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| Confidence and the effectiveness of creative methods in qualitative interviews with adults J Rainford International Journal of Social Research Methodology 23 (1), 109-122, 2020 | 37 | 2020 |
| Are we still “raising aspirations”? The complex relationship between aspiration and widening participation practices in English higher education institutions J Rainford Educational Review 75 (3), 411-428, 2023 | 25 | 2023 |
| Equal Practices? A comparative study of widening participation practices in pre and post-92 higher education institutions J Rainford Staffordshire University, 2019 | 21* | 2019 |
| Working with/in institutions: how policy enactment in widening participation is shaped through practitioners’ experience J Rainford British Journal of Sociology of Education 42 (2), 287-303, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
| Moving widening participation outreach online: challenge or opportunity? J Rainford Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education 25 (1), 2-6, 2021 | 19 | 2021 |
| Becoming a doctoral researcher in a digital world: Reflections on the role of Twitter for reflexivity and the internal conversation J Rainford E-learning and Digital Media 13 (1-2), 99-105, 2016 | 18 | 2016 |
| Making internal conversations public: reflexivity of the connected doctoral researcher and its transmission beyond the walls of the academy J Rainford Journal of Applied Social Theory 1 (1), 44-60, 2016 | 10 | 2016 |
| How institutional doxa shapes access to higher education through framings of ‘potential’ J Rainford Power and Education 13 (3), 171-186, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| The Business of Widening Participation: policy, practice and culture C McCaig, J Rainford, R Squire Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022 | 5 | 2022 |
| Stories of Access in Higher Education: a triumph (or failure) of hope over experience S Oman, J Rainford, H Stewart Discover Society 1, 2015 | 5 | 2015 |
| Thriving in part-time doctoral study: Integrating work, life and research J Rainford, K Guccione Routledge, 2023 | 4 | 2023 |
| We Close on Friday: A Case Study Pivot to Online Learning and Beyond at a UK Higher Education Institution D Pike, J Rainford Agile Learning Environments amid Disruption: Evaluating Academic Innovations …, 2022 | 3 | 2022 |
| Stripping back the novelty: A critical reflection on the dual use of a comic-based approach to engage participants and publics J Rainford Methodological Innovations 14 (3), 20597991211060681, 2021 | 3 | 2021 |
| Using creative methods in qualitative interviews J Rainford SAGE Publications Ltd, 2021 | 3 | 2021 |
| Creating connections to weather the storm of marketisation J Rainford Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education 24 (2), 53-55, 2020 | 3 | 2020 |
| Using theory-based approaches to embed evaluation within a small specialist performing arts institution J Rainford, V Baptista Theory of Change: Debates and Applications to Access and Participation in …, 2022 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reflections and lessons learned supporting staff and students through a major vle upgrade during a pandemic D Pike, J Rainford Edulearn21 proceedings, 11654-11662, 2021 | 2 | 2021 |
| Moving outreach online: Challenge or opportunity? J Rainford NEON Summit–Taking outreach online: delivering widening access to HE work in …, 2020 | 2 | 2020 |
| Legitimating and Justifying what is done in Access Agreements: The Role of Evidence-based Practice throughout the Whole Student Lifecycle J Rainford Widening Access throughout the Student Lifecycle, 184-196, 2018 | 2 | 2018 |
