The rise of corporatism in the North American University was charted by Bill Readings in the mid nineteen-nineties in his book The University in Ruins. The intervening years have seen the corporate university grow and extend to the point where its evolution into a large business corporation is seemingly complete. Rolfe's book examines the factors contributing to the transformation of the university from a site of culture and knowledge to what might be termed an 'information factory', and explores strategies for how, in Readings' words, members of the academic community might...
The rise of corporatism in the North American University was charted by Bill Readings in the mid nineteen-nineties in his book The University in...
The curriculum is a live issue in universities across the world. Many stakeholders - governments, employers, professional and disciplinary groups and parents - express strong and often conflicting views about what higher education should achieve for its students. Many universities are reviewing their curricula at an institutional level, aware that they are in a competitive climate in which league tables encourage students to see themselves as consumers and the university as a product, or even a 'brand'. The move has prompted renewed concern for some central educational questions, about both...
The curriculum is a live issue in universities across the world. Many stakeholders - governments, employers, professional and disciplinary groups and ...
The marketisation of higher education is a growing worldwide trend. Market steering is replacing or supplementing government steering. Market entry is being liberalised. Tuition fees are being introduced or increased, usually at the expense of state grants to institutions. Grants for student support are being replaced or supplemented by loans. Commercial rankings and league tables to guide student choice are proliferating. Institutions are devoting increasing resources to marketing, branding and customer service.
The UK is a particularly good case, not only because it may by 2012 be the...
The marketisation of higher education is a growing worldwide trend. Market steering is replacing or supplementing government steering. Market entry...
This innovative volume brings together perspectives from two fields of enquiry and practice: literacies and learning and learning technologies . With their own histories and trajectories, in practice, theory and research, they have generally remained discrete. In tackling this divide head on, the volume breaks new ground in illustrating how complementary and contrasting approaches can be brought together in productive ways, and considers the implications of this for practitioners working across a wide range of contexts. In so doing, the book showcases work from well-respected authorities...
This innovative volume brings together perspectives from two fields of enquiry and practice: literacies and learning and learning technologies . Wi...
Many contemporary concerns in higher education focus on the student experience of learning.With a larger and much more diverse intake than ever before, linked with a declining unit of resource, questions are being asked afresh around the purposes of higher education. Although much of the debate is currently focused on issues of student access and success, a simple input-output model of higher education is insufficient.
This book turns this conversation on its head, by inserting a full consideration of student agency into the context of higher education.Working sociologically, it...
Many contemporary concerns in higher education focus on the student experience of learning.With a larger and much more diverse intake than ever bef...
Leadership in universities is physically, intellectually and emotionally demanding work. It involves multiple and complex tasks and responsibilities such as staff management, strategic management, operational planning, financial and resources management, policy development, quality assurance processes, improving student outcomes, and engaging with community and the professions/industry. Leadership is not simply the act of being a leader, it is the act of leadership that projects 'success' and 'desirable' attributes. Leadership has the capacity to be deeply seductive yet it is not an...
Leadership in universities is physically, intellectually and emotionally demanding work. It involves multiple and complex tasks and responsibilities s...
Writing in Social Spaces addresses the problem of making time and space for writing in academic life and work of the professionals and practitioners who do academic writing'. Even those who want to write, who know how to write well and who have quality publications, report that they cannot find enough time for writing. Many supervisors are unsure about how to help postgraduates improve their writing for thesis and publication. Whilst the problem does presents through concerns with 'time', it is also partly about writing practices, academic identities and lack of motivation. This book provides...
Writing in Social Spaces addresses the problem of making time and space for writing in academic life and work of the professionals and practitioners w...
Writing in Social Spaces addresses the problem of making time and space for writing in academic life and work of the professionals and practitioners who do academic writing'. Even those who want to write, who know how to write well and who have quality publications, report that they cannot find enough time for writing. Many supervisors are unsure about how to help postgraduates improve their writing for thesis and publication. Whilst the problem does presents through concerns with 'time', it is also partly about writing practices, academic identities and lack of motivation.
This...
Writing in Social Spaces addresses the problem of making time and space for writing in academic life and work of the professionals and practitioner...
Despite allegations of political disengagement and apathy on the part of the young, the last ten years have witnessed a considerable degree of political activity by young people much of it led by students or directed at changes to the higher education system. Such activity has been evident across the globe. Nevertheless, to date, no book has brought together contributions from a wide variety of national contexts to explore such trends in a rigorous manner. Student Politics and Protest: International Perspectives offers a unique contribution to the disciplines of education,...
Despite allegations of political disengagement and apathy on the part of the young, the last ten years have witnessed a considerable degree of poli...
Despite allegations of political disengagement and apathy on the part of the young, the last ten years have witnessed a considerable degree of political activity by young people much of it led by students or directed at changes to the higher education system. Such activity has been evident across the globe. Nevertheless, to date, no book has brought together contributions from a wide variety of national contexts to explore such trends in a rigorous manner. Student Politics and Protest: International Perspectives offers a unique contribution to the disciplines of education,...
Despite allegations of political disengagement and apathy on the part of the young, the last ten years have witnessed a considerable degree of poli...
