Centre for HE Research and Evaluation

Interested in studying a fully online, part-time PhD in higher education? I will be hosting an applicant webinar for our HEREE programme from 13.00-14.00 (UK time) on Thurs 30th October on Zoom. Register here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/social-scien...

Australia’s university system is ‘battered’ and ‘broken’ – a new book surveys the wreckage and offers some solutions Our universities require a major overhaul. Reform is possible, but only if a government is prepared to take up the challenge.

'we are rapidly burning through our next generation of university teachers and researchers'

Insightful review of Graeme Turner's book 'Broken: Universities, Politics and the Public Good'

#HigherEd

theconversation.com/australias-u...

Delighted this open access article with Laura Cordes Felby is now out.

Charles Clarke and Paul Ashwin stitting at a table, talking towards a room of people.

Fascinating insights on connecting policy and research with @paulashwin.bsky.social and Charles Clarke as part of our @edreslancaster.bsky.social summer school.

Researchers must be clear and concise, representing their bodies of knowledge, providing concrete steps that policy makers can take.

Jayne Osgood talking to a room of people in rows.

Hugely insightful walk behind the curtain of the review and journal editing process from @profjayneosgood.bsky.social as part of our @edreslancaster.bsky.social Summer School. Particularly taken with the explicit approach of a feminist ethic of care in writing reviews - no room for Reviewer 2!!!

If you're interested in doing a PhD in Higher Education, you can find out more about our structured, online, part-time programme in this webinar.

Details below.

@brettbligh.bsky.social, the Programme Director, will be hosting a webinar re our mainly online, part-time PhD in TEL between 9am-10am on 23/6 via Zoom.

If you'd like to take this opportunity to find out more about our programme, please register to join, the link is below.

It always amazes me that a pay cut for senior managers would 'make no difference', whereas redundancies, department and course closures are necessary to 'secure the future of the university', give students the 'best experience' and 'serve our communities'.

#HigherEd

This will be hugely insightful and interesting, as well as no doubt troubling and uplifting.
#academicfreedom
#academicsky
#highered

A joined-up approach to UK skills policy The UK requires a joined-up approach to skills policy that considers the needs of learners, workers and businesses, is adaptable to changes in technology and the economy, and is flexible to local need...

Was pleased to be part of (and learned a huge amount from!) the working group that informed this excellent British Academy report on UK skills policy

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

This week: online @edreslancaster.bsky.social seminar on Wednesday (4th of June) at 12:30.

M. Oluwatobiloba Odetoyinbo will be talking about academic motherhood and career trajectories in Nigeria.
#academicsky #highered

All are welcome. Details/registration at: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Students’ changing accounts of chemical engineering: a longitudinal study in three countries In this article we examine how students’ accounts of chemical engineering change during their undergraduate degrees and whether these changes were related to the educational intentions of their deg...

Delighted that this Open Access article, with Ashish Agrawal, Mags Blackie, @janmcarthur.bsky.social, Nicole Pitterson and Renee Smit, on students' accounts of chemical engineering is now out. It's from our @cghe.bsky.social project. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our new book can now be ordered in hardback. Colleagues based in universities please request it via your institutional libraries if you’re interested. Hopefully the volume will be available in paperback version very soon. Check out contents and a preview in the first comment, below!

Decolonial Conference | Join to Organize & Fight for Liberation Engage with activists, movements, and politically committed scholars at the Decolonial Conference.

I'm helping organize this conference. What would you like to see at this conference?
www.decolonialconference.org

The picture for gender equality in the UK music industry is GRIM.

If you look at the pipeline of gender equality in music higher education, we are moving away from gender equality rather than closer to it.

I've written about this in a new academic article.

For those unable to make it, this session is being recorded and will be available to our PGRs. 😀

This looks amazing!!!
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#internationalisation
#academicsky
#highereducation

Looking forward to hosting @kayguccione.bsky.social and @jonrainford.bsky.social for their (online and publicly accessible) workshop on the 27th of May.

Details/registration here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Delving into the class, ethnicity & gender higher education participation rates summarised in thread

Gender gaps exist for all ethnic groups. Whether White British, Pakistani or Black African, girls are more likely to attend higher education than boys

The class gap is striking, not just by gender

Great seminar by @iancushing.bsky.social at @education.ox.ac.uk this evening - on linguistic injustice

Lovely to meet last year’s @bjse.bsky.social ECR prize winner in person!

Fantastic roundtable discussion on Why UK HE is in crisis and how/if we can 'fix' it - this thread provides a snapshot of the discussions.

For those that missed - or enjoyed and wish to relive - it, the recording will be available on the @edreslancaster.bsky.social website soon.

Today!

Really looking forward to this @centreforhere.bsky.social event at @edreslancaster.bsky.social still time to register if you want to come. Guaranteed to be interesting!

NEW on Wonkhe: The headlines are well known, but the full HESA release adds a lot of detail to a generally bleak picture. David Kernohan has the charts buff.ly/x3m7xS5

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The UK govt is about to do two things which will likely make the university crisis much worse, markedly tightening the tailspin. One: cut international student numbers further. Two: link fees to inflation. (1/3)

Could you mentor a neurodivergent, early career humanities academic? I did this last time: it's not a big time commitment and is massively rewarding. You don't necessarily have to be neurodivergent/in humanities yourself. @ndhumanities.bsky.social

Really good thread - and links - to special issue blog pieces on the challenges and potential solutions related to a combined approach to tertiary education in England.

Contributions from policy makers and academics, so covers really important practical, social justice, and conceptual angles.

A timely reminder of our @centreforhere.bsky.social public online roundtable on Monday next week:

Why is UK HE in crisis, and (how) can we fix it?

Discussants are @gunjans.bsky.social , @ronaldhartz.bsky.social, Kalpana Shankar, and Susan Robertson.
www.lancaster.ac.uk/educational-...

Even a capped, time-limited youth visa scheme would be of value to young people in the UK and EU More than 60 Labour MPs have signed a letter calling on the government to support a youth mobility agreement with the EU.

In the run-up to the Uk-EU summit on 19 May, @johannawaters.bsky.social has written a great piece about the value of even a time-limited youth mobility scheme. There’s also brief mention of our forthcoming book!

#ISM #Turing #HE #Europe

theconversation.com/even-a-cappe...

How Trump’s First 100 Days Transformed Higher Ed In his first few months in office, the president attacked higher education with dizzying frequency, confronting colleges and unraveling decades of federal policy. We look at 10 ways the administration...

Trump’s 100-Day War on Higher Ed

In his first few months in office, the president attacked higher education with dizzying frequency, confronting colleges and unraveling decades of federal policy. We look at 10 ways the administration has upended... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/42yQ47c