The working classes and higher education: Meritocratic fallacies of upward mobility in the United Kingdom

Before the creation of the United Kingdom Open University (UKOU) - its Charter was given in 1969 and the first students were admitted in 1971 - the full-time residential model of higher education was pervasive, with part-time and distance modes of study seen as separate and inferior. The UKOU demonstrated the effectiveness of distance learning but also, because of its success, in some ways inhibited change in the mainstream tertiary sector. As social and political pressures on the sector grew, higher education providers were forced to innovate and models of “open learning” offered ways forward. As a result, the distinction between “distance” and “face-to-face” delivery rapidly eroded during the 1990s. However, barriers still remain to a more radical approach to provision as a whole.

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Continuing Higher Education in the United Kingdom

Continuing Higher Education and Lifelong Learning ◽

10.1007/978-1-4020-9676-1_7 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 215-246

Author(s):

Brigitte Geldermann ◽

Susanne Schade

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Continuing Higher Education ◽

The United Kingdom

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Introduction: 5 years of ELEUK

Five years of ELEUK conferences: a selection of short papers from 2019 ◽

10.14705/rpnet.2020.41.1070 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

Amparo Lallana ◽

Lourdes Hernández Martín ◽

Mara Fuertes Gutiérrez

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Professional Development ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Teacher Development ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Language Teaching ◽

Spanish Language ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

The Uk

We are delighted to be able to present to you this fifth anniversary volume which inaugurates a series of publications emanating from conferences organised by ELEUK, the Association for the Teaching of Spanish in Higher Education in the United Kingdom (www.eleuk.org). Nearly a decade ago, Spanish Language Teaching (SLT) was going from strength to strength across higher education; however, there were hardly any conferences or professional development events within the UK dedicated specifically to the teaching of Spanish. University colleagues and language professionals got together to launch a space from where to promote the teaching and learning of Spanish, foster research in SLT, provide opportunities for teacher development, facilitate collaboration among its members, and enhance subject expertise.

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International Student Transitions

Journal of International Students ◽

10.32674/jis.v11i2.2333 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Muhammad Sharif Uddin

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

United States ◽

United Kingdom ◽

International Students ◽

International Student ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Developed Countries ◽

The United States ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

The U.S

Andrade and James Hartshorn (2019) surrounds the transition that international students encounter when they attend universities in developed countries in pursuit of higher education. Andrade and James Hartshorn (2019) describe how some countries like Australia and the United Kingdom host more international students than the United States (U.S.) and provides some guidelines for the U.S. higher education institutions to follow to host more international students. This book contains seven chapters.

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Drivers for Internationalization in Georgian Higher Education

European Higher Education Area: Challenges for a New Decade ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-56316-5_7 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 91-104

Author(s):

Pusa Nastase

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Web Sites ◽

Student Mobility ◽

Governmental Agencies ◽

Export Strategy ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Almost Everywhere ◽

House Of Lords ◽

Institutional Expansion

Abstract Internationalization of higher education has been on the rise almost everywhere in Europe for the past two decades, from countries like the United Kingdom that have put higher education at the heart of their export strategy (An overview of the higher education exports and their value to the United Kingdom economy is provided by the debate on 19 July 2018 in the House of Lords available at https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/lln-2018-0079/.) to countries in Eastern Europe which are relatively active in student mobility but less internationalized in other areas (faculty profiles, research outputs, institutional expansion abroad). However, as a result of many factors, including an unprecedented number of European students benefitting from free and quality higher education available in other countries, and the strengthening of economic nationalism, we see a refocus in internationalization in many Western countries. This study investigates the drivers of internationalization in Georgian universities. Data was collected through interviews with Georgian ministry officials, heads of governmental agencies, rectors and faculty from Georgian universities in addition to documents and web sites analysis. This study presents an insight into national, institutional and individual drivers for internationalization in Georgia and the challenges experienced.

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