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Turner, Wendy; Gracia, Rosaria and Rainford, Jon (2024). Understanding the lived experience of digital poverty as a distance learner: student and tutor perspectives. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

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Rainford, Jon and Guccione, Kay (2024). Thriving in Part-Time Doctoral Study: Integrating Work, Life and Research. Insider Guides to Success in Academia. Abingdon: Routledge.

Rainford, Jon (2024). A Democratic View of Professional Development in HE. In: Hopkins, Neil and Thompson, Carol eds. Reflections on Identity: Narratives from Educators. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham, pp. 69–82.

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Blower, Alex and Rainford, Jon (2023). Internalizing the Present in the Articulation of the Future: Masculinity, Inequality and trying on new Possible Selves. Boyhood Studies. An Interdisciplinary Journal, 16(2) pp. 109–132.

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Bhandari, Renu and Rainford, Jon (2023). “Fearless” exploration of creative methodology in research. In: “Fearless” exploration of creative methodology in research, 23 Oct 2023, Online.

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Bhandari, Renu and Rainford, Jon (2023). Exploring the transitions of Neurodivergent Access students to level one study: Narratives of study skills and support. In: PRAXIS Festival of Scholarship, 18 May 2023, The Open University [Online].

Bhandari, Renu and Rainford, Jon (2023). Bridging the awarding gap in the transitions of neurodivergent students moving from Access to Level 1 study. In: Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility (EDIA) AL Professional Development (Online) Event – 17 May 2023, 17 May 2023, The Open University [Online].

Bhandari, Renu and Rainford, Jon (2023). Exploring the Transitions of Neurodivergent Access Students to Level One Study: Narratives of Study Skills and Support. International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions, 2(1), article no. 5.

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Rainford, Jon (2023). Are we still “raising aspirations”? The complex relationship between aspiration and widening participation practices in English higher education institutions. Educational Review, 75(3) pp. 411–428.

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Bhandari, Renu and Rainford, Jon (2023). Exploring the Transitions of Neurodivergent Access Students to Level One Study: Narratives of Study Skills and Support. In: Research Centre for Transformative Change: Educational & Life Transitions (TCELT) Research Seminar, 5 Jul 2023, University of Dundee.

Rainford, Jon (2023). Enabling part time doctoral researchers to develop effective support villages. In: Elliot, Dely L.; Bengtsen, Søren S.E. and Guccione, Kay eds. Developing Researcher Independence Through the Hidden Curriculum. Basingstoke, UK: Springer Nature Switzerland AG., pp. 169–177.

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Bhandari, Renu and Rainford, Jon (2023). Listening to Neurodivergent student voice: Supporting transitions to level 1 study. In: ISSOTL23 (International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Context matters): Research on Teaching & Learning: Integrating Practices, 8-11 Nov 2023, Utrecht University, Netherlands.

McCaig, Colin; Rainford, Jon and Squire, Ruth eds. (2022). The Business of Widening Participation: Policy, Practice and Culture. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited.

McCaig, Colin; Rainford, Jon and Squire, Ruth (2022). Introduction: The case for a ‘business of widening participation'. In: McCaig, Colin; Rainford, Jon and Squire, Ruth eds. The Business of Widening Participation: Policy, Practice and Culture. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 1–18.

McCaig, Colin and Rainford, Jon (2022). Increasing and Widening Participation in the Market: System Differentiation at the Institutional/Sectoral Level. In: McCaig, Colin; Rainford, Jon and Squire, Ruth eds. The Business of Widening Participation: Policy, Practice and Culture. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 57–78.

Rainford, Jon (2022). Operationalisation of Widening Participation in Practice. In: McCaig, Colin; Rainford, Jon and Squire, Ruth eds. The Business of Widening Participation: Policy, Practice and Culture. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 79–100.

McCaig, Colin; Rainford, Jon and Squire, Ruth (2022). Conclusion: Evolving Markets; Where Next for the Business of WP? In: McCaig, Colin; Rainford, Jon and Squire, Ruth eds. The Business of Widening Participation: Policy, Practice and Culture. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 187–206.

Bhandari, Renu and Rainford, Jon (2022). Exploring the transitions of Neurodivergent Access students to Level One Study: Narratives of Study Skills and Support. The Open University.

Rainford, Jon and Baptista, Vanessa (2022). Using Theory-Based Approaches to Embed Evaluation within a Small Specialist Performing Arts Institution. In: Dent, Samuel; Mountford-Zimdars, Anna and Burke, Ciaran eds. Theory of Change (Great Debates in Higher Education). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 81–99.

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Bhandari, Renu and Rainford, Jon (2022). Holding a Prism - Reflecting on the challenges and changing expectations through the experiences of Neurodiverse students transitioning from interdisciplinary Access to specific disciplines. In: Future of Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning @ The OU Conference, 21-22 Jun 2022.

Rainford, Jon (2021). Stripping back the novelty: A critical reflection on the dual use of a comic-based approach to engage participants and publics. Methodological Innovations Online, 14(3) pp. 1–12.

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Rainford, Jon (2021). How institutional doxa shapes access to higher education through framings of ‘potential’. Power and Education, 13(3) pp. 171–186.

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Rainford, Jon (2021). Working with/in institutions: how policy enactment in widening participation is shaped through practitioners’ experience. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 42(2) pp. 287–303.

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Rainford, Jon (2019). Confidence and the effectiveness of creative methods in qualitative interviews with adults. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 23(1) pp. 109–122.

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