24th June 2011
With universities in England about to see tuition fees rise to a maximum of £9000 per year from 2012, with most institutions planning to set their fees at or near this limit, it seems undeniable that the financial climate is set, for some higher education...
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24th June 2011
The UK’s leading higher education journal, the THE, recently cited a study compiled by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), reporting a surge in demand for university places in England (issue date 3.2.2011). This surge, they claim, derives signif...
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24th June 2011
Just in the way that someone’s desire to alleviate their thirst will typically constitute their motivation for taking a drink, so too desire plays a role in each student’s engagement, or re-engagement, with learning. The strategies of educational institut...
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24th June 2011
Modes of understanding couched in terms of binary oppositions are abundant within social theory and philosophy and yet are often regarded as being, at best, overly simplistic. Examples include those of nature and culture, individual and society, structure...
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