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This book traces the development of a fully marketised higher
education system in England over a 30-year period, and identifies
five distinct stages of market reforms culminating in the Higher
Education and Research Act (HMSO, 2017). The Act shifted the risks
of institutional failure (and the prospect of market exit) onto
applicants, presenting them with ever more applicant choice
information and encouraging them to use their consumer behaviour to
oblige weaker providers' lower tuition fees or lose market share to
new competitors. The new regulatory regime represents a marked
departure from previous attempts to introduce market dynamism into
the sector and places the English HE system at the forefront of a
global trend of system marketisation. The book employs a critical
policy discourse analysis and addresses several key aspects of the
current higher education policy landscape. It considers the extent
to which there been a continuity of policy from the encouragement
of efficiencies and accountability in the 1980s to the emphasis on
competition and risk in 2017; whether the marketisation process is
designedly cumulative or has developed in response to factors
beyond the control of policymakers; and what the English case can
tell us about the nature of neoliberalism and the future
trajectories of other national systems in the process of
marketising and differentiating their institutions.
This edited collection demonstrates how discourses and practices
associated with marketisation, differentiation and equality are
manifested in UK higher education today. Uniting leading scholars
in higher education and equality in England, the contributors and
editors expose the contradictions arising from the tension between
aims for increased equality and an increasingly marketised higher
education. As the authors seek to reveal both the intended and
unintended consequences of the intensified marketisation of the
sector, they critically examine the implications of these changes.
In doing so, they reveal the ways in which institutional policy and
discourse are involved in masking the contradictions between an
educational marketplace and education as a vehicle for advancing
equality and social justice. This pioneering volume will be of
interest and value to students and scholars of higher education in
England, education policy and the marketisation of higher
education, as well as policy makers and practitioners.
This edited collection demonstrates how discourses and practices
associated with marketisation, differentiation and equality are
manifested in UK higher education today. Uniting leading scholars
in higher education and equality in England, the contributors and
editors expose the contradictions arising from the tension between
aims for increased equality and an increasingly marketised higher
education. As the authors seek to reveal both the intended and
unintended consequences of the intensified marketisation of the
sector, they critically examine the implications of these changes.
In doing so, they reveal the ways in which institutional policy and
discourse are involved in masking the contradictions between an
educational marketplace and education as a vehicle for advancing
equality and social justice. This pioneering volume will be of
interest and value to students and scholars of higher education in
England, education policy and the marketisation of higher
education, as well as policy makers and practitioners.
Widening access to university has become a major component of
education policy in the past few decades, particularly in the UK
and Europe. The aim is to make a university education more
accessible for people from traditionally under-represented
backgrounds and to ensure student bodies reflect the diversity of
wider society. This key volume presents, for the first time, a
critical analysis of the 'business of widening participation' in a
marketised context, featuring contributions from some of the major
academic and practitioner researchers in the field. Encompassing
how WP policy (as a subset of HE policy) is made, enacted and
implemented at various stages, also presented are multiple
professional and cultural perspectives on how WP is experienced and
understood by those enacting policy. Chapter authors explore how
the two aspects of the 'business of widening participation' work
together to shape how WP is understood and done, as well as the
possibilities for doing otherwise by employing a dual usage of the
term 'business' in relation to WP. The first, figurative, usage
explores the ways in which WP has been drawn into institutional
positionality as HE providers differentiate themselves in the
market; the second, literal, usage explores the ways in which WP
policy is actuated by HE providers (including 'alternative'
providers and FE colleges), state actors and third sector and
private organisations increasingly engaged in the delivery of WP
interventions and as policy stakeholders in this field. Offering
both a comprehensive policy history of widening participation in UK
higher education and exploration of how that policy has translated
into institutional practices in different contexts, this timely
work offers new analysis to academics familiar with the field
whilst also offering sufficient background to practitioners who may
be less familiar with the historical context and academic debates
around WP.
We know higher education is more than effective teaching and
learning. This series examine the issues impacting HE providers,
students, reputations and longevity of institutions across the
world. Great Debates are just that - discussions designed to assess
and evaluate the state of higher education systems, policies as
well as social and economic impacts looking at inclusivity,
accessibility, safety and leadership. These topics resonate with
students, researchers and HE administrators alike. Titles included
in this set: Teaching Excellence in Higher Education:Challenges,
Changes and the Teaching Excellence Framework; British Universities
in the Brexit Moment:Political, Economic and Cultural Implications;
Higher Education Funding and Access in International Perspective;
Sexual Violence on Campus:Power-Conscious Approaches to Awareness,
Prevention, and Response; Evaluating Scholarship and Research
Impact:History, Practices, and Policy Development; Access to
Success and Social Mobility through Higher Education:A Curate's
Egg?; The Marketisation of English Higher Education:A Policy
Analysis of a Risk-Based System; Refugees in Higher
Education:Debate, Discourse and Practice; Radicalisation and
Counter-Radicalisation in Higher Education; Perspectives on Access
to Higher Education:Practice and Research; Cultural Journeys in
Higher Education:Student Voices and Narratives; Degendering
Leadership in Higher Education;
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