Dr Ella Taylor-Smith's Projects (8)

Key new roles in higher education apprenticeships: exploring boundary-spanning identities of tripartite representatives May 1, 2025 - Apr 30, 2026
This project is a collaboration with Northumbria University and the University of Hertfordshire.

Higher education apprenticeships are a recent innovation within the UK, with potential to improve social mobility and transform relationships between... Read More about Key new roles in higher education apprenticeships: exploring boundary-spanning identities of tripartite representatives.

Investigating and improving induction training for CS work-based learning workplace mentors, especially to ensure inclusion Aug 1, 2023 - Jul 31, 2024
This study investigates and induction training for Computing work-based learning workplace mentors, especially to ensure inclusion. Through the Council of Professors and Heads of Computing (CPHC) the study will gather information from computing depar... Read More about Investigating and improving induction training for CS work-based learning workplace mentors, especially to ensure inclusion.

Role Models Framework Pilot Jan 24, 2022 - May 13, 2022
This project follows on from the project Gender Imbalance in Digital Technology, which created the Five Aspects Framework. This project pilots and evaluates the framework.

Gender Imbalance in Digital Technology Feb 12, 2021 - May 31, 2021
This project will examine what tertiary education institutions are doing to help tackle the gender imbalance in their Digital Technology courses. It will focus on the area of positive female role models and their use to raise awareness, aspirations a... Read More about Gender Imbalance in Digital Technology.

Gendered information landscapes and their impact on routes into and through apprenticeships Oct 1, 2022 - Oct 31, 2025
The aim is to understand the myriad sources of gender stereotyping that impact on young people’s choices around apprenticeships and work-based learning (WBL). First, by a policy and literature review around occupational segregation in apprenticeships... Read More about Gendered information landscapes and their impact on routes into and through apprenticeships.

How are we positioning apprenticeships? A critical analysis of job adverts for degree apprentices Jan 1, 2020 - Aug 31, 2021
The introduction of the degree apprenticeship presents opportunities for students to pursue a degree while working in paid positions relevant to their studies. Within this model, employers take an active role in recruitment, funding, and degree conte... Read More about How are we positioning apprenticeships? A critical analysis of job adverts for degree apprentices.

HUWY: Hub Website for Youth Participation Jan 1, 2009 - Mar 31, 2011
HUWY explored ways for the Internet to support young people’s involvement in decision-making and piloted a model of distributed discussions, which could be used by people of various ages, focused on a range of topics. 
The HUWY project aimed to supp... Read More about HUWY: Hub Website for Youth Participation.

e-Participation Scotland Baseline Oct 1, 2008 - Oct 31, 2008
This one day event brought people and organisations together from across Scotland. At the workshop, presentations and group activities enabled participants to share knowledge about current and future e-participation projects and opportunities and... Read More about e-Participation Scotland Baseline.