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Chiu, Y.-L. T., Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, Murray, Ó. M., Horsburgh, J. and Copsey-Blake, M. (2025) ‘I deserve to be here’: minority ethnic students and their conditional belonging in UK higher education. Higher Education. ISSN 1573-174X doi: 10.1007/s10734-025-01469-1

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Cheung, K. L., Thomas, M., Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, Hills, L., Froome, H., Worsfold, N. and Bailey, D. P. (2025) Exploring student consensus about module-level ethnicity awarding gaps: a Delphi approach. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 49 (1). pp. 31-44. ISSN 1469-9486 doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2024.2428722

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Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, Hamer, J. M. M., Copsey-Blake, M. and Kemp, P. E. J. (2024) Is being clever enough? Young people’s construction of the ideal student in computer science education. Educational Review. ISSN 1465-3397 doi: 10.1080/00131911.2024.2379430

Grønhøj, E. O., Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Bundsgaard, J. (2024) Exploring young people’s perceptions and discourses of technology occupations through descriptive drawings and a questionnaire. Computer Science Education. ISSN 1744-5175 doi: 10.1080/08993408.2024.2385876

Hamer, J. M. M., Kemp, P. E. J., Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Copsey-Blake, M. (2024) Cracking the code: exploring student attitudes towards coding in secondary education. The Cambridge Journal of Education, 54 (4). pp. 495-516. ISSN 1469-3577 doi: 10.1080/0305764X.2024.2387335

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2024) Exploring the spatial belonging of students in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 49 (3). pp. 546-558. ISSN 1470-174X doi: 10.1080/03075079.2023.2243285

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Copsey-Blake, M. (2023) Pragmatic, persistent and precarious: the pathways of three minority ethnic women in STEM higher education. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 21 (7). pp. 2123-2142. ISSN 1573-1774 doi: 10.1007/s10763-022-10337-8

Murray, Ó. M., Chiu, Y.-L. T., Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Horsburgh, J. (2023) Deindividualising imposter syndrome: imposter work among marginalised STEMM undergraduates in the UK. Sociology, 57 (4). pp. 749-766. ISSN 1469-8684 doi: 10.1177/00380385221117380

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, Chiu, Y.-L. T., Murray, Ó. M., Horsburgh, J. and Copsey-Blake, M. (2023) ‘Biology is easy, physics is hard’: student perceptions of the ideal and the typical student across STEM higher education. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 32 (1). pp. 118-139. ISSN 1747-5066 doi: 10.1080/09620214.2022.2122532

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, DeWitt, J. and Chiu, Y.-L. T. (2023) Mapping the eight dimensions of the ideal student in higher education. Educational Review, 75 (2). pp. 153-171. ISSN 1465-3397 doi: 10.1080/00131911.2021.1909538

Hamer, J. M.M., Kemp, P. E.J., Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Copsey-Blake, M. (2023) Who wants to be a computer scientist? The computing aspirations of students in English secondary schools. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 45 (12). pp. 990-1007. ISSN 2154-8463 doi: 10.1080/09500693.2023.2179379

El Morally, R., Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Copsey-Blake, M. (2022) Is science, technology, engineering and mathematics in higher education sexist and racist? all surface, no substance. Equity in Education & Society, 1 (2). pp. 216-236. ISSN 2752-6461 doi: 10.1177/27526461221105591

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, Chiu, Y.-L. T., Murray, Ó. M. and Horsburgh, J. (2022) End of the road? The career intentions of underrepresented STEM students in higher education. International Journal of STEM Education, 9 (1). 51. ISSN 2196-7822 doi: 10.1186/s40594-022-00366-8

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Hoskins, K. (2022) Ready, set, work? career preparations of final-year non-traditional university students. Higher Education Pedagogies, 7 (1). pp. 88-106. ISSN 2375-2696 doi: 10.1080/23752696.2022.2100446

Hoskins, K. and Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2022) Re/configuring possible selves and broadening future horizons: the experiences of working-class British Asian women navigating higher education. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 24 (1). pp. 114-138. ISSN 1466-6529 doi: 10.5456/WPLL.24.1.114

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, Copsey-Blake, M. and El Morally, R. (2022) Silent or silenced? minority ethnic students and the battle against racism. The Cambridge Journal of Education, 52 (5). pp. 651-666. ISSN 1469-3577 doi: 10.1080/0305764X.2022.2047889

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, Chiu, Y. L. T., Copsey-Blake, M. and Nikolopoulou, M. (2022) A mapping of graduate attributes: what can we expect from UK university students? Higher Education Research & Development, 41 (4). pp. 1340-1355. ISSN 1469-8366 doi: 10.1080/07294360.2021.1882405

Copsey-Blake, M., Hamer, J., Kemp, P. and Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2021) Should we be concerned about who is studying computing in schools? Understanding computing education, Theme: Equity, diversity and inclusion in computing education, 2. pp. 31-39. ISSN 2514-586X (Raspberry Pi Foundation Research Seminars)

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Chiu, Y.-L. T. (2021) Exploring the concept of 'ideal' university student. Studies in Higher Education, 46 (3). pp. 497-508. ISSN 0307-5079 doi: 10.1080/03075079.2019.1643302

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, ElMorally, R. and Copsey-Blake, M. (2021) ‘Fair and square’: what do students think about the ethnicity degree awarding gap? Journal of Further and Higher Education, 45 (8). pp. 1147-1161. ISSN 0309-877X doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2021.1932773

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, Elmorally, R., Copsey-Blake, M., Highwood, E. and Singarayer, J. (2021) Is race still relevant? Student perceptions and experiences of racism in higher education. The Cambridge Journal of Education, 51 (3). pp. 359-375. ISSN 1469-3577 doi: 10.1080/0305764X.2020.1831441

Chiu, Y. L. T., Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Charalambous, M. (2021) ‘It’s for others to judge’: what influences students’ construction of the ideal student? Journal of Further and Higher Education, 45 (10). pp. 1424-1437. ISSN 0309-877X doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2021.1945553

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Chiu, Y.-L. T. (2020) University lecturers’ construction of the ‘ideal’ undergraduate student. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 44 (1). pp. 54-68. ISSN 0309-877X doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2018.1504010

Kemp, P. E. J., Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Berry, M. G. (2019) Female performance and participation in computer science: a national picture. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 20 (1). 4. doi: 10.1145/3366016

Du, X. and Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2019) Science career aspiration and science capital in China and UK: a comparative study using PISA data. International Journal of Science Education, 41 (15). pp. 2136-2155. ISSN 0950-0693 doi: 10.1080/09500693.2019.1662135

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Chiu, Y.-L. T. (2019) Let me entertain you: the ambivalent role of university lecturers as educators and performers. Educational Review, 71 (2). pp. 218-233. ISSN 1465-3397 doi: 10.1080/00131911.2017.1363718

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Chiu, Y.-L. T. (2019) ‘Swallow your pride and fear’: the educational strategies of high-achieving non-traditional university students. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 40 (7). pp. 868-882. ISSN 0142-5692 doi: 10.1080/01425692.2019.1604209

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2018) By chance or by plan?: The academic success of nontraditional students in higher education. AERA Open, 4 (2). 233285841878219. ISSN 2332-8584 doi: 10.1177/2332858418782195

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Kemp, P. E. J. (2018) Technical boys and creative girls: the career aspirations of digitally-skilled youths. The Cambridge Journal of Education, 48 (3). pp. 301-316. ISSN 1469-3577 doi: 10.1080/0305764X.2017.1325443

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2017) ‘I’m good, but not that good’: digitally-skilled young people’s identity in computing. Computer Science Education, 26 (4). pp. 299-317. ISSN 0899-3408 doi: 10.1080/08993408.2017.1292604

Archer, L., Dawson, E., Seakins, A. and Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2016) Disorientating, fun or meaningful? Disadvantaged families' experiences of a science museum visit. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 11 (4). pp. 917-939. ISSN 1871-1510 doi: 10.1007/s11422-015-9667-7

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2016) Minority ethnic students and science participation: a qualitative mapping of achievement, aspiration, interest and capital. Research in Science Education, 46 (1). pp. 113-127. ISSN 1573-1898 doi: 10.1007/s11165-015-9466-x

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2015) A blessing with a curse: model minority ethnic students and the construction of educational success. Oxford Review of Education, 41 (6). pp. 730-746. ISSN 0305-4985 doi: 10.1080/03054985.2015.1117970

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2015) Careers ‘from’ but not ‘in’ science: why aspirations to be a scientist are challenging for minority ethnic students? Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 52 (7). pp. 979-1002. ISSN 1098-2736 doi: 10.1002/tea.21231

Archer, L., Dawson, E., DeWitt, J., Seakins, A. and Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2015) “Science capital”: a conceptual, methodological, and empirical argument for extending bourdieusian notions of capital beyond the arts. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 52 (7). pp. 922-948. ISSN 1098-2736 doi: 10.1002/tea.21227

Falk, J., Dierking, L., Osborne, J., Wenger, M., Dawson, E. and Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2015) Analyzing science education in the U.K.: taking a system-wide approach. Science Education, 99 (1). pp. 145-173. ISSN 0036-8326 doi: 10.1002/sce.21140

Archer, L., DeWitt, J. and Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2014) Spheres of influence: what shapes young people's aspirations at age 12/13 and what are the implications for education policy? Journal of Education Policy, 29 (1). pp. 58-85. ISSN 1464-5106 doi: 10.1080/02680939.2013.790079

Archer, L., DeWitt, J., Osborne, J., Dillon, J., Willis, B. and Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2013) 'Not girly, not sexy, not glamorous': primary school girls' and parents' constructions of science aspirations. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 21 (1). pp. 171-194. ISSN 1468-1366 doi: 10.1080/14681366.2012.748676

DeWitt, J., Osborne, J., Archer, L., Dillon, J., Willis, B. and Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2013) Young children's aspirations in science: the unequivocal, the uncertain and the unthinkable. International Journal of Science Education, 35 (6). pp. 1037-1063. ISSN 0950-0693 doi: 10.1080/09500693.2011.608197

Archer, L., DeWitt, J., Osborne, J., Dillon, J., Willis, B. and Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2012) "Balancing acts'': elementary school girls' negotiations of femininity, achievement, and science. Science Education, 96 (6). pp. 967-989. ISSN 0036-8326 doi: 10.1002/sce.21031

Archer, L., DeWitt, J., Osborne, J., Dillon, J., Willis, B. and Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2012) Science aspirations, capital, and family habitus: how families shape children's engagement and identification with science. American Educational Research Journal, 49 (5). pp. 881-908. ISSN 0002 8312 doi: 10.3102/0002831211433290

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2012) Identifying with science: a case study of two 13-year-old ‘high achieving working class’ British Asian girls. International Journal of Science Education, 34 (1). pp. 43-65. ISSN 0950-0693 doi: 10.1080/09500693.2010.551671

DeWitt, J., Archer, L., Osborne, J., Dillon, J., Willis, B. and Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2011) High aspirations but low progression: the science aspirations-careers paradox amongst minority ethnic students. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 9. pp. 243-271. ISSN 1571 0068 doi: 10.1007/s10763-010-9245-0

Archer, L., DeWitt, J., Osborne, J., Dillon, J., Willis, B. and Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2010) "Doing" science versus "being" a scientist: examining 10/11-year-old schoolchildren's constructions of science through the lens of identity. Science Education, 94 (4). pp. 617-639. ISSN 0036-8326 doi: 10.1002/sce.20399

Book or Report Section

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, Copsey-Blake, M. and ElMorally, R. (2024) Barriers to belonging for racially minoritised students in STEM higher education. In: Kandiko Howson, C. and Kingsbury, M. (eds.) Belonging and Identity in STEM Higher Education. UCL Press, London, pp. 143-161. ISBN 9781800084988 doi: 10.14324/111.9781800084988

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2023) Student identity, aspiration and the exchange-value of physics. In: Holmegaard, H. T. and Archer, L. (eds.) Science Identities: Theory, method and research. Contributions from Science Education Research (12). Springer, Cham, pp. 95-110. ISBN 9783031176418 doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-17642-5_5

Report

McCrum, E., Glaister, P., Charlton-Perez, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6220, Marston, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0187-801X, Foley, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8993-2597, Graham, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7743-3977, Reed Johnson, J. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0247-4555, Joseph, H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4325-4628, Dimitriadi, Y., Harris, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8606-5515, Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, Trakulphadetkrai, N. V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0706-7991, Berkley, R., Purser, L., Tissot, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-0903, Flynn, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3710-9910, Cottrell, P., Fuller, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3816-5068, Dobraszczyk, D., Chapman, A. and Ford, L., (2024) Curriculum and assessment review November 2024: call for evidence. University of Reading collective submission. Report. University of Reading pp43.

Kemp, P., Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, Hamer, J. and Copsey-Blake, M., (2024) The future of computing education: considerations for policy, curriculum and practice. Project Report. King's College London and University of Reading

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418, Copsey-Blake, M. and ElMorally, R., (2021) The student experiences in STEM report. Report. University of Reading pp45.

Book

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 and Chiu, Y.-L. T. (2021) The ideal student: deconstructing expectations in Higher Education. Open University Press, London, pp192. ISBN 9780335249251

Wong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7310-6418 (2016) Science education, career aspirations and minority ethnic students. Palgrave MacMillan, Basingstoke, pp195. ISBN 9781137533975 doi: 10.1057/9781137533982