We are looking forward to talking about our research this week at the International Sociological Association’s World Congress of Sociology in Toronto. Our paper will outline some of the key themes from our analysis of policy documents, including the extent to which students are ‘objects of criticism’ in the six countries in our sample. Do join us on Thursday at 08.30am if you are interested!
Month: July 2018
New article: students as political actors
This week, our paper about students as political actors has been published in the Journal of Youth Studies. This draws on the focus groups we conducted with undergraduate students in three Irish higher education institutions and three English HEIs. In the article, we draw out some similarities between the students in both countries, but also point to significant variation – particularly in the extent to which they believed they could make a difference, politically. We suggest that this is related to the structure of the higher education system in the two countries and, specifically, the degree of marketisation. You can read the full article (which is open access) here.