C-SAP Monograph

This blog has been set up as a result of a recently published collection of papers that explore issues around changes in UK Higher Education. Bringing together a range of undergraduates, postgraduates and social scientists, both within academe and without, this collection of papers addresses the question: how are the identities of the social sciences shaped through the way they are learnt and taught within HE (Higher Education)? The impact of the current transformations (for example – changes in student grants and HEFCE funding levels, and the new recognition of ‘student as customer’) in HE are now being experienced at departmental levels in Universities across the UK. One result of this collection has been a half day workshop at the University of Hull, ‘Education and the Market: The Consequences of Casualisation for Teaching and Learning’, organised by the editors in January 2005. It was an event that brought together a number of leading practitioners and academics who shared a desire to understand the potential impacts of current transformations in HE. Many of the papers selected for this collection were aired at that event, and, while we intend to organise many more of these kind of events - more importantly - we hope to provoke a response from you, the reader - by inviting you to post your comments in this blog - it's easy - JUST CLICK ON THE COMMENTS LINK BELOW.