Participatory photography dataset: international students transition to UK HE

Dataset

Description

The data set includes the 52 photographs taken by the student co-researchers. 10 photographs have been withdrawn at the student co-researcher's request. The photographs were taken as part of a participatory photography project titled: "Exploring the transition of international students to UK Higher Education (HE) and how they adapt to studying on a masters programme.​" Each student co-researcher took between 10 and 15 photographs according to specific prompts, in February 2024.

All of the student co-researchers who took the photographs were international students who started on the MSc Public Health in the 2023-02024 academic year. They choose the following pseudonym and identifier for the project: Dansoah - Ghana; Sharon Verma - United Kingdom; Ayeh Esmaeilitalesh - Iran; Lauren - Ukraine, England; Jallow - Gambia.

The Excel spreadsheet includes filename, student co-researcher identifier, home country, image number, and caption or description as written by the student co-researchers.
The PowerPoint slideshow includes the photograph alongside the student co-researcher's caption and chosen pseudonym and identifier.
The anonymised transcriptions from the research interviews are available.
Date made available28 Feb 2025
PublisherUniversity of Northampton
Date of data production2 Jan 2024 - 1 Aug 2024

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