• Equality in Legal Assessment: A Scoping Study 

  Crofts, Melanie; Sneddon, Simon (Article)

  This paper analyses the performance of students taking compulsory LL.B modules at the University of Northampton between 2002-3 and 2006-7. The grades for each student in each element of assessment on each compulsory module ...

• Yarls Wood Detention Centre 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• Race Relations Act 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• Disability Discrimination Act 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• An effective, joined-up alternative to the Prime Minister’s flawed policy on race 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• Why we don’t need a race audit 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• I *Heart* Consent Week 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• Let’s make ending violence against women and girls a priority 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• Scholarship-Activism and Respectability Politics – Reflections on a Conference Keynote 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• “It’s all standard behaviour”. So what is all the fuss about? 

  Crofts, Melanie (Other)

• Criminal Conflicts 

  Crofts, Melanie; Boaden, Gemma; Prior, Ross (Video)

  These clips have been produced with the purpose of providing a visual representation of a criminal case study which is used by undergraduate Criminal Law students at the University of Northampton to understand the legal ...

• Criminal Conflicts - A Legal Learning Case Study 

  Crofts, Melanie; Prior, Ross; Boaden, Gemma (Conference)

  Introduction/Context Criminal Law is a year 1 module which has around 160 students. It is compulsory for Law but many JH students choose it as a designated module. This means that some students are studying one Law module ...

• The Public Sector Equality Duty: Formal Equality, Institutional Processes and Legal Compliance in Higher Education 

  Crofts, Melanie (Conference)

  The aim of this paper is to build on a previous paper which explored the politics and perspectives of various social actors regarding anti-discrimination legislation and equality within a higher education setting. This ...

• Equality Processes in Higher Education: A Case Study 

  Crofts, Melanie (Conference)

  The aim of this paper is to discuss the impact of the politics and perceptions relating to equality on compliance with legislative requirements as reflected through the equality processes within a case study institution. ...

• Barriers to BME Women in Higher Education 

  Crofts, Melanie (Presentation)

• Safe Spaces: Safeguarding Students from Violence and Hate 

  Crofts, Melanie; Hill, Kimberley; Prokopiou, Evangelia; Armstrong-Hallam, Sarah; Callaghan, Jane; Barrick, Rebecca (Conference)

  The issue of sexual assault, harassment and violence on university campuses has been reported over recent years and months. In 2014 (building on a report from 2010), the National Union of Students issued a report “That’s ...

• If you're not pissed off you're not paying attention" "Let's fuck things up": Reflecting on Critical and Radical Pedagogy 

  Crofts, Melanie (Conference)

  At the heart of radical and critical pedagogies are the concepts of equality, inclusive practice, challenging oppressive practices and mainstream pedagogies and theories around learning and teaching. Due to oppressive ...

• Liberalism and Race Equality in Higher Education: The Shift from the Mandatory to the Persuasive 

  Crofts, Melanie; Pilkington, Andrew (Conference)

  This paper examines a twenty year period to explore the salience of race equality in higher education in the UK. While research evidence accumulates to demonstrate that staff and students from minority ethnic groups continue ...

• Formal Equality, Legal Compliance and the TEF: Impetus for Change? 

  Crofts, Melanie (Conference)

  This research builds on a previous paper which explored the politics and perspectives of various social actors regarding anti-discrimination legislation and equality within a higher education setting. Using Critical Race ...

• Consent on Campus - Challenging Gender Based Violence 

  Crofts, Melanie; Hill, Kimberley (Conference)

  The National Union of Students (NUS) in UK initiated a campaigned called ‘I Heart Consent’ in 2014 which aimed to raise awareness of consent and challenge myths around gender based violence. The campaign followed research ...

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