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In the last WAHEI reading meeting, we explored implementation of widening participation policies in higher education, drawing from Jon Rainford's (2021) article, "Working with/in institutions: how policy enactment in widening participation is shaped through practitioners' experience." Our discussions examined how personal and professional backgrounds of practitioners and academics shape their orientations to policy enactment—sometimes aligning with institutional interests, at other times prioritising student needs—and the implications of this tension for equity work.

Rainford's article was published in the British Journal of Sociology of Education Volume 42 Issue 2 (2021) -https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01425692.2020.1865130Link opens in a new window