Marta Ulanicka
Thesis Title: Widening Participation and Social Justice in Higher Education: An International Comparison of Inequalities, Policies and Student Experiences
This project will focus on two European countries, England and Poland, and will explore their particular contexts and efforts to address social justice in their Higher Education (HE) systems, through examining patterns of access, policies, institutional practices, and the student experience. Its ultimate objective will be to make a contribution to the body of knowledge around social justice and widening participation in HE, and to inform the development of recommendations for fairer HE policies at national and institutional levels.
Biography
Marta studied for a BA in Experimental Psychology and an MA in Language, Mind and Communication. Her professional background is in Learning Development, where she worked in a number of roles to develop students’ academic literacies and skills, and ease their transition to HE. Her desire and ambition is to investigate the root causes and barriers faced by young people and students in accessing and succeeding in HE, and to contribute to the enhancement of social justice in the education sector.
Publications
Conference Presentations:
Ulanicka, M. (2022) The characteristics of the Polish Higher Education sector: Implications for social justice. University of Warwick 9th Annual Education Studies PGR Conference [online]. Coventry, UK.
Ulanicka, M. and Patel, A. (2016) Development and accreditation opportunities for students taking part in staff-student partnerships. Lightning talk. Association for Learning Development in Higher Education Conference. Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
Ulanicka, M. and Patel, A. (2015) Developing and accrediting employability through staff-student partnerships. ‘Beyond the Placement: Where Next?’ University of Leicester Learning and Teaching Conference. Leicester, UK.
Ulanicka, M., Patel, A. and Edwards, C. (2014) Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) as an approach to transition. Poster. European First Year Experience conference. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
Rooney, S. and Ulanicka, M. (2012) ‘When you say, ‘in the curriculum’, you actually mean ‘on the time-table’, don’t you?’: Opportunities and limitations when supporting transition in the mainstream curriculum. Student Writing in Transition Conference. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
Ulanicka, M., Rooney, S. and Enstone, Z. (2012) PAL Leaders as decision makers: Physical versus virtual learning spaces. Association for Learning Development in Higher Education Conference. University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Memberships
Society for Research into Higher Education
Education
University of Warwick
2019 Cohort, 1+3
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marta-ulanicka/
Supervisory Team
Prof Emma Smith
Dr Rebecca Morris