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Fensham-Smith, Amber (2021). Elective Home Education in a post-pandemic world: why more needs to be done for our growing number of home-schooled children. The International Public Policy Observatory - IPPO.

Fensham-Smith, Amber (2021). Alternative Education: The Rise in Elective Home Education: Issues Related to Recognition, Collaboration and Successful Partnerships. In: Wearmouth, Janice and Lindley, Karen eds. Bringing the Curriculum to Life: Engaging Learners in the English Education System. London: Open University Press, McGraw Hill, pp. 43–62.

Fensham-Smith, Amber Joy (2021). Invisible pedagogies in home education: Freedom, power and control. Journal of Pedagogy, 12(1) pp. 5–27.

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Fensham-Smith, Amber (2021). Partnership building and representing the voices of electively home educated children and young people in policymaking [Written Evidence HED0917]. Department of Education, Select Commitee Home Education Inquiry, United Kingdom.

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Fensham-Smith, Amber and Brabant, Christine (2021). ICHER Home Education Research Conference 2021: Conference Proceedings. International Center for Home Education Research.

Fensham-Smith, Amber (2020). Towards co-operative working in alternative education. The Freedom to Learn Project, Phoenix Education Trust.

Fensham-Smith, Amber (2020). What are the issues in rethinking fieldwork-practically, theoretically, ethically? The Open University.

Fensham-Smith, Amber (2020). Should we really call this home schooling? Reflections from the research field. BERA.

Fensham-Smith, Amber (2019). Becoming a Home-Educator in a Networked World: Towards the Democratisation of Education Alternatives? Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives, 8(1) pp. 27–57.

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Flack, Zoe M. and Fensham-Smith, Amber J. (2019). A systematic review of methods in UK home education studies: recommendations for development and practice. In: University of Brighton Second Education Research and Enterprise Conference, 14 Jun 2019, Brighton.

Fensham-Smith, Amber (2018). Becoming a home-educator in a networked world. In: British Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2018, 11-13 Sep 2018, Newcastle.

Fensham-Smith, Amber (2018). Becoming a home-educator in a networked world: towards the democratisation of education alternatives? In: Researching for Social Justice and Educational Improvement, BERA English in Education Special Interest Group, 21 Jun 2018, University of Bedfordshire.

Fensham-Smith, Amber (2017). Breaking Badman: online networks and the making of new divisions in a landscape of home-education practice. In: British Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2017, 5-7 Sep 2017, University of Sussex, Brighton.

Fensham-Smith, Amber (2017). Social action and the making of new divisions in a landscape of home-education practice. In: STORIES Conference 2017, 15 Mar 2017, Oxford.

Fensham-Smith, Amber (2015). New technologies, knowledge networks and communities in home education. In: The European Conference on Education (ECE) 2015, 1-5 Jul 2015, Brighton.

Fensham-Smith, Amber J (2015). Home education: networks and communities. In: WISERD Annual Conference, Cardiff University, 30 of Jun 2015, Cardiff.

Fensham-Smith, Amber (2014). Gypsy and Traveller Education: Engaging Gypsy and Traveller Families - A Research Report. Welsh Government Social Research, Welsh Government.

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Fensham-Smith, Amber J (2014). Representations of Home Education: challenging misrecognition. In: British Educational Research Association: Early Career Researchers Conference, The Institute of Education, 2014, London.

Flack, Zoe and Fensham-Smith, Amber Using Photovoice to Elevate Children’s Participation in Home Education Research: Opportunities, Challenges and Unanswered Questions. In: Educational Research (Re)connecting Communities, ECER, 25-28 Aug 2020 - Cancelled, University of Glasgow.

Fensham-Smith, Amber and Flack, Zoe A systematic review of methodologies in UK Home Education studies: Recommendations for development and practice. In: BERA conference 2020, 8-10 Sep 2020 (conference cancelled), University of Liverpool.

Wearmouth, Janice and Fensham-Smith, Amber (2021). Introduction. In: Wearmouth, Janice and Lindley, Karen eds. Bringing the Curriculum to Life: Engaging Learners in the English Education System. London: Open University Press McGraw Hill, pp. 1–9.