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9780335216420

Higher Education in the United Kingdom since 1945 An Oral History

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  • ISBN13:

    9780335216420

  • ISBN10:

    0335216420

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-06-01
  • Publisher: Open University Press

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Summary

This book provides an accessible, up-to-date, comprehensive, single volume guide to the development of higher education in the United Kingdom since 1945.

Author Biography

Malcolm Tight is Professor in Higher Education at the University of Lancaster, UK, where he directs the doctoral programme for professionals working in higher and further education. His research interests include the development of higher education research, the history and meaning of higher education and patterns of participation in higher education. Two of his other books for Open University Press are How to Research 3e (with Loraine Blaxter and Christina Hughes, 2006) and Researching Higher Education (2003).

Table of Contents

Introduction
Higher education before 1945
A tabular summary of post-war developments
Policy and funding: from elite to mass participation
Institutions: continuing diversity?
Institutional management and relationships
Course design
Research and knowledge
The student experience I: full-time undergraduate students
The student experience II: postgraduate students, international students and widening participation
The staff experience
The (changing?) idea of the university
References
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