Higher education in Scotland and the UK : diverging or converging systems? / edited by Sheila Riddell, Elisabet Weedon and Sarah Minty.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riddell, Sheila, 1953- editor.

Weedon, Elisabet, editor.

Minty, Sarah, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Great Britain.

Education, Higher.

Great Britain.

Education, Higher--Scotland.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

x, 169 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Are we witnessing demise of a common UK higher education system and the emergence of a new system in Scotland, post-referendum? Considering the context of further devolution, the claims of differing social values, and social policy drift within the UK, this study of higher education policy across Scotland and the rest of the UK examines key themes such as institutional governance, approaches to tuition fees and student support, cross-border student flows, widening access, internationalization and research policy. Throughout the book, higher education is used as a lens through which to interrogate the claim that, alone in the UK, Scotland remains a bastion of collectivism and social democracy. It reveals some uncomfortable truths. Scottish universities may have flourished since devolution, attracting growing numbers of international students and expanding their research income, but elite institutions in particular have failed to increase the proportion of students from poorer backgrounds, thus reproducing rather than challenging wider social inequality. Even with increasing devolution, higher education systems are increasingly interlined not only within the UK but internationally, and policy approaches based on the permanence and inviolability of national boundaries are no longer tenable. This book looks to highlight new directions for policy and education in Scotland and the UK in an increasingly global environment. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Scottish Higher Education and Devolution / Sheila Riddell Riddell, Sheila 1

2 Higher Education Governance and Institutional Autonomy in the Post-devolution UK / David Ruffe Ruffe, David 19

3 Student Funding in the UK: Post-Devolution Scotland in a UK Context / Lucy Hunter Blackburn Blackburn, Lucy Hunter 33

4 Young People's Attitudes towards Student Debt in Scotland and England / Sarah Minty Minty, Sarah 56

5 Cross-border Flows of Students within the UK / Susan Whitlaker Whitlaker, Susan, David Raffs Raffs, David, Linda Croxford Croxford, Linda 71

6 Widening Access to Higher Education in Scotland, the UK and Europe / Elisabet Weedon Weedon, Elisabet 90

7 The Internationalisation of Higher Education in Scotland and the UK / Elisabet Weedon Weedon, Elisabet, Chung-yan (Grace) Kong Kong, Chung-yan (Grace) 110

8 Research Policy in Scotland and the Rest of the UK / Sheila Riddell Riddell, Sheila 128

9 Devolution and Higher Education Policy: Negotiating UK and International Boundaries / Sheila Riddell Riddell, Sheila 141.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781474404587

1474404588

OCLC:

931595712