Higher education research is, by its nature, rather an introspective field of study. It is also
highly dispersed within and beyond the academy: inherently, therefore, it is a …

Art and Design Pedagogy in Higher Education provides a contemporary volume that offers a
scholarly perspective on tertiary level art and design education. Providing a theoretical lens …

" The first edition of Researching Higher Education has been a very helpful resource for
those trying to make sense of the field of higher education. Malcolm Tight has accomplished …

This article contributes to knowledge about learning in workgroups, so called microcultures
in higher education. It argues that socially constructed and institutionalised traditions …

Confronted with the processes of massification, commercialisation, internationalisation and
reduced funding, universities also face an ageing academic workforce, with implications of a …

This article seeks to illuminate the gap between UK policy and practice in relation to the use
of criteria for allocating grades. It critiques criterion-referenced grading from three …

This paper explores the dynamics surrounding the formation of academic identities in a
context where the nature of academic work is contested both as a result of tensions within …

This article focuses on the life history of a university academic, and the ways in which he
learned in different communities of practice during his career. This account raises questions …

A historically informed analysis of the academic board or senate in Australian universities,
and in the wider higher education environment, particularly the UK, indicates that the role …

Much grading of student work is based, overtly or tacitly, on assumptions derived from
scientific measurement. However, the practice of grading and the cumulation of grades into …