What does it mean to be a contemporary higher education student?
FREE online conference, University of Surrey on 17 June (13:00 – 16.35) & 18 June (9.30 -13:00) 2021 (BST)
Being a higher education student is an increasingly common experience across the world, with participation rates at or above 50 per cent in many nations. Nevertheless, there is relatively little debate about what being a contemporary higher education student actually means. While stereotypes of students are regularly deployed in the media and, in countries where high fees are charged, assumptions are frequently made about students becoming more ‘consumer-like’ in their orientation – empirical evidence is often solely lacking. This conference aims to redress this omission by exploring understandings of contemporary higher education students.
The conference programme is available here and the abstracts can be viewed here.