Higher Education in Scotland and the UK : : Diverging or Converging Systems? / / Sarah Minty, Sheila Riddell, Elisabet Weedon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Riddell, Sheila,; Minty, Sarah,; Weedon, Elisabet,
• MitwirkendeR: Blackburn, Lucy Hunter,; Croxford, Linda,; Grace Kong, Chung-yan,; Minty, Sarah,; Raffe, David,; Riddell, Sheila,; Weedon, Elisabet,; Whittaker, Susan,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.) :; 16 B/W illustrations 19 B/W tables

Exploring the impact on Scottish higher education of major constitutional change in Scotland and the UKThis book focuses on the challenges and opportunities faced by Scottish higher education post-referendum 2014. It draws on findings from a project on higher education within the ESRC's Future of the UK and Scotland Programme, making an important and original contribution to the understanding of higher education policy in Scotland and the rest of the UK.Central themes explored in different chapters include: the influence of marketisation and internationalisation on Scottish and UK higher education systems; university governance, devolution and the rescaling of the European state; the impact of widening access policies on territorial and social justice; young people's views of higher education and the impact of the extended franchise; cross-border student flows and migration; research funding, knowledge economies and constitutional change. Key featuresFirst book to explore the impact on Scottish higher education of major constitutional change in Scotland and the UKAnalyses the impact of marketisation and internationalisation on Scottish and UK higher education in the light of new constitutional arrangementsExplores the implications of different fees and student support regimes for cross-border student flows and territorial and social justiceConsiders the extent to which widening access policies in Scotland and the UK have opened up higher education for under-represented groups and the future of such policies in a new ScotlandLooks at the possible impact of a new immigration regime on the recruitment of international students, and the implications of different immigration rules for a common UK travel areaExamines the way in which higher education is viewed by young people in Scotland and England.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgement -- The Contributors -- 1 Scottish Higher Education and Devolution -- 2 Higher Education Governance and Institutional Autonomy in the Post-devolution UK -- 3 Student Funding in the UK: Post-Devolution Scotland in a UK Context -- 4 Young People's Attitudes towards Student Debt in Scotland and England -- 5 Cross-border Flows of Students within the UK -- 6 Widening Access to Higher Education in Scotland, the UK and Europe -- 7 The Internationalisation of Higher Education in Scotland and the UK -- 8 Research Policy in Scotland and the Rest of the UK -- 9 Devolution and Higher Education Policy: Negotiating UK and International Boundaries -- Appendix 1: Research Methods -- Appendix 2: List of Acronyms -- Index