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Mander, Sarah; Fensham-Smith, Amber; Connolly, Nichola and Reeve, Yasmin (2024). A view through the looking glass: co-creation and innovation for student voice and wellbeing in distance education. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 26(1) pp. 113–128.

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Chinazzi, Anna and Fensham-Smith, Amber (2024). Uncovering home education in Italy: characteristics, motives, and pedagogic practices. Educational Review, 77(2) pp. 595–617.

Govaerts, Fadoua and Fensham-Smith, Amber (2024). Negotiating power, participation and dissent with young-researchers in community dissemination. In Chong, Sin Wang and Fox, Alison eds. Research Ethics Case Studies British Educational Research Association (BERA), London, UK.

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Mander, Sarah; Fensham-Smith, Amber; Connolly, Nichola and Reeve, Yasmin (2023). A view through the looking glass: co-creation and innovation - a recipe for success. In: 7th Biennial International Conference on Access, Participation and Success, 26-27 Apr 2023, The Open University, Milton Keynes.

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Fensham-Smith, Amber (2023). Education, schools, and learning. In: Cooper, Victoria and Tatlow-Golden, Mimi eds. An Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 107–122.

Walton, Elizabeth; Elton-Chalcraft, Sally; Sabric, Deborah; Fensham-Smith, Amber and Lander, Vini (2023). Educational justice through inclusion: Promising practices and hopeful futures. In: Plenary Session, BERA Annual Conference 2023, 12-14 Sep 2023, Aston University / Conference Aston, Birmingam.

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.

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.

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.

Flack, Zoe and Fensham-Smith, Amber (2020). 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 (2020). 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.

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.