Katy Vigurs

Biography

I am Associate Professor of Careers and Higher Education in the International Centre for Guidance Studies (iCeGS). I have published on a wide range of educational and methodological issues and have undertaken research across a number of education sectors, including primary and secondary education, community and adult education, and further and higher education. I am a sociologist of education and have a particular interest in researching policy and practice relating to inequalities in higher education, including the related area of student finance reform and its impact on the stratification of higher education. I am on the editorial board of one international journal and am a peer reviewer for numerous other journals. I was previously Associate Professor of Higher and Professional Education at Staffordshire University. I am currently working on several externally funded educational research projects. These include: an Office for Fair Access project to develop understanding on how universities evaluate their pre-16 widening participation outreach activities; a four year project funded by the Gatsby Foundation on good quality careers education in schools and colleges; a Department for Education project on the role of work placements in technical education; a HEFCE Catalyst funded project on evaluating a student attainment intervention across three HEIs; a National Collaborative Outreach Programme funded project across two counties; a Careers and Enterprise Company project on the role of careers websites. I am Associate Professor of Careers and Higher Education in the International Centre for Guidance Studies (iCeGS). I have published on a wide range of educational and methodological issues and have undertaken research across a number of education sectors, including primary and secondary education, community and adult education, and further and higher education. I am a sociologist of education and have a particular interest in researching policy and practice relating to inequalities in higher education, including the related area of student finance reform and its impact on the stratification of higher education. I am on the editorial board of one international journal and am a peer reviewer for numerous other journals. I was previously Associate Professor of Higher and Professional Education at Staffordshire University. I am currently working on several externally funded educational research projects. These include: an Office for Fair Access project to develop understanding on how universities evaluate their pre-16 widening participation outreach activities; a four year project funded by the Gatsby Foundation on good quality careers education in schools and colleges; a Department for Education project on the role of work placements in technical education; a HEFCE Catalyst funded project on evaluating a student attainment intervention across three HEIs; a National Collaborative Outreach Programme funded project across two counties; a Careers and Enterprise Company project on the role of careers websites.

Research Interest

Creative forms of public engagement Research-informed comics and graphic novels Social media for research purposes Applied social and educational research Higher education policy Transitions into and out of higher educations Participation in higher education and further education Graduate employability and employment Inequalities in education Researcher education and doctoral education