Much of our writing re?ects a long-term commitment to the analysis of the col- gial tradition in higher education. This commitment is re?ected most strongly in Oxford and the Decline of the Collegiate Tradition (2000), which we are pleased to say will re-appear as a considerably revised second edition (Oxford, The Collegiate University: Con?ict, Consensus and Continuity) to be published by Springer in the near future. To some extent this volume, The Collegial Tradition in the Age of Mass Higher Education, is a reaction to the charge that our work has been too narrowly focussed upon the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge (Oxbridge). Not surpr- ingly, you would expect us to reject that critique, while responding constructively to it. The focus may be narrow, and although the relative presence and, more arguably, the in?uence of Oxford and Cambridge may have declined in English higher e- cation, they remain important national universities. Moreover, as the plethora of so-called world-class higher education league tables would have us believe, they also have a powerful international status. This, however, is essentially a defensive response dependent upon the alleged reputations of the two universities. This book is intent on making a more substantial argument. To examine the c- legial tradition in higher education means much more than presenting a nostalgic look at the past.

Product Description: Oxford is one of the world's great universities but this has not meant that it is exempt from pressures for change. On various fronts it has been required to meet the challenges that universities almost worldwide have to face. Given the retrenchment of public funding, especially to support undergraduate teaching, it has been required to augment its financial base, while at the same time deciding how to respond to pressure from successive governments determined to use higher education to achieve their own policy goals...read more

Product Description: Written by two leading practitioners, this comprehesive and practical guide to the law of higher education in the UK provides extensive analysis of the complex legal framework in which universities work and the remedies which may be sought in the event of disputes...read more

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Learning and Teaching Across Cultures in Higher Education contains theoretical rationale, resources and examples to help readers understand and deal with situations involving contact between learners or educators from different cultural backgrounds, as well as giving insights into the new global context of higher education.

Product Description: DAVID PALFREYMAN is based at Zayed University, Dubai, contributing to ESOL-related programs in the English Language Centre and academic development in the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Assessment. RICHARD C. SMITH lectures in ELT/Applied Linguistics in the Centre for English Language Teacher Education, University of Warwick...read more

Product Description: Managing Students guides managers and administrators through the complexities of student administration. It covers a wide range of challenges from judicial review to the seemingly trivial issue of why examination desks move. It explores how managers can balance the needs of the institution with those of the students and how they can make sure they have thought of all the things that can go wrong...read more

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Product Description: * Why do crises arise in Further and Higher Education institutions?* How can these crises be overcome?* What lessons can be learnt?There have been several high profile crises in higher education during the last two decades. Managing Crisis draws together a number of senior academic managers to prepare, probably for the first time ever, a series of detailed institutional case-studies...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Higher education is becoming an ever bigger and more complex business. Managers and advisers need to understand the effect of a whole range of legislation impinging upon the conduct of that business -especially against a background of students' increasing readiness to challenge decisions and resort to law...read more

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For centuries, the idea of collegiality has been integral to the British understanding of higher education. This book examines how its values are being restructured in response to the 21st-century pressures of massification and managerialism. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Higher education in the late-20th century has become "big business". Increasingly students are demanding value for money and are willing to resort to the law if they feel they are not getting a fair deal and their complaints are being ignored...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Many higher education institutions are like small towns, meeting the needs of their members by providing not only specialist teaching and research activities but also residential accommodation, catering, telecommunications, counselling, sports facilities and so on...read more