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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riddell, Sheila, Author.

Contributor:

Riddell, Sheila, 1953- editor.

Weedon, Elisabet, editor.

Minty, Sarah, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Scotland.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 169 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Higher Education in Scotland & the UK

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the impact of devolution on Scottish and UK higher education systems, including institutional governance, approaches to tuition fees and student support, cross-border student flows, widening access, internationalisation and research policy.

Contents:

HIGHER EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND AND THE UK; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgement ; The Contributors ; 1 Scottish Higher Education and Devolution; 2 Higher Education Governance and Institutional Autonomy in the Post-devolution UK; 3 Student Funding in the UK: Post-Devolution Scotland in a UK Context; 4 Young People's Attitudes Towards Student Debt in Scotland and England; 5 Cross-border Flows of Students within the UK; 6 Widening Access to Higher Education in Scotland, the UK and Europe; 7 The Internationalisation of Higher Education in Scotland and the UK

8 Research Policy in Scotland and the Rest of the UK9 Devolution and Higher Education Policy: Negotiating UK and International Boundaries; Appendix 1: Research Methods ; Appendix 2: List of Acronyms; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Aug 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474418775

1474418775

9781474404594

1474404596