Constructing the Higher Education Student

Perspectives from Across Europe
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5962-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

Winner of the 2024 Higher Education Special Interest Group best book award.

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Amid debates about the future of both higher education and Europeanisation, this book is the first full-length exploration of how Europe’s 35 million students are understood by key social actors across different nations.

The various chapters compare and contrast conceptualisations in six nations, held by policymakers, higher education staff, media and students themselves. With an emphasis on students’ lived experiences, the authors provide new perspectives about how students are understood, and the extent to which European higher education is homogenising. They explore various prominent constructions of students – including as citizens, enthusiastic learners, future workers and objects of criticism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brooks, Rachel

Gupta, Achala

Jayadeva, Sazana

Lainio, Anu

Lazetic, Predrag

Lažetic, Predrag

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. In transition

3. Citizens

4. Enthusiastic learners and hard workers

5. Future workers

6. Stressed

7. Threats and objects of criticism

8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Brooks, Rachel
Rachel Brooks is Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey.

Gupta, Achala
Achala Gupta is Lecturer in Sociology of Education at Southampton Education School.

Lažetic, Predrag
Predrag Lažetic is Lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of Bath.

Jayadeva, Sazana
Sazana Jayadeva is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge.

Lainio, Anu
Anu Lainio is Research Assistant and a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey.

Rachel Brooks is Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey.



Achala Gupta is Lecturer in the Southampton Education School at the University of Southampton.

Sazana Jayadeva is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge.

Anu Lainio is Research Assistant and a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey.

Predrag Lažetic is Lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of Bath.