Estranged students in higher education: Policy thoughts in context
On 18th Sept. 2019 we were invited to introduce our research as part of an event organised by UK...
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Tag: higher education
The place of social competence in higher education. Introducing an Erasmus+ project
By Rille Raaper and Julie Rattray* This blog post aims to introduce our recently commenced...
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Authoritarian neoliberalism and the alienation of academic labour
I recently delivered a keynote on neoliberalism and HE at a British Educational Research...
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Dissident Knowledge in Higher Education: Marc Spooner and James McNinch write about their new edited book
Marc Spooner and James McNinch write about their new edited book: Spooner & McNinch (2018)...
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Want to meet at the XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology?
Are you attending the XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology in July 15-21, 2018? So are we. If you...
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Whose higher education experience is it anyway?
Whose higher education experience is it anyway? – Rethinking the university ideal....
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Consumerism and student politics: strange bedfellows?
Students’ Unions and Consumerist Policy Discourses in England: An Exploration of Discursive...
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Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education
This is the title of a keynote I will deliver in September as part of the Symposium: Student...
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Academic voice and the governance of Universities
Academic governance involves overseeing teaching and research within universities and protecting...
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Tracing power and student subjectivity in assessment. A Foucauldian perspective
[This is a blog post based on a forthcoming presentation at the British Education Research...
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Occupying academia: Stretching the meaning of ‘career’
At a recent Early Career BSA forum, organized by Dr Rachel Thwaites and Dr Amy Pressland, titled...
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What I’m Reading Now … Paul Ricoeur
Lately I’ve been reading Paul Ricoeur’s book The course of recognition, as I have a strong...
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