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The CHES research events provide a forum for academic debate, policy analysis and practice insight in higher education, supporting the exchange of theories, methods and data across social sciences.

Schedule

The events are free to attend.

For more information, please emailÌýioe.ches_seminar@ucl.ac.uk

Reconciling marketisation – Understanding the new political economy of higher education

The seminar series is jointly hosted by the Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES) at IOEÌýand the Centre for Higher Education Transformations at University of Bristol. It will run from September 2024 – March 2025, with seven individual (online) seminars that culminate in a final (in-person) symposium that collectively problematise higher education as a site of possibility and opportunity in the post-marketisation milieu. The seminar series will consider external forces and internal realities shaping the architecture of higher education as a crucible of reformist agendas (impacting both the wider public and university communities). Each seminar will feature a panel of speakers and a discussant.

Programme in Term 1

• 25ÌýSeptember 2024, 1-2pm
• Panellists: Vincent Carpentier, University College London; Kate Ogden, Institute for Fiscal Studies; Mark Corver, DataHE
• Discussant: Huw Morris, University College LondonÌý

• 30 October 2024, 1-2pm
• Panellists: Ka Ho Mok, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong; Christopher Millward, University of Birmingham; Christopher Newfield, Independent Social Research Foundation
• Discussant: Michael Tomlinson, University of Southampton

• Ìý27ÌýNovember 2024, 1-2pm
• Panellists: Hans de Wit, Boston College; Jenna Mittelmeier, University of Manchester; Malcolm Tight, University of Lancaster
• Discussant: Catherine Montgomery, University of DurhamÌý

• 11ÌýDecember 2024, 1-2pm
• Panellists: David Staley, The Ohio State University; Tanner Mirrlees, Ontario Tech University; Darren Moon, London School of Economics
• Discussant: Janja Komljenovic, University of Edinburgh

2022/23

Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24ÌýNovember 2022, Organised by Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾, PKU, HKU (CHERA)

Wednesday 24 May 2023

• How can we measure universities’ Global Engagement?

Previous events

2021-22

Term one

Friday 24 September 2021, 4 to 5:15pm

• ³§±ð³¾¾±²Ô²¹°ù:Ìý

Friday 1 October 2021, 12 to 1pm

• ³§±ð³¾¾±²Ô²¹°ù:ÌýÌý-ÌýProfessor Tatiana FumasoliÌý(Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

Wednesday 13ÌýOctober 2021, 12 to 1pm

• Seminar: Academic mavericks in the global marketplace - Dr AnatolyÌýOleksiyenko (The University of Hong Kong)Ìý

Wednesday 3 November 2021, 12 to 2pm

• CHES doctoral seminar - Dinara Sultan (PhD student, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

Wednesday 17ÌýNovember 2021, 12 to 1pm

• Seminar: Opening-up as entrepreneurial internationalisation in Chinese higher education - Dr ZhouÌýZhong (Tsinghua University)

Wednesday 15ÌýDecember 2021, 12 to 1pm

• Seminar: Addressing the precarity of research careers - Professor Cláudia S. Sarrico (School of Economics and Management, University of Minho)

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Term two

Wednesday 19ÌýJanuary 2022, 12Ìýto 1pm

• Seminar: University strategic positioning as a veneer obscuring institutional diversityÌý-ÌýDr Julian Zipparo (University of Technology Sydney)

Wednesday 23 February 2022, 12 to 1pm

• Seminar: International students and Higher Education systems in France and the UK: aÌýhistorical perspective – Dr Vincent Carpentier (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

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Term three

WednesdayÌý18 May 2022, 12 to 1pm

• ³§±ð³¾¾±²Ô²¹°ù:ÌýAgency problems in agent-based international student recruitmentÌý-ÌýDr Pii-Tuulia Nikula (Eastern Institute of Technology)

2020-21

Wednesday 20 January 2021, 12 to 2pmÌý

• Seminar: Digital wayfaring: post-human knowledge practices in higher educationÌý-ÌýProfessor Lesley Gourlay (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

Wednesday 24 February 2021,12 to 2pmÌý

• ³§±ð³¾¾±²Ô²¹°ù:ÌýLeadership and identityÌý- Dr Victoria ShowunmiÌý(Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

Wednesday 10 March 2021, 12 to 2pmÌý

• CHESÌýdoctoral seminar - Kaiyun Feng and Alison Wheaton (PhD students at the Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

Wednesday 24 March 2021, 10am to 2pmÌý

• CHES symposium: Strategy in higher education: global and national perspectives

Wednesday 28 AprilÌý2021, 12 to 2pmÌý

• Seminar: Framing artificial intelligence futures: implications for higher education -ÌýDr Inga Ulnicane (De Montfort University)

Wednesday 12 May 2021, 12 to 2pmÌý

• CHES doctoral seminar - Andres Perez, Wen Xiaoyu and Cassie Zhang (Doctoral students, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

Wednesday 19 May 2021, 12 to 2pmÌý

• Seminar: Institutional barriers to participation in EU framework programs -ÌýMarco Cavallaro (Doctoral Student, University of Lugano)

Friday 28ÌýMay 2021, 10 to 11am

• Academic writing practice: challenges and solutions for doctoral students - Dr Yun Yu (Shanghai Normal University) andÌýJinyun Lee (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Geography)

Part of the Academic writing and publishing for doctoral students series:ÌýA Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ ChangeMakers and CHES practical webinar series on the academic writing skills for international postgraduate research (PGR) students.

Wednesday 9ÌýJune 2021, 10am to 2pm

• CHES and CDE symposium: Doctoral Education and its purposes: research training for a changing worldÌý–Ìýfull speaker list on the event page

Friday 11 June 2021, 11am to 12pm

• Meeting the expectations of journal editor - Dr Yuwei Xu (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education) andÌýDr Sin-Wang Chong (Queen’s University Belfast)

Part of the Academic writing and publishing for doctoral students series.

Wednesday 16ÌýJune 2021, 10am to 12:20pm

• Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ and Tohoku University joint symposium: reinventing international university education and the role of globally engaged universities. Dialogues between UK and JapanÌý- full speaker list on event page

WednesdayÌý16 June 2021,Ìý12 to 1:30pm

• CHES-CDE doctoral seminar (session 1 of 4) - Dr Jim McKinley and Dr Alfonso Del Percio (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

Part of the CHES-CDE Doctoral Seminar Series.

WednesdayÌý23 June 2021,Ìý12 to 1:30pm

• CHES-CDE doctoral seminar (session 2Ìýof 4) -ÌýDrÌýWill GibsonÌýandÌýHao Phan (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

Part of the CHES-CDE Doctoral Seminar Series.

Friday 25 June 2021, 10Ìýto 11am

• Rethinking academic writing from reviewer perspectivesÌý- Dr Tinghe Jin (University of East Anglia) andÌýMeng Liu (PhD candidate at University of Cambridge).Ìý

Part of the Academic writing and publishing for doctoral students series.

Wednesday 30ÌýJune 2021, 12 to 1:30pm

• CHES-CDE doctoral seminar (session 3 of 4) -ÌýDr Sue Taylor, Dr Tom Woodin andÌýDr Nicole Brown (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

Part of the CHES-CDE Doctoral Seminar Series.

WednesdayÌý7 July 2021,Ìý12 to 1:30pm

• CHES-CDE doctoral seminar (session 4Ìýof 4) -ÌýDr Giulio Marini,ÌýDr Tatiana Fumasoli and Dr Victoria Showunmi (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

Part of the CHES-CDE Doctoral Seminar Series.

Friday 16ÌýJuly 2021,Ìý11am to 12pm

• Navigating your academic trajectory in Hong Kong -ÌýDr Jisun Jung (University of Hong Kong)ÌýandÌýDr Weiyan Xiong (Lingnan University)

Part of the Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES) andÌýChinese Educational Research Association (CERA) Summer Webinar Series.

Friday 23ÌýJuly 2021,Ìý11am to 12pm

• Navigating your academic trajectory: Mainland China and Japan - Dr Zhou Zhong and Dr Jing Liu

Part of the CHES and CERA Summer Webinar Series.

2019-20

Wednesday 2 October 2019,Ìý5:30-7pm

• ³§±ð³¾¾±²Ô²¹°ù:ÌýÂ鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ing similarities and differences in higher education organisations based on their websites -ÌýDr Predrag Lažetić (University of Bath)

Wednesday 6 November 2019,Ìý5:30-7pm

• ³§±ð³¾¾±²Ô²¹°ù:ÌýFalling through the cracks? Gender inequality, precarious work and higher education researchÌý-ÌýDr Aline CourtoisÌý(University of Bath)

WednesdayÌý20 November 2019, 12-2pm

• Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES) doctoral seminarÌý-ÌýSally Holt (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education),ÌýKatia Nielsen (University of Copenhagen) andÌýPaola Eiras (University of Surrey)

Wednesday 15 January 2020,Ìý5:30-7pm

• Seminar: Scale and scope of private providers in English higher education - Dr Stephen Hunt (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

Wednesday 12 February 2020,Ìý12:30-2pm

• ³§±ð³¾¾±²Ô²¹°ù:ÌýYoung people within European higher education systems: contested constructionsÌý-ÌýProfessor Rachel Brooks (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

Wednesday 6 May 2020,Ìý10am-3:30pm

• Symposium:ÌýUnderstanding patterns of expansion and retrenchment in internationalisation of higher educationÌý-Ìýfull speaker list on the event page

WednesdayÌý27 May 2020,Ìý12-2pm

• Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES) doctoral seminarÌý-ÌýAmanda Walker,ÌýAyse Gur Geden,ÌýKaiyun Feng, and Alison Wheaton (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

WednesdayÌý17 June 2020, 10:30am-3:30pm

• Symposium:ÌýWhat is global leadership in higher education?Ìý-Ìýfull speaker list on the event page

2018-19

Wednesday 3 October 2018,Ìý5:30-7pm

• Re-claiming the mission of the civic university in the 21st century - Professor Mary Stuart CBE (University of Lincoln)

Wednesday 7 November 2018,Ìý5:30-7pm

• Does it have a price tag? Student perceptions of a value-for-money higher education - Elizabeth StaddonÌý(University of the Arts London)

Wednesday 12 December 2018,Ìý5:30-7pm

• The neoliberal turn in higher education research and writing - Professor Malcolm Tight (Lancaster University)

Wednesday 9 January 2019,Ìý5:30-7pm

• The promise and politics of meta-research - Professor James Wilsdon (University of Sheffield)

Wednesday 6 February 2019,Ìý5:30-7pm

• Does proximity affect the impact of university-industry collaborations? - Dr Federica Rossi (Birkbeck, University of London)

Wednesday 6 March 2019,Ìý5:30-7pm

• Varieties of European universities' engagement with social media platforms - Dr Janja KomljenovicÌý(Lancaster University)

Wednesday 10 April 2019,Ìý5:30-7pm

• The strength of weak expertise: understanding the influence of global university rankers - Dr Miguel Antonio Lim (University of Manchester)

Wednesday 1 May 2019,Ìý5:30-7pm

• Transnationalisation of higher education through quality assurance - Dr Eva Hartmann (University of Cambridge)

2017-18

Wednesday 13 December 2017,Ìý5:30-7pm

• Equal competition among unequals: strategic positioning of higher education institutionsÌý- Dr Tatiana FumasoliÌý(Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education)

Wednesday 10 January 2018,Ìý5:30-7pm

• Paradoxes of competitive accountability: The deleterious effects of the REF to science and societyÌý- Dr Richard WatermeyerÌý(University of Bath)

Wednesday 7 February 2018,Ìý5:30-7pm

• Beyond allocation: the evolving purposes of UK research assessment - James Wilsdon (University of Sheffield) and Dr Steven Hill (Higher Education Funding Council for England)

Wednesday 7 March 2018,Ìý5:30-7pm

• Why universities should seek happiness and contentment -ÌýProfessor Paul Gibbs (Middlesex University)

Wednesday 18 April 2018,Ìý5:30-7pm

• Contracting with students? Re-thinking higher education as invitation to treat - Dr Amanda Fulford (Leeds Trinity University)

Wednesday 2 May 2018,Ìý5:30-7pm

• Forensic and agent accountability in HE - Dr Morgan WhiteÌý

Wednesday 6 June 2018,Ìý5:30-7pm

• Researcher Developers: An emerging third-space profession? - Dr Richard Freeman (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute of Education) and Dr Anna Price (Queen Mary University of London)

Contact usÌý

If you have any questions, please contact:Ìýioe.ches_seminar@ucl.ac.ukÌý