Items where Author is Simmons, Robin

2017

Simmons, Robin (2017) The historical experience of liberal studies for vocational learners in further education. British Journal of Educational Studies. ISSN 0007-1005

Simmons, Robin (2017) Book review: Distress in the city: racism, fundamentalism and a democratic education. By Linden West. British Journal of Educational Studies. pp. 1-2. ISSN 0007-1005

Simmons, Robin (2017) From architectural policymaking to organic change: revisiting the abolition of the colleges of education. In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training Conference (JVET 2017), 7th-9th July 2017, Oxford, UK. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin (2017) Employability, Knowledge and the Creative Arts: Reflections from an Ethnographic Study of NEET Young People on an Entry to Employment Programme. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 22 (1). pp. 22-37. ISSN 1359-6748

Simmons, Robin (2017) Book review: Young people, welfare and crime: governing non-participation by Ross Fergusson. Children and Society, 31 (3). pp. 254-256. ISSN 0951-0605

Simmons, Robin (2017) Book review: Betraying a generation: how education is failing young people by Patrick Ainley. British Journal of educational studies, 65 (1). pp. 125-126. ISSN 0007-1005

Simmons, Robin (2017) Whatever happened to teacher training colleges? Post 16 Educator (86). pp. 8-10. ISSN 0459-2026

Simmons, Robin (2017) Mrs Thatcher's first flourish: organic change, policy chaos and the fate of the colleges of education. British Journal of educational studies. ISSN 0007-1005

Simmons, Robin and Thomas, Paul (2017) Youth, Insecurity and Education: Guest Editorial. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 26 (2). pp. 101-104. ISSN 0962-0214

2016

Simmons, Robin (2016) Liberal studies and critical pedagogy in further education: 'where their eyes would be opened' (sometimes). Oxford Review of Education, 42 (6). pp. 1-15. ISSN 0305-4985

Simmons, Robin (2016) The liberal studies movement revisited: a keynote address. In: Research in Post Compulsory Education 2nd International Conference, 8th-10th July 2016, Harris Manchester College, Oxford, UK. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin (2016) Book Review of Ainley, P. (2016) Betraying a Generation: How Education is Failing Young People, Bristol: Policy Press, in Post-16 Educator, Issue 84, pp. 10-12. Post 16 Educator (83).

Simmons, Robin and Smyth, John (2016) Crisis of youth or youth in crisis? Education, employment and legitimation crisis. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 35 (2). pp. 136-152. ISSN 0260-1370

Simmons, Robin (2016) Book review : The socially just school: making space for youth to speak back. Journal of Education Policy, 31 (1). pp. 119-120. ISSN 0268-0939

Simmons, Robin (2016) Education, training and the elasticity of youth. Post 16 Educator, 82. pp. 8-10. ISSN 0459-2026

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2016) 100% Employment Opportunities for Northern Ireland Care Leavers. Project Report. Business in the Community, Belfast.

Russell, Lisa, Thompson, Ron and Simmons, Robin (2016) The performance of BME trainee teachers: shaping future practice within University in-service and pre-service lifelong learning teacher education provision. Project Report. The University of Huddersfield. (Unpublished)

2015

Thompson, Ron and Simmons, Robin (2015) Social mobility and post-compulsory education: revisiting Boudon's model of social opportunity. In: Education and Social Mobility. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9781138119574

Simmons, Robin (2015) Looking for a NEET solution: the elephant in the room. The Teacher. p. 50.

Simmons, Robin (2015) Book Review: J. Down, B. McInerney, P. and Hattam, R. Doing critical educational research: a conversation with the research of John Smyth. New York and Oxford, Peter Lang, British Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 417-419. British Journal of Educational Studies, 63 (3). pp. 417-420. ISSN 0007-1005

Simmons, Robin (2015) Employability, Knowledge and Vocational Learning: from liberal studies to functional skills. In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training Conference 2015, 3rd - 5th July 2015, Oxford. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin (2015) What are we doing this for? Liberal studies in vocational education. In: Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults. 2015, 7th - 9th July 2015, Leeds, England.

Simmons, Robin and Walker, Martyn (2015) Career planning and continuing professional development. In: Teaching in lifelong learning : a guide to theory and practice. Open University Press. ISBN 9780335263325

Simmons, Robin (2015) Civilising the natives? Liberal studies in further education revisited. British Journal of Educational Studies, 63 (1). pp. 85-101. ISSN 0007-1005

Fisher, Roy, Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2015) Introduction to the lifelong learning sector. In: Teaching in lifelong learning : a guide to theory and practice. Open University Press. ISBN 9780335263325

2014

Simmons, Robin (2014) Facing the Future: Funding further education colleges to provide technical and vocational education responsive to national and local needs. Research Report. Gatsby Foundation, London.

Simmons, Robin, Waugh, Colin, Hopkins, Mike, Perry, Liz and Stafford, Roy (2014) Liberal And General Studies In Further Education: Voices From The ‘Chalk Face’. Teaching in lifelong learning: a journal to inform and improve practice, 6 (1). pp. 32-42. ISSN 2040-0993

Simmons, Robin (2014) Liberal and general studies in further education: voices from the chalk face. In: FERA Conference 2014, 11-13 July 2014, Harris Manchester College, Oxford. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin (2014) The Case for a Youth Resolution. Policy Network.

Simmons, Robin (2014) A review of Allen, A. and Ainley, P. (2013): The Great Reversal: young people, education and employment in a declining economy. British Journal of Educational Studies, 62 (2). pp. 219-221. ISSN 0007-1005

Simmons, Robin, Thompson, Ron and Russell, Lisa (2014) Education, Work and Social Change: Young People and Marginalisation in Post-Industrial Britain. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137335920

Russell, Lisa, Thompson, Ron and Simmons, Robin (2014) Helping unemployed young people to find private sector work. Project Report. Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, UK.

Simmons, Robin, Thompson, Ron, Tabrizi, Gila and Nartey, Angela (2014) Engaging Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training: The Case for a Youth Resolution. Research Report. UCU, London, UK.

Thompson, Ron, Russell, Lisa and Simmons, Robin (2014) Space, place and social exclusion: an ethnographic study of young people outside education and employment. Journal of Youth Studies, 17 (1). pp. 63-78. ISSN 13676261

Avis, James, Canning, Roy, Fisher, Roy and Simmons, Robin (2014) State intervention and vocational teacher education in Scotland and England 1999 - 2012. In: Challenges to Teacher Education in Difficult Economic Times: International perspectives. Routledge, pp. 127-141. ISBN 9780415661980

Simmons, Robin (2014) Further education outside the jurisdiction of local authorities in post-war England. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 46 (1). pp. 57-73. ISSN 0022-0620

2013

Fisher, Roy and Simmons, Robin (2013) Liberal conservatism, vocationalism and further education in England. In: Global Reconstructions of Vocational Education and Training. Routledge. ISBN 9780415717502 (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin (2013) 'Sorry to have kept you waiting so long, Mr Macfarlane': Further education after the Coalition. In: Education Beyond the Coalition: reclaiming the agenda. Radicaled Books, London, pp. 82-105. ISBN 978-0-9575538-2-8

Thompson, Ron and Simmons, Robin (2013) Social mobility and post-compulsory education: revisiting Boudon’s model of social opportunity. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 34 (5-6). pp. 744-765. ISSN 0142-5692

Simmons, Robin, Russell, Lisa and Thompson, Ron (2013) Young people and labour market marginality: findings from a longitudinal ethnographic study. Journal of Youth Studies. pp. 1-15. ISSN 1367-6261

Simmons, Robin (2013) Education, social control and the Great Reversal. Post 16 Educator (72). pp. 16-17. ISSN 0459-2026

Simmons, Robin, Thompson, Ron and Russell, Lisa (2013) Self-Esteem and Social Justice? Engaging Young People on the Margins of Education and Employment. In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training 10th International Conference, 5th-7th July 2013, Worcester College, Oxford. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin and Lambert, Stephen (2013) A NEET Solution? First (546). p. 11.

Simmons, Robin, Russell, Lisa and Thompson, Ron (2013) NEET young people and the Labour Market: voices from the margins. In: Discourse Power and Resistance Conference 2013 - Discourses of Inclusion and Exclusion, 9th - 11th April 2013, London, UK. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin, Russell, Lisa and Thompson, Ron (2013) NEET young people and the labour market: working on the margins. In: Youth Studies Conference, 8-12th April 2013, Glasgow, UK. (Unpublished)

Russell, Lisa, Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2013) Young people’s experiences of working in the private sector: a case study approach. In: Discourse Power and Resistance Conference 2013 - Discourses of Inclusion and Exclusion, 9th - 11th April 2013, London, UK. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin and Walker, Martyn (2013) A Comparative Study of Awarding Organisation and HEI Initial Teacher Training Programmes for the Lifelong Learning Sector in England. Professional Development in Education, 39 (3). pp. 352-368. ISSN 1941-5257

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2013) Reclaiming the Disengaged: Critical Perspectives on Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 18 (1-2). pp. 1-11. ISSN 1359-6748

Simmons, Robin (2013) Book Review: Critical Pedagogy for Social Justice. Smyth, John (2011) London: Continuum. Teaching in lifelong learning: a journal to inform and improve practice, 4 (2). pp. 38-39. ISSN 2040-0993

Simmons, Robin and Walker, Martyn (2013) Teacher Training Qualifications For The Lifelong Learning Sector – A Comparison Of Higher Education Institution And Awarding Body Qualifications. Teaching in lifelong learning: a journal to inform and improve practice, 4 (2). pp. 24-31. ISSN 2040-0993

2012

Thompson, Ron, Russell, Lisa and Simmons, Robin (2012) Spatial dialectics and social exclusion: young people not in education, employment or training. In: European conference on educational research, 18 - 21 September 2012, University of Cadiz, Spain. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin, Russell, Lisa and Thompson, Ron (2012) Social exclusion, space and place: young people not in education, employment or training. In: British Educational Research Association Conference, 4-6 September 2012, University of Manchester. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin (2012) A review of Lee, A. and Danby, S. (2012) Reshaping Doctoral Education: international approaches and pedagogies. British Journal of educational studies, 60 (3). pp. 281-282. ISSN 0007-1005

Thompson, Ron, Russell, Lisa and Simmons, Robin (2012) Space, place and exclusion: young people outside education and employment. In: Space Place and Social Justice in Education, 13 July 2012, Manchester Metropolitan University. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2012) Well-being and Social Justice? Engaging Young Adults on the Margins of Education and Employment. In: 42nd Annual SCUTREA Conference 2012, 3rd - 5th July 2012, Leicester, UK. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin (2012) Raising the participation age to 18: 100 years on. Post 16 Educator (68). ISSN 0459-2026

Avis, James, Canning, Roy, Fisher, Roy, Morgan-Klein, Brenda and Simmons, Robin (2012) State intervention and teacher education for vocational educators in England and Scotland. Educational Research, 54 (2). pp. 187-197. ISSN 0013-1881

Fisher, Roy and Simmons, Robin (2012) Liberal Conservatism, Vocationalism and Further Education in England. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 10 (1). pp. 31-51. ISSN 1476-7724

Thompson, Ron, Russell, Lisa and Simmons, Robin (2012) Exploring the lives of NEET young people – using structuration theory to conceptualise the experience of ‘disengagement'. In: Youth in Crisis and Community Interventions: Past, Present and Future Interventions, 21-22 February 2012, Ayr, Scotland. (Unpublished)

Thompson, Ron, Russell, Lisa and Simmons, Robin (2012) Exploring the lives of NEET young people: using structuration theory to conceptualise the experience of ‘disengagement’. In: Youth in Crisis and Community Interventions: Past, Present and Future Priorities, 21-22 February 2012, University of the West of Scotland. (Unpublished)

Avis, James, Morgan-Klein, Brenda, Canning, Roy, Simmons, Robin and Fisher, Roy (2012) Teacher education for vocational education and training: a comparative study of the Scottish and English systems set within a European context. Scottish Educational Review, 44 (2). pp. 14-23. ISSN 0141-9072

2011

Russell, Lisa, Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2011) Conceptualising the lives of NEET young people: structuration theory and ‘disengagement’. Education, Knowledge and Economy, 5 (3). pp. 89-106. ISSN 1749-6896

Avis, James, Fisher, Roy, Simmons, Robin, Canning, Roy and Morgan-Klein, B. (2011) Developing Teacher Educators for the Lifelong Learning Sector: crossing borders. Teaching in lifelong learning: a journal to inform and improve practice, 3 (2). pp. 60-62. ISSN 2040-0993

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2011) Education and training for young people at risk of becoming NEET: findings from an ethnographic study of work-based learning programmes. Educational Studies, 37 (4). pp. 447-450. ISSN 0305-5698

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2011) NEET Young People and Training for Work: learning on the margins. Trentham Books, Stoke-on-Trent. ISBN 9781858564838

Simmons, Robin (2011) Oakum picking in the twenty-first century. Post 16 Educator, 65. pp. 3-5. ISSN 0459-2026

Russell, Lisa, Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2011) Ordinary lives: an ethnographic study of young people attending Entry to Employment programmes. Journal of Education and Work, 24 (5). pp. 477-499. ISSN 1363-9080

Fisher, Roy and Simmons, Robin (2011) The Liberal Conservative Solution? Vocational Learning,Globalisation and the Peculiar Case of English Further Education. In: The Journal of Vocational Education and Training Ninth International Conference, 8th – 10th July 2011, Worcester College, Oxford. (Unpublished)

Orr, Kevin and Simmons, Robin (2011) A Restricted ‘Apprenticeship’: The Work-Based Learning of Trainee Teachers in English Colleges of Further Education. In: American Educational Research Association Conference, April 8-12 2011, New Orleans. (Unpublished)

Orr, Kevin and Simmons, Robin (2011) Restrictive Practice: The Work-Based Learning Experience of Trainee Teachers in English Further Education Colleges. Journal of Workplace Learning, 23 (4). pp. 243-257. ISSN 1366-5626

Avis, James, Canning, Roy, Fisher, Roy, Morgan-Klein, Brenda and Simmons, Robin (2011) Vocational education teacher training in Scotland and England: policy and practice. Journal of vocational education and training, 63 (2). pp. 115-127. ISSN 1363-6820

2010

Simmons, Robin (2010) Globalisation, neo-liberalism and vocational learning: the case of English further education colleges. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 15 (4). pp. 363-376. ISSN 1359-6748

Avis, James, Canning, Roy, Fisher, Roy, Morgan-Klein, Brenda and Simmons, Robin (2010) FE teacher training in Scotland and England, continuities and contradictions - a policy analysis. In: BERA conference, September 2010, The University of Warwick. (Unpublished)

Avis, James, Canning, Roy, Simmons, Robin, Morgan-Klein, Brenda and Fisher, Roy (2010) Vocational education teacher training in Scotland and England: policy and practice. In: European conference on educational research, 25-27 August 2010, Helsinki. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2010) A longitudinal study of NEET young people. The leverhulme trust newsletter. p. 5.

Simmons, Robin (2010) The Macfarlane report : 30 years on. Post 16 Educator, 56. pp. 19-21. ISSN 0459-2026

Russell, Lisa, Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2010) Playing the numbers game: Connexions Personal Advisers working with young people on Entry to Employment programmes. Journal of vocational education and training, 62 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 1363-6820

Simmons, Robin and Walker, Martyn (2010) Career planning and continuing professional development. In: Teaching in Lifelong Learning. Open University Press, Milton Keynes, pp. 248-258. ISBN 9780335234684

Orr, Kevin and Simmons, Robin (2010) Dual identities: the in-service teacher trainee experience in the English further education sector. Journal of vocational education and training, 62 (1). pp. 75-88. ISSN 1363-6820

Fisher, Roy and Simmons, Robin (2010) What is the lifelong learning sector? In: Teaching in lifelong learning : a guide to theory and practice. McGraw-hill, Milton Keynes, pp. 7-17. ISBN 9780335234684

2009

Orr, Kevin and Simmons, Robin (2009) Dual roles and dual identities: an ethnographic study from English further education into the experience of in-service teacher-trainees. In: BERA Annual Conference 2009, 2-5 September 2009, University of Manchester. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin (2009) The long goodbye: how local authorities lost control of further education. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 14 (3). pp. 287-297. ISSN 1359-6748

Orr, Kevin and Simmons, Robin (2009) Dual identities: enhancing the in-service teacher trainee experience in the lifelong learning sector A guide for employers. Project Report. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield. (Unpublished)

Orr, Kevin and Simmons, Robin (2009) Dual identities: enhancing the in-service teacher trainee experience in further education. Project Report. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield. (Unpublished)

Orr, Kevin and Simmons, Robin (2009) Dual identities: the in-service teacher-trainee experience in the English Further Education sector. In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training Eighth International Conference: Researching Vocational Education and Training, 3rd - 5th July 2009, Worcester College, Oxford, UK. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin (2009) Further Education, Political Economy and Social Change. Doctoral thesis, University of Huddersfield.

Simmons, Robin (2009) Further education and the lost opportunity of the Macfarlane Report. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 33 (2). pp. 159-169. ISSN 0309-877X

Simmons, Robin (2009) 'Renewing' England's FE colleges: an update. Post 16 Educator (51). ISSN 0459-2026

Simmons, Robin (2009) Entry to employment: discourses of inclusion and employability in work-based learning for young people. Journal of education and work, 22 (2). pp. 137-151. ISSN 1363-9080

Avis, James, Fisher, Roy and Simmons, Robin (2009) Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK. ISBN 9781862180860

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2009) Aiming Higher: how will universities respond to changes in initial teacher training for post-compulsory sector in England? In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, pp. 239-307. ISBN 9781862180680

Simmons, Robin (2009) Introduction: Teacher Training, (and Teacher Trainers), in the Learning and Skills Sector. In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, pp. 291-292. ISBN 9781862180680

Simmons, Robin (2009) An Overview of the Lifelong Learning Sector and its "condition". In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, pp. 6-10. ISBN 9781862180680

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2009) Teacher Educators in Post-Compulsory Education: gender, discourse and power. In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, pp. 333-352. ISBN 9781862180680

2008

Simmons, Robin (2008) Raising the age of compulsory education in England: a NEET solution? British Journal of Educational Studies, 56 (4). pp. 420-439. ISSN 0007-1005

Simmons, Robin (2008) Golden years? Further education colleges under local authority control. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 32 (4). pp. 359-371. ISSN 0309-877X

Simmons, Robin (2008) 'Renewing' England's FE colleges: building for the future or victims of fashion? Post 16 Educator (48). pp. 18-20. ISSN 0459-2026

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2008) Creativity and performativity: the case of further education. British Educational Research Journal, 34 (5). pp. 601-618. ISSN 0141-1926

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2008) Re-conceptualizing creativity for further education. In: British Educational Research Association 2008, 3 - 6 September 2008, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh. (Unpublished)

Simmons, Robin (2008) Fourth time lucky? Raising the age of compulsory participation in education and training to 18 in England. Journal of The Further Education Alliance, 1 (2). pp. 59-78. ISSN 1755-9979

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2008) Creativity in further education: resistance or compliance? In: 7th Conference of the Discourse, Power, Resistance Series, 18– 20 March 2008, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Simmons, Robin (2008) Gender, work and identity: a case study from the English further education sector. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 13 (3). pp. 267-279. ISSN 1359-6748

2007

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2007) Teacher educators in post-compulsory education: gender, discourse and power. Journal of vocational education and training, 59 (4). pp. 517-533. ISSN 1363-6820

Simmons, Robin (2007) The Harlow story: coming to a college near you? Post 16 Educator (42). pp. 16-17. ISSN 0459-2026

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2007) Still paying for it: FHE teacher training update. Post 16 Educator (41). pp. 11-12. ISSN 0459-2026

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2007) Aiming higher: how will universities respond to changes in initial teacher training for the post-compulsory sector in England? Journal of further and higher education, 31 (2). pp. 171-182. ISSN 1469-9486

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2007) Cinderella's shoes: gender, autonomy and control in post-compulsory teacher education. In: 6th Conference of the Discourse, Power, Resistance Series, 25– 27 March 2007, Manchester Metropolitan University.

Simmons, Robin, Orr, Kevin and Thompson, Ron (2007) Gender, Discourse and Power: Reflections on the post-compulsory Teacher Educator Workforce in England. In: 9th International Conference on Education, 28 - 31 May 2007, Athens, Greece. (Unpublished)

2006

Simmons, Robin (2006) The further education cash cow. Post 16 Educator, 32. pp. 20-21. ISSN 0459-2026

Simmons, Robin (2006) The degradation of labour in further education. Post 16 Educator, 31. pp. 18-19. ISSN 0459-2026

Simmons, Robin (2006) Being economical with the truth. Post 16 Educator (38). pp. 16-17. ISSN 0459-2026

Simmons, Robin and Thompson, Ron (2006) Paying for it: initial teacher training in the post-compulsory sector. Post 16 Educator (35). pp. 11-13. ISSN 0459-2026

Simmons, Robin (2006) Revisiting Braverman: the labour process in further education. In: 5th Conference of the Discourse, Power, Resistance Series, 20 - 22 April 2006, Manchester Metropolitan University.