The growing and widening importance of higher education, its purposes and its stakeholders have created a complex sector. Investigating itself is a mark of maturity and a centre for higher education research offers a vehicle through which institutional, sector and policy issues can be located and encouraged.
The activities of the higher education special interest group (SIG) will centre around core areas such as:
- Policy and history
- Teaching and learning practice
- Higher education identity
- Sociological and philosophical perspectives
- Higher education leadership
- Post graduate education
The higher education SIG aims to:
- Provide research to support existing learning and teaching activities in higher education
- Develop relationships with other centres of higher education in London and beyond and to enhance the essence of higher education’s contrition to fairness, dignity and justice
- Seek funding for, and disseminate, research through scholarly output such as journal conferences and seminars
- Increase high quality outcomes that will be appropriate for the next REF Education submission.
Middlesex University runs the MA in Higher Education.
Contact Dr Paula Nottingham for information about the SIG and upcoming events p.nottingham@mdx.ac.uk.