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The Idea of the University
This chapter explores some of the key issues that have beset English universities in the twenty first century with a summary of some key areas in...
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Prefiguring the Idea of the University for a Post-Capitalist Society: Towards a Co-operative University?
The previous chapter provided practical points of advice for anyone who might be interested in develo** an autonomous learning space or similar...
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Prefiguring the Idea of the University for a Post-Capitalist Society
Using an Open Marxist theoretical framework, this book provides a critique of the neoliberal reforms made to higher education since the late 1970s...
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The Idea and Becoming of a University Across Time and Space: Ivory Tower, Factory and Network
The modern university has grown from small scale, elite access institution, growing out of the Enlightenment period in Europe in the early nineteenth...
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‘Whiteness is an immoral choice’: the idea of the University at the intersection of crises
Universities in the global North are shaped against intersecting crises, including those of political economy, environment and, more recently,...
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The Dissolution and Reemergence of the Public University Amid Changing State-University Relationships: The Chilean Case
This paper examines two under-researched aspects of the public university, that of its relationship with the state, and with private universities....
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University lecturers’ lived experiences of teaching critical thinking in Australian university: a hermeneutic phenomenological research
The study explores insights into the phenomenon of Australian lecturers’ lived experiences of teaching standalone critical thinking units within...
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The Nature of School-University Partnerships
A key element of success for school-university partnerships is the way that they are sensitive to their context and meet the needs of the parties...
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University teachers’ perspectives on student attendance: a challenge to the identity of university teachers before, during and after Covid-19
This article addresses university teachers’ perspectives, gathered via interviews, on issues involved in their students’ decreasing attendance in...
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Towards an Ubuntu University African Higher Education Reimagined
This book explores the argument to reconsider the idea of a university in light of the African ethic of ubuntu; literally, human dignity and...
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“Mathematics is a battle, but I’ve learned to survive”: becoming a disabled student in university mathematics
In university mathematics education, students do not simply learn mathematics but are shaped and shape themselves into someone new—mathematicians. In...
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Perception of Research Misconduct in a Spanish University
Several studies on research misconduct have already explored and discussed its potential occurrence in universities across different countries....
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Making university and curricular sustainable entrepreneurship: a case study of Tsinghua University
Making the university and its teachers and students alike as sustainable entrepreneurs are central endeavours in this age of sustainable development...
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Changes in university ‘autonomy’ with successive visions of Denmark’s future
Legislation in the 1970s, 1990s and 2003 made major changes to the status and operations of Danish universities and the role they should play in...
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A survey on students’ use of AI at a technical university
We report the results of a 4800-respondent survey among students at a technical university regarding their usage of artificial intelligence tools, as...
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Evaluation of the effect of music on idea generation using electrocardiography and electroencephalography signals
Creative idea generation plays an important role in design process. Our study aimed to use physiological signals to evaluate the effect of music on...
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Formative Ideas of the National University: A Thematic Analysis of Texts from the Long 19th Century
For the most part, the concept of the “national university” possess significant overlaps with the public/state, civic, and flagship university....
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The Future of the University: Outlook for a Twenty-First-Century Economy
Universities played a seminal role in the economy of the past century, a role that paralleled, to a large extent, the needs of nation-states,...
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The Posthuman University: A Sign of Our Times
In the spring of the year when bird flu or SARS broke out in China and spread across the globe, the research-intensive university at which I taught...
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University Estates and Postdigital Higher Education: Space, Place, and Being a University
Estates are a key interest for universities. In an era of postdigital higher education dominated by cost, benefits, and a pursuit of value, the...