Challenging assumptions about widening participation in Higher Education - Professor John Butcher

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In his inaugural lecture, John Butcher, Professor of Inclusive Teaching in Higher Education at the OU, explored his research and practice in relation to widening participation in higher education and how his focus on the voices of ‘unheard learners’ has challenged simplistic sector assumptions that ‘students’ are merely a homogeneous conveyor belt of school leavers with good A-levels.