This paper provides a critical perspective on emergent geographies of international
education, suggesting what these might mean for the reproduction of social (dis) advantage …

This book develops a comprehensive understanding of the motivations and experiences of
students who choose to study abroad for the whole or part of a degree. It includes case …

This paper intervenes in debates on education and social reproduction, developing the link
between 'parental choice', class status and spatial mobility. Drawing on research in Canada …

In an effort to determine the basis for the assumed relationship between accountability and
performance that pervades much of contemporary administrative reform efforts, this paper …

Chapter 1 is based upon the Karl Mannheim Memorial Lecture, which I delivered at the
Institute of Education, University of London, in January 1997 on the fiftieth anniversary of …

In this up-to-date introduction to a key policy area, Paul Trowler puts current education policy
into context by showing how it has evolved over time and in response to different political …

Education reform in England is increasingly portrayed as a quest to create 'world class'
schools through the transfer of features of 'high performing'school systems. The demand for …

Both educational attainment and school quality are typically lower in disadvantaged areas
than others and much recent policy attention has been focused on each. This paper looks at …

A sequel to Jim Docking's" National School Policy" which examined the Conservative
Government's education reforms from 1979 onwards, this text reviews New Labour's policies …

This paper contributes to recent debates on the geographies of education. I argue that
research in geography over the past decade has conceptualized education principally in …