The Changing Landscape of Higher Education

EDUC63262 The Changing Landscape of Higher Education 15 Semester 2 Postgraduate Taught Level 7 Paul Smith Unit coordinator Steven Jones Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Undefined ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 This course unit will explore how Higher Education is changing, and how participants contribute to and position themselves within that change. Topics covered within the unit are:- Developments and shifts in HE, nationally and internationally.- Fairness in HE admissions.- Ways in which universities’ heritage and culture affect students’ perceptions and experiences.- Funding mechanisms for HE, including student fees.- How English universities position themselves in increasingly internationalised markets.- The changing role of HE as a private and public good.- HE policy: past, present and future.- Widening Participation agenda and participation issues. The unit aims to:- introduce participants to Higher Education (HE) systems globally and help them to understand the  English HE system within its wider context;- provide detailed knowledge and skills relating to key areas of HE operation, and an ability to interpret  developments through an academically-informed, critical perspective;  - provide opportunities for participants to reflect critically on their role and place within their university  and within the wider HE sector;- enable participants to understand students’ HE experience in the round, and to enhance their  contribution towards it.- foster a critical understanding of issues relating to access, governance and professional identity.- understand the structural architecture of HE in England, and develop a clear understanding of which  agencies are responsible for which kind of oversight;- become familiar with the many public reports, reviews and other documents, and to reflect on the  extent to which HE policy shapes everyday practice and culture. Explain the roles and contributions of HE in contemporary societies and the models upon which HE systems are based.Demonstrate applied knowledge of a range of key principles relating to core HE activities. Demonstrate the ability to engage in debates about key issues, such as who participates in HE, who benefits and how funding models might operate. Reflect on their own practice and responsibilities within the university.Develop skills that enhance their own experience, and that of colleagues and students. Demonstrate the ability to read a range of works, summarise arguments succinctly and understand key debates;Recognise their own professional strengths and limitations, and respond to both. Teaching will take the form of 3 x four hour face-to-face sessions that will include elements of traditional lectures, interactive seminars, small-group discussions and one-to-one tutorials. Other instruction is facilitated electronically, via podcasts, Blackboard activities and other relevant links. 2 Written assignment (inc essay) 100% Within 15 working days of submissions. PG Cert in Higher Education PGCert in Higher Education PGDT Taught Component Optional N Indicative reading list - please use Blackboard site for updated, guided list.Arday, Jason and Heidi Mirza (Eds.) (2018) Dismantling race in higher education: Racism, whiteness and decolonising the academy. Springer.Ashwin, Paul (2012) Analysing Teaching-Learning Interactions in Higher Education: Accounting for Structure and Agency. Continuum.Back, Les (2016) Academic Diary: or why higher education still matters. MIT Press.Barnett, Ron (2007) A Will to Learn: Being a Student in an Age of Uncertainty. McGraw-Hill / Open University Press.Barnett, Ron (2017) The Ecological University: A feasible utopia. Routledge.Barnett, Ron and Bengtsen, Søren Smedegaard. (2019) Knowledge and the University: Re-claiming Life. Routledge.Brown, Roger and Helen Carasso (2013) Everything for Sale? The Marketisation of UK Higher Education. Routledge.Burker, Penny-Jane (2012) The Right to Higher Education. Routledge.Collini, Stefan. (2012). What are universities for? Penguin UK.Collini, Stefan. (2017). Speaking of Universities. Verso Books.Jones, Steven. (2022). Universities Under Fire. Palgrave MacMillan.Ketteridge, Steve, Stephanie Marshall and Heather Fry (2002) The Effective Academic. Kogan Page.Marshall, Stephanie (2016) A handbook for leaders in higher education: Transforming teaching and learning. Routledge.McGettigan, Andrew (2013) The Great University Gamble. Pluto Press.Nixon, Jon (2012) Higher Education and the Public Good: Imagining the University. Continuum.Shattock, Michael (2003) Managing Successful Universities. SRHE.Shattock, Michael (2012) Making Policy in Higher Education 1945-2011. McGraw-Hill.Smyth, John. (2017). The Toxic University: Zombie Leadership, Academic Rock Stars and Neoliberal Ideology. London: Palgrave Macmillan.Tight, Malcolm (2012) Researching Higher Education. SRHE.Whitchurch, Celia. (2012) Reconstructing Identities in Higher Education: The rise of 'Third Space' professional. SRHE.Trade Publications:Times Higher Education (timeshighereducation.co.uk)Chronicle of Higher Education  (chronicle.com)Twitter Feeds:@HEonTap@GdnHigherEd@TimesHigherEd@WonkHE Lectures 9 0 141