Understanding Contemporary Issues in Higher Education : Contradictions, Complexities and Challenges (Paperback)

Chapter 1 Higher Education: Change, churn and challenges Brendan Bartram Chapter 2 Changing Notions of Risk: The realities of studying in a post-92 university Bethany Sumner Chapter 3 Transitioning from Higher Education Stories from students in a STEM discipline Sinead D’Silva and Samantha Pugh Chapter 4 ‘Academics online’: Self-promotion, competition and celebrification Brendan Bartram Chapter 5 ‘Higher standards and better-informed students or false promises and ‘gaming’ the system?’: Competition, metrics and the consumerism of students in UK higher education Mark Elliot Chapter 6 Weaving through the Web: How students navigate information online in the twenty-first century Carol Bailey, Hazel Bowley and Jodi Withers Chapter 7 Academic Diversity and its Implications for Teaching and Learning Anesa Hosein and Namrata Rao Chapter 8 Let’s keep it casual? Rising precarity and acts of resistance in UK universities Esther Muddiman, Rowan Campbell and Grace Krause Chapter 9 Meanings, Models and Muddles: Two tales of the pursuit of teaching excellence Tanya Hathaway and Namrata Rao Chapter 10 Mental Health and Wellbeing in higher Education Clare Dickens Chapter 11 The Development of Knowledge in the Modern and Postmodern Universities Stephen Ward Chapter 12 Disability, Diversity and Inclusive Placement Learning Stephanie Brewster and David Thompson Chapter 13 How to Promote Real Equality in Higher Education Ruth Mieschbuehler Chapter 14 Higher Education: Contemplating the contradictions, complexities and challenges Brendan Bartram