Journal Papers
Rainford, J. (2016) ‘Becoming a doctoral researcher in a digital world: Reflections on the role of Twitter for reflexivity and the internal conversation’, E-Learning and Digital Media.http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2042753016672380
Rainford, J. (2016). Making internal conversations public: reflexivity of the connected doctoral researcher and its transmission beyond the walls of the academy. Journal Of Applied Social Theory, 1(1). Retrieved fromhttp://socialtheoryapplied.com/journal/jast/article/view/14
Rainford, J. (2016) Targeting of widening participation measures by elite institutions: Widening access or simply aiding recruitment?, Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13603108.2016.1148645
Rainford, J., Sinclair, T., and Pike, D. (2015). Widening the (Out)reach: Potential use of Interactive Webinars to Extend Widening Participation Beyond Local Geographical Boundaries, Widening Participation and Lifelong learning 17(4) http://dx.doi.org/10.5456/WPLL.17.4.105
Book chapter
Rainford, J. (2018) Legitimating and Justifying what is done in Access Agreements: The Role of Evidence-based Practice throughout the Whole Student Lifecycle. In: Graeme Atherton, Steve Kendall, Michael Naughton, and Martin Webster (eds.), Widening Access throughout the Student Lifecycle. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 184-196.
Doctoral Thesis
Rainford, J. (2019) Equal practices? A comparative study of widening participation practices in pre and post-92 higher education institutions, PhD thesis, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on Trent. http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/id/eprint/5610
Conference proceedings
Rainford, J. (2015) Who has the potential to benefit from higher education?. In Papers from the Education Doctoral Research Conference Saturday 28 November 2015 http://epapers.bham.ac.uk/2133/1/2015_final_proceedings.pdf#page=99
Book Reviews
Rainford, J. (2015) Faces of Discrimination in Higher Education in India: Quota Policy, Social Justice and the Dalits (Routledge Research in Educational Equality and Diversity) by Ovichegan, Samson K., Sociological Research Online, 20 (4)
Conference Papers
Rainford, J. (2018) Challenges of Creative Research with Adults and the Role of Confidence in Creativity, International Sociology Association conference, Toronto, Canada, 17 July 2018
Rainford, J. (2018) Who You Are Matters: How Backgrounds of Widening Access Practitioners Shapes Practice, International Sociology Association conference, Toronto, Canada, 17 July 2018
Rainford, J. (2018) Practitioners care, but do institutions? The gap between policy and practice in widening participation, NEON Summer Symposium, University of Sussex, 21 Jun 2018
Rainford, J. (2018) Building ladders, breaking down boundaries, using creative methods in comparative research, University of Surrey, 15 Jun 2018
Rainford, J. (2018) Legitimating and Justifying what is done in Access Agreements: The Role of Evidence-based Practice throughout the Whole Student Lifecycle, NEON summit, 9 May 2018
Rainford, J. (2017) Widening access throughout the student lifecycle, BERA Conference, Univeristy of Sussex, 4 Sep 2017
Rainford, J. (2017) Using Creative Methods to Go beyond Common-Sense Understandings of ‘Aspiration’ and ‘Potential’ , British Sociological Association conference, University of Manchester, 4 Apr 2017
Rainford, J. (2016) Visualising common-sense terms: going beyond the rhetoric of widening participation and aspiration, University of Birmingham doctoral conference, University of Brimingham, 26 Nov 2016
Rainford, J. (2016) How institutional doxa can shape choice within higher education, Eurostudents launch seminar, University of Surrey, 21 Sep 2016
Rainford, J. (2016) Making It Fit: Institutional Variations in Access and Success Policies, 3rd ISA forum of Sociology, Vienna, Austria, 13 Jul 2016
Rainford, J. (2016) Making internal conversations public: reflexivity of the connected doctoral researcher and its transmission beyond the walls of the academy, 3rd ISA forum of Sociology, Vienna, Austria, 11 Jul 2016
Rainford, J. (2016) Legitimating and Justifying what is done in Access Agreements: The Role of Evidence-based Practice throughout the Whole Student Lifecycle, NEON Summer Symposium, University of Leicester, 9 Jun 2016
Rainford, J. (2016) Variations on a theme: Institutional interpretations of what it means to widen access and success, Using research to inform higher education policy and practice SRHE / OFFA event, Bristol, 15 Apr 2016
Rainford, J (2016) The same but different: Institutional variations on widening participation policy, British Sociological Association Conference, Birmingham, 6 Apr 2016
Rainford, J. (2015) Equal practices? A comparative study of widening participation in pre and post 1992 higher education institutions [poster], SRHE Newer Researchers Conference, Newport, 8 Dec 2015
Rainford, J. (2015) Who has the potential to benefit from Higher Education, 14th Annual School of Education Research Conference, University of Birmingham, 28 Nov 15
Rainford, J. (2015) Is the gap in widening participation practices narrowing? A comparison of the approaches in pre and post 1992 institutions, British Educational Research Association conference, Belfast, 15 Sep 2015
Rainford, J (2015) Perpetuating inequality: How conceptions of who is the right fit for an institution shape widening participation practices, European Sociological Association conference, Prague, 27 Aug 2015
Rainford J. and Sinclair, T. (2014) Widening the (out)reach: Using interactive webinars to extend widening participation beyond local geographical boundaries, European Access Network conference, Edinburgh, 3 Jun 2014
Online articles
Oman, S., Rainford, J. and Stewart, H. (2015). STORIES OF ACCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A TRIUMPH (OR FAILURE) OF HOPE OVER EXPERIENCE?, Discover Society Issue 27, http://discoversociety.org/2015/12/01/stories-of-access-in-higher-education-a-triumph-or-failure-of-hope-over-experience/
Armstong, V., Fenton, L., McEwan, K., McDonald, R., Morrin, K. and Rainford, J. (2015). VIEWPOINT: VENTURING BEYOND CRITIQUE TO PRACTICE AND BACK AGAIN, Discover Society Issue 27 , http://discoversociety.org/2015/12/01/viewpoint-venturing-beyond-critique-to-practice-and-back-again/
Rainford, J. and Allen, K. (2014) ‘Education and equality: A critique of the ‘poverty of aspiration’ agenda’, BERA respecting children and Young people’, http://berarespectingchildren.wordpress.com/2014/07/29/education-and-equality-a-critique-of-the-poverty-of-aspiration-agenda/
Rainford, J. (2014) ‘Educate Now, teach later?’,Education, Youth Poverty and Social Class, http://troublingyouthtransitions.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/educate-now-teach-later/
Rainford, J. (2013) ‘They want to be famous but know it’s not the easy route’, CelebYouth Blog, http://www.celebyouth.org/they-want-to-be-famous-but-know-it-isnt-the-easy-route/
Other publications
Jankowska, M., Coleman, S., Rainford, J., Stoica, I., Pac, A., Christian, A., Syngouna, M. Tsoukala, A., Adewuyi, A. & Barker, D. (2016). Bilingual Creative Writing Clubs: An ecology for cross-cultural learning, Lifewide Magazine, 17, 86-92. http://www.lifewideeducation.uk/magazine.html
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