Higher Education Quarterly

The Editors of Higher Education Quarterly are pleased to present a Special Collection of content, in conjunction with the theme of the forthcoming SRHE Conference, available online for free until the end of January 2012:

Positive Futures for higher education; connections, communities and criticality


"The contents of Higher Education Quarterly reflect current research into and thinking about policy and practice in higher education. As shown in the papers outlined below, this includes issues around student participation, academic roles and identities, and the implications of government strategy for institutional agendas and profiles. The journal has an international reach and seeks to publish comparative material whenever possible. The analysis and commentary it provides are of relevance to academic staff, researchers, and policy makers."

Celia Whitchurch, Lee Harvey, Editors of Higher Education Quarterly


The Morphing of Academic Practice: Unbundling and the Rise of the Para-academic
Bruce Macfarlane

Are Academic Workloads Increasing? The Post-War Survey Evidence in the UK
Malcolm Tight

Higher Education, Further Education and the English Experiment
Gareth Parry

University Efficiency: Complementariness versus Trade-off between Teaching, Research and Administrative Activities
Ricardo Sellers-Rubio, Francisco J. Mas-Ruiz, Ana B. Casado-Díaz

Serving Others and Gaining Experience: A Study of University Students Participation in Service
Learning
Daniela Acquadro Maran, Giorgio Soro, Alessandra Biancetti, Tania Zanotta

The Benefits of Part-Time Undergraduate Study and UK Higher Education Policy: a Literature Review
Alice Bennion, Anna Scesa, Ruth Williams