This collection explores the relationship between new equality regimes and continued societal inequalities, exploring change, ambivalence and resistance specifically in relation to compulsory and post-compulsory education, seeking to more fully situate the educational journeys and experiences of staff and students.

MICHELLE ADDISON PhD student at Newcastle University and Visiting Scholar at the Weeks Centre for Social and Policy Research, London South Bank University, UK
SARA AHMED Professor in Race and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
KIM ALLEN Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Education (IPSE) at London Metropolitan University, UK
KATH BRIDGER Director of BSV associates Ltd, UK
JON BINNIE Reader in Human Geography at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
SARAH EVANS Engagement Development Manager for Social Sciences at The British Library, UK
VAL GILLIES Professor of Social Research and a co-director of the Families & Social Capital Research Group, Weeks Centre for Social and Policy Research, London South Bank University, UK
IAN HODGES is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Westminster, UK
SUMI HOLLINGWORTH Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Education (IPSE) at London Metropolitan University, UK
YU-CHIEH HSIEH Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
SANJAY JOBANPUTRA Senior Lecturer in psychology at the University of Westminster, UK
ELIZABETH MATTHEWS Lecturer at Institutue of Technology, Tallaght, Ireland
JOCEY QUINN Professor of Education at the University of Plymouth, UK
DIANE REAY a Professor of Education in the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge , UK
DAMIEN W. RIGGS Senior Lecturer in social work at Flinders University, Australia
ANTHEA ROSE is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Education (IPSE) at London Metropolitan University, UK
JENNY SHAW Head of Higher Education Engagement for the UNITE Group, UK
VANITA SUNDARMA Lecturer in Education at the University of York, UK

Educational Diversity: The Subject of Difference and Different Subjects; Y.Taylor Doing Diversity Differently; D.Reay Space, Affect and Value: A Commentary on Educational Diversity: The Subject of Difference and Different Subjects; J.Binnie PART I: COMPULSORY EDUCATION, COMPELLING DIVERSITY Inclusion through Exclusion: A Critical Account of New Behaviour Management Practices in Schools; V.Gillies 'It's just them, not us': Doing Research with Children Designated as Having SEN: Identity, Agency and Voice; V.Sundaram  & A.Wilde Learning to be Hearing: Is the Mainstream School a Space for Normalising Deaf Children?; E.Mathews Shaping Young People's Gender and Sexual Identities in Taiwan: Can Teaching Practices Produce Diverse Subjects?; Y.Hsieh PART II: HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER STANDARDS? Unpicking that 'Something Special': Background and the University Application Process; S.Evans Beyond 'Inclusion': Student Diversity as a Learning Resource; J.Shaw  & K.Bridger Mapping Exclusion in Undergraduate Psychology: Towards a Common Architecture of the Minority Student Experience; I.Hodges  & S.Jobanputra Embodying Diversity and Pedagogies of Progress; K.Inckle Doing Diversity and Evading Equality: The Case of Student Work Placements in the Creative Sector; K.Allen , J.Quinn , S.Hollingworth  & A.Rose PART III: BOUNDARY CONDITIONS Embodying Diversity: Problems and Paradoxes for Black Feminists; S.Ahmed Talking about 'Diverse Genders and Sexualities' Means Talking about More Than White Middle-Class Queers; D.W.Riggs Feeling Your Way within and Across Classed Spaces: The (Re)making and (Un)doing of Identities of Value within Higher Education in the UK; M.Addison Facts, Fictions, Identity Constrictions: Sexuality, Gender and Class in Higher Education; Y.Taylor Bibliography Index