We are pleased that the latest article from the project has just been published in Sociological Research Online. In it, we draw on the 26 interviews we conducted with higher education ‘policy influencers’ across Europe and explore the ways in which students were understood by this particular group of social actors. We argue that, although many of the characteristics of students identified by our interviewees are evident across various nation-states, they were frequently discussed and explained in terms of very distinct ‘national narratives’.
The article is called ‘Asserting the Nation: the dominance of national narratives in policy influencers’ constructions of higher education students’ and you can read the full version here.