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Building an outreach culture for fairer access to higher education in Haryana, India : a ‘bottom up’ contribution to policy implementation

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Stewart, Ann, Sabharwal, N. S. and Yadav, Renu (2023) Building an outreach culture for fairer access to higher education in Haryana, India : a ‘bottom up’ contribution to policy implementation. Policy Futures in Education . doi:10.1177/14782103231204098 ISSN 1478-2103. (In Press)

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Abstract

This article is concerned with an institutional initiative designed to encourage the development of an outreach culture which can support fairer, more equal, access to higher education (HE) in India. The initiative constituted the final impact phase of a 5-year Fair Chance Foundation (FCF) research project (2017–2022) which explored gendered pathways to fair access to HE in the northern Indian state of Haryana. We present the methodology used to prepare a toolkit, named an Outreach Activity Resource (OAR), which enabled staff in government colleges in Haryana to plan and conduct pilot ‘taster days’. The article provides an assessment of the outcome of these events. It argues that a practitioner as researcher methodology and a collaborative ‘bottom up’ research approach provide the basis for the development of contextually appropriate outreach activities to support fairer, more equal, access to higher education (HE). We argue that the adoption of ‘top down’ initiatives, in very different economic, social and cultural contexts to the those where they were originated, may fail to address the way in which the local ‘problem’ presents itself and may hinder the development of a contextually informed outreach culture which will support fairer, more equal access to HE. In contrast, initiatives such as the one presented here can contribute essential locally informed expertise, built on contextually informed research, to national and international policy making in relation to widening access to HE in an era in which massification is extending across the globe.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education

Divisions:

Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- )
Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Education, Higher -- India, Universities and colleges -- Administration -- India, Right to education, Human rights -- Study and teaching

Journal or Publication Title:

Policy Futures in Education

Publisher:

SAGE Publications

ISSN:

1478-2103

Official Date:

2023

Dates:

Date	Event
2023	Published
3 October 2023	Available
11 September 2023	Accepted

DOI:

10.1177/14782103231204098

Status:

Peer Reviewed

Publication Status:

In Press

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Stewart, Ann, Sabharwal, N. S. and Yadav, Renu (2023) Building an outreach culture for fairer access to higher education in Haryana, India : a ‘bottom up’ contribution to policy implementation. Policy Futures in Education . doi:10.1177/14782103231204098. Copyright © 2023 by SAGE Publications. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103231204098

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Date of first compliant deposit:

14 September 2023

Date of first compliant Open Access:

15 September 2023

RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:

Project/Grant ID	RIOXX Funder Name	Funder ID
UNSPECIFIED	Fair Chance Foundation	https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1171316&subid=0
Impact Acceleration Award	[ESRC] Economic and Social Research Council	http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269
UNSPECIFIED	University of Warwick	http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000741