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Ms Alison Varey

Senior Lecturer
0131 455 2725
a.varey@napier.ac.uk

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Graduate apprenticeships are great opportunities for individuals, but are they inclusive?

Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., & Varey, A. (2018, December). Graduate apprenticeships are great opportunities for individuals, but are they inclusive?. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Conference
<p>Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., & Varey, A. (2018, December). <i>Graduate apprenticeships are great opportunities for individuals, but are they inclusive?</i>. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Conference</p>

Higher education-level apprenticeships can provide routes to university degrees for people without the financial resources for traditional degrees. In Scotland, the first coho...

2018
STEM Apprenticeship Degrees: Motivations and aspirations of apprentices

Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., Meharg, D., Smith, C., & Varey, A. (2018, June). STEM Apprenticeship Degrees: Motivations and aspirations of apprentices. Paper presented at Horizons in STEM Higher Education
<p>Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., Meharg, D., Smith, C., & Varey, A. (2018, June). <i>STEM Apprenticeship Degrees: Motivations and aspirations of apprentices</i>. Paper presented at Horizons in STEM Higher Education</p>

Using the Apprenticeship Levy, England piloted Degree Apprenticeships in 2014 and Scotland followed with Graduate Apprenticeships in 2017. In Scotland, the apprenticeships are...

2018
Reflecting on Design

Varey, A. & Smyth, M. (2006, March). Reflecting on Design. Paper presented at CONVIVIO Faculty Forum “Teaching Design for HCI”, Graz, Austria
<p>Varey, A. & Smyth, M. (2006, March). <i>Reflecting on Design</i>. Paper presented at CONVIVIO Faculty Forum “Teaching Design for HCI”, Graz, Austria</p>

No abstract available.

2006
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Associate Student Project

Scottish Funding Council

The Associate Student Project (ASP) builds partnerships between the School of Computing and local further education colleges (FEs) to support students who study for the first two years of their degree...

2014 to 2020

Themes : Information Society x School : School of Computing x People : Alison Varey x Research Areas : Education x Research Centres Groups : Centre for Computing Education Research x

Ms Alison Varey

Senior Lecturer
0131 455 2725
a.varey@napier.ac.uk

Themes : Information Society x School : School of Computing x People : Alison Varey x Research Areas : Education x Research Centres Groups : Centre for Computing Education Research x

Graduate apprenticeships are great opportunities for individuals, but are they inclusive?

Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., & Varey, A. (2018, December). Graduate apprenticeships are great opportunities for individuals, but are they inclusive?. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Conference
<p>Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., & Varey, A. (2018, December). <i>Graduate apprenticeships are great opportunities for individuals, but are they inclusive?</i>. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Conference</p>

Higher education-level apprenticeships can provide routes to university degrees for people without the financial resources for traditional degrees. In Scotland, the first coho...

2018
STEM Apprenticeship Degrees: Motivations and aspirations of apprentices

Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., Meharg, D., Smith, C., & Varey, A. (2018, June). STEM Apprenticeship Degrees: Motivations and aspirations of apprentices. Paper presented at Horizons in STEM Higher Education
<p>Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., Meharg, D., Smith, C., & Varey, A. (2018, June). <i>STEM Apprenticeship Degrees: Motivations and aspirations of apprentices</i>. Paper presented at Horizons in STEM Higher Education</p>

Using the Apprenticeship Levy, England piloted Degree Apprenticeships in 2014 and Scotland followed with Graduate Apprenticeships in 2017. In Scotland, the apprenticeships are...

2018
Reflecting on Design

Varey, A. & Smyth, M. (2006, March). Reflecting on Design. Paper presented at CONVIVIO Faculty Forum “Teaching Design for HCI”, Graz, Austria
<p>Varey, A. & Smyth, M. (2006, March). <i>Reflecting on Design</i>. Paper presented at CONVIVIO Faculty Forum “Teaching Design for HCI”, Graz, Austria</p>

No abstract available.

2006
Belonging: Blurring the Boundaries

Meharg, D., Craighill, S., Varey, A., & Cairncross, S. (2017). Belonging: Blurring the Boundaries. Scottish Educational Review, 49(1), 89-103
<p>Meharg, D., Craighill, S., Varey, A., & Cairncross, S. (2017). Belonging: Blurring the Boundaries. <i>Scottish Educational Review</i>, <i>49(1)</i>, 89-103</p>

This paper applies Whitchurch’s (2008) concept of the ‘third space’ to the emergent territory occupied by further education college students as they ‘cross the boundary’ to co...

2017
An Enhanced Route from FE to HE Graduation?

Meharg, D., Taylor-Smith, E., Varey, A., Mooney, C., & Dallas, S. (2017). An Enhanced Route from FE to HE Graduation?. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 5(2), 85-92. https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v5i2.269
<p>Meharg, D., Taylor-Smith, E., Varey, A., Mooney, C., & Dallas, S. (2017). An Enhanced Route from FE to HE Graduation?. <i>Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice</i>, <i>5(2)</i>, 85-92. https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v5i2.269</p>

This study explores student transitions from further (FE) to higher (HE) education through the Associate Student Project (ASP) and examines the effectiveness of this enhanced ...

2017
'I hope we can handle it': A study examining student ability beliefs and motivations before transition

Meharg, D., Craighill, S., Varey, A., & Tizard, J. (2016). 'I hope we can handle it': A study examining student ability beliefs and motivations before transition. Education in the North, 23(2), 128-140
<p>Meharg, D., Craighill, S., Varey, A., & Tizard, J. (2016). 'I hope we can handle it': A study examining student ability beliefs and motivations before transition. <i>Education in the North</i>, <i>23(2)</i>, 128-140</p>

This paper employs the ‘Expectancy-Value Model of Achievement Motivation’ (Wigfield and Eccles, 2000) to identify performance barriers and facilitators for further education s...

2016
Facilitating computing students' transition to higher education

Fabian, K., Taylor-Smith, E., Meharg, D., & Varey, A. (2019). Facilitating computing students' transition to higher education. https://doi.org/10.1145/3351287.3351298
<p>Fabian, K., Taylor-Smith, E., Meharg, D., & Varey, A. (2019). Facilitating computing students' transition to higher education. https://doi.org/10.1145/3351287.3351298</p>

Students who progress to higher education from further education colleges are faced with academic, social, and logistical challenges during their transition. In general, they ...

2019
Bridging the Digital Skills Gap: Are computing degree apprenticeships the answer?

Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., Fabian, K., Berg, T., Meharg, D., & Varey, A. (2019). Bridging the Digital Skills Gap: Are computing degree apprenticeships the answer?. In ITiCSE '19 Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Educationhttps://doi.org/10.1145/3304221.3319744
<p>Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, S., Fabian, K., Berg, T., Meharg, D., & Varey, A. (2019). Bridging the Digital Skills Gap: Are computing degree apprenticeships the answer?. In <i>ITiCSE '19 Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education</i>https://doi.org/10.1145/3304221.3319744</p>

This paper describes a study investigating whether apprenticeship computing degrees in Scotland are attracting additional entrants who will become IT professionals and fill a ...

2019
" We're coming from different worlds " : exploring student identity during transition

Meharg, D., Varey, A., & Cairncross, S. (2018). " We're coming from different worlds " : exploring student identity during transition. In Conference Proceedings
<p>Meharg, D., Varey, A., & Cairncross, S. (2018). " We're coming from different worlds " : exploring student identity during transition. In <i>Conference Proceedings</i></p>

This study presents empirical work examining the student journey from further to higher education in computing degrees in Scotland and seeks to understand the complex formatio...

2018
From work-integrated learning to learning-integrated work: motivations and apprehensions of Graduate Apprentices

Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, C., & Varey, A. (2018). From work-integrated learning to learning-integrated work: motivations and apprehensions of Graduate Apprentices. In Proceedings of the 3rdInternational Research Symposium on Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education, Stuttgart, Germany, 199-207
<p>Smith, S., Taylor-Smith, E., Smith, C., & Varey, A. (2018). From work-integrated learning to learning-integrated work: motivations and apprehensions of Graduate Apprentices. In <i>Proceedings of the 3rdInternational Research Symposium on Cooperative and Work-Integrated Education, Stuttgart, Germany</i>, 199-207</p>

Graduate Apprenticeship (GA) degrees bring new collaborations between universities and employers and new opportunities for apprentices—to gain a university degree, while also ...

2018

Themes : Information Society x School : School of Computing x People : Alison Varey x Research Areas : Education x Research Centres Groups : Centre for Computing Education Research x

Associate Student Project

Scottish Funding Council

The Associate Student Project (ASP) builds partnerships between the School of Computing and local further education colleges (FEs) to support students who study for the first two years of their degree...

2014 to 2020

Themes : Information Society x School : School of Computing x People : Alison Varey x Research Areas : Education x Research Centres Groups : Centre for Computing Education Research x

Alternative routes, alternative identities: implications for student performance - Debbie Meharg, Ms Alison Varey, Dr Sandra Cairncross, Dr Neil Urquhart

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2015 to date

Themes : Information Society x School : School of Computing x People : Alison Varey x Research Areas : Education x Research Centres Groups : Centre for Computing Education Research x

Themes : Information Society x School : School of Computing x People : Alison Varey x Research Areas : Education x Research Centres Groups : Centre for Computing Education Research x

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