues that Gypsy students in primary and secondary education in the UK are marginalised because of ambiguous understandings of their ‘mobility’. Drawing on research conducted on the south coast of England, it examines Gypsy families’ expe... Read More about Gypsy students in the UK: the impact of ‘mobility’ on education.

Marginal groups in marginal times: Gypsy and Traveller parents and home education in England, UK (2015)
Journal Article
Bhopal, K., & Myers, M. (2016). Marginal groups in marginal times: Gypsy and Traveller parents and home education in England, UK. British Educational Research Journal, 42(1), 5-20. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3198

This article examines the experiences of home education for Gypsy and Traveller groups in England, UK. We argue that home education is perceived in a particular historical ‘moment’ characterised in the media and more generally throughout society by ‘... Read More about Marginal groups in marginal times: Gypsy and Traveller parents and home education in England, UK.