Research into Higher Education: Co-published with the Society for Research into Higher Education
About the Book Series
This exciting series publishes cutting edge research and discourse addressing contemporary themes in higher education of wide international relevance. The series examines all aspects of the international higher education research agenda, from strategic policy formulation and impact to pragmatic advice on best practice in the field.
For more information, or to express an interest in writing for the series, please contact Sarah Hyde, [email protected]
Language Matters at the Internationalised University: From Practice to Policy
1st Edition
By Heléna Stakounis
November 14, 2025
When diverse students come together at the internationalised university as a result of an internationalisation strategy, the opportunities for intercultural learning, cross-cultural connections and promotion of world peace are endless. Informed by extensive research on student experience and ...
Mobile Educational Spaces and Imaginative Student Experiences: The Case of Transnational Higher Education
1st Edition
By Jingran Yu
September 09, 2025
Bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives from sociology, education, and human geography to investigate the space, community, and culture at an International Branch Campus, this fascinating book provides empirical evidence to understand the implications for students’ future socio-spatial ...
Race, Racism, and Higher Education: Ethnic Minority Students’ Transitions to and From University
1st Edition
By Kalwant Bhopal, Martin Myers
February 21, 2025
Drawing upon current debates on inequalities in higher education, particularly those of race and class, and based on a Bourdieusian discussion of the relational nature of different capitals and competition for such capitals, this must-read text explores how Black and minority ethnic (BME) students ...
Higher Education, Place, and Career Development: Learning from Rural and Island Students
1st Edition
By Rosie Alexander
November 21, 2024
Drawing connections between the findings of a research project following young graduates from the Scottish islands of Orkney and Shetland, current international evidence, and theoretical literature, this book argues that understanding rural and island student transitions can expose the wider ...
Researching Social Inequalities in Higher Education: Access, Diversity and Inclusion
1st Edition
Edited
By Vikki Boliver, Nadia Siddiqui
September 10, 2024
Drawing from original research and recent developments in theory, Researching Social Inequalities in Higher Education brings together insights from multiple national contexts and phases to consider a diverse range of equity issues in higher education. Authored by current and recently graduated PhD ...
The Social Production of Research: Perspectives on Funding and Gender
1st Edition
Edited
By Sandra Acker, Oili-Helena Ylijoki, Michelle K. McGinn
May 20, 2024
The Social Production of Research offers critical perspectives on the interrelations between research funding and gender, in a climate where universities expect accountability and publishing productivity to be maintained at peak levels. Drawing upon a range of qualitative methods, contributors ...
Student Identity and Political Agency: Activism, Representation and Consumer Rights
1st Edition
By Rille Raaper
August 28, 2023
Examining the intersections of education, sociology and politics, Student Identity and Political Agency provides a unique, research-informed account of the student experience in a contemporary higher education setting. By drawing on current societal context, this book has a two-fold aim: to unpack ...
Marginalised Communities in Higher Education: Disadvantage, Mobility and Indigeneity
1st Edition
Edited
By Neil Harrison, Graeme Atherton
August 27, 2021
Drawing on examples from nine countries across five continents, this book offers anyone interested in the future of higher education the opportunity to understand how communities become marginalised and how this impacts on their access to learning and their ability to thrive as students. Focusing...
Exploring Diary Methods in Higher Education Research: Opportunities, Choices and Challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Xuemeng Cao, Emily F. Henderson
March 29, 2021
This methodologically oriented collection brings together higher education diary research studies from international contexts to showcase the versatility of the method and its adaptability to higher education research. While keeping a diary is a familiar personal practice, diary method is a ...
Reimagining the Higher Education Student: Constructing and Contesting Identities
1st Edition
Edited
By Rachel Brooks, Sarah O’Shea
March 18, 2021
Drawing on the perspectives of scholars and researchers from around the world, this book challenges dominant constructions of higher education students. Given the increasing number and diversity of such students, the book offers a timely discussion of the implicit and sometimes subtle ways that ...
Designing Effective Feedback Processes in Higher Education: A Learning-Focused Approach
1st Edition
By Naomi Winstone, David Carless
July 16, 2019
Feedback is one of the most powerful influences on student achievement, yet it is difficult to implement productively within the constraints of a mass higher education system. Designing Effective Feedback Processes in Higher Education: A Learning-Focused Approach addresses the challenges of ...
The Education Ecology of Universities: Integrating Learning, Strategy and the Academy
1st Edition
By Robert A. Ellis, Peter Goodyear
April 01, 2019
Many universities around the world are finding that the structures and processes they have put in place to further their educational missions are being tested by rapidly changing circumstances. These changes involve new pedagogies, new course designs, new technologies and updating of the physical ...