Open Access and the Research Resources
Two layers: freely available frameworks, repositories and journals to read and cite — and Dr Adeeba’s own research, gathered in one citable collection.
Open Access — read and cite
Research Collection — the author’s outputs
TWO LAYERS
A - Open Access
FRAMEWORK - FREE PDF
Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC)
Council of Europe
The framework defining the values, attitudes, skills and knowledge for democratic and intercultural competence, with guidance on curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. Freely downloadable.
Verified VIA SEARCH
democratic culture
competence model
Aggregator · Research
Open AIRE
Open AIRE
A pan-European network linking open-access repositories, journals and datasets, with discovery tools and funder open-access compliance tracking.
Verified VIA SEARCH
repositories
dataset
Repository · Self-archive
Zenodo
Zenodo (CERN)
A general-purpose open repository for depositing pre-prints, working papers, datasets and reports with a citable DOI. Named in the OpenAIRE open-access guidance.
Name in openaire guidance
DOI
deposit
TOOL - FREE PDF
Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters (AIE)
Council of Europe · Byram, Barrett et al.
A reflective tool (2nd edition aligned to the RFCDC, with visual-media and internet variants) helping learners analyse intercultural encounters. An openly published, classroom-ready instrument.
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reflective tool
intercultural
educator resources - free
Intercultural dialogue & global citizenship resources
British Council (with Ipsos & Booz Allen Hamilton)
Free, self-paced courses and classroom resources for educators — building dialogue skills, intercultural understanding and global-citizenship practice in learning communities.
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educator CPD
global citizenship
RESEARCH GAP EVIDENCE
SHERPA / OpenDOAR
Jisc (SHERPA services)
Directories of open-access repositories and publisher self-archiving policies — check where to deposit and which article version may be made open.
Name on oa guidance
repository list
self-archiving
TOOL - FREE PDF
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
(DOAJ)
A quality-controlled index of open-access, peer-reviewed journals with deep coverage in education and applied linguistics — the first stop for citable OA outlets.
journals
peer-reviewed
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B- Research Collection
journal article - published
The doctorate unbound: relationality in doctoral literacy research
Gravett, Heron & Ahmad · Literacy (Wiley)
Peer-reviewed article examining relationality in doctoral literacy research.
DOI FROM AUTHOR CV
doctoral literacy
DOI
journal article - published
Doctoral literacy practices as sites of connections, competition and discomfort
Heron, Gravett & Ahmad · Int. J. of Educational Research
Peer-reviewed study of doctoral literacy practices across a research community.
DOI FROM AUTHOR CV
journal article - published
Building a community of practice through a doctoral research group
Heron, Dippold, Gravett, Ahmad et al. · SGPE (Emerald)
Collaborative study of how a doctoral research group functions as a community of practice.
community of practice
DOI
DOI From Author CV
RESEARCH REPORT _ PUBLISHED
TASO Final Research Report — University of Surrey
Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes (TASO)
Final report from the TASO-commissioned project on access and outcomes, University of Surrey.
Link from author cv
widening participation
report
JOURNAL ARTICLE - FORTHCOMING
From Alienation to Affirmation: Reimagining Language-in-Education Policy…
Khalid, Ahmad & Shamim · J. of Language, Identity & Education
Forthcoming paper reframing language-in-education policy as a space for belonging and reparative futures.
forthcoming 2026
language policy
belonging
UNDER REVIEW
Two papers on internationalisation & intercultural citizenship
(DOAJ)Policy Studies (Routledge) · Language and Intercultural Communication (T&F)
Currently under review. Add titles, DOIs and open pre-prints here once accepted.
internationalisation
under-review
Frameworks, directories and a repository for self-archiving work.
Dr Adeeba's published, forthcoming and in-progress outputs.
doctoral literacy
DOI
Interculturality as (im-) possibilities in non-places
Taylor & Francis, Fred Dervin et al.
Read via DOI →
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Learning through the dialogical self in intercultural encounters:
Journal article - published
Frontiers, The interdisciplinary journal of study abroad
Non-places influence international students' intercultural experiences, with personality and environmental factors shaping communication and social interactions.
Virtual exchanges and reflexive writing enhance students' intercultural learning, self-awareness, empathy, and dialogue through meaningful cross-cultural online interactions.
Journal article - published
DOI
Fred Dervin et al.