Dimensions of Marketisation in Higher Education

Peter John is Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive at the University of West London, UK.Joëlle Fanghanel is Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of West London, UK.

• Editors’ Introduction‘Fearful symmetry?’ Higher education and the logic of the marketPeter John and Joëlle FanghanelPART 1 THE ECONOMICS OF HIGHER EDUCATIONChapter 1 Private commodities and public goods: Markets and values in higher education Peter ScottChapter 2 Paying the price of expansion: Why more for undergraduates in England means less for everyoneHelen Carasso and William LockeChapter 3Choice in the learning market: Tokenistic ritual or democratic education? Rajani NaidooChapter 4 Marketing and marketisation: what went wrong, and how we can put it right? Rob CuthbertChapter 5 Scotland and the higher education market Tony BrucePART 2 STUDENTS IN A MARKETISED ENVIRONMENTChapter 6 Contractualising the student experience through university charters Joanna WilliamsChapter 7 UK universities as a single entity: Striking a balance between public and private needs Bernard LongdenChapter 8 Some considerations on higher education as a ‘post-experience good’ Morgan WhiteChapter 9 The ‘unravelling’ of English higher education Patrick AinleyPART 3 REGULATING A MARKETISED SECTORChapter 10 Regulating risk in the higher education state: implications for policy and research Roger KingChapter 11 How the Home Office became a regulator of higher education in England Geoffrey AldermanChapter 12 Making a difference: The roles of markets and the roles of quality assurance regimes John BrennanPART 4 MARKETISATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION PEDAGOGIESChapter 13 Shifting perspectives on research and teaching relationships: A view from Australia Angela BrewChapter 14 Developing criticality in learning and teaching through pedagogical action research Lin NortonChapter 15 Reshaping understandings, practices and policies to enhance the links between teaching and research Alan Jenkins and Mick HealeyChapter 16 Engaging the international scholarly and policy community through active dialogue on the research-teaching nexus Vaneeta D’AndreaPART 5 UNIVERSITIES FUTURESChapter 17 A critical reflection on leadership in higher education Robin MiddlehurstChapter 18 Reflections on evidence and higher education policy Gareth WilliamsChapter 19 Academic quality and academic responsibility: A critical reflection on collegial governance David D. DillChapter 20 Policy, what policy?: Considering the university in the twenty-first century Ronald BarnettEditors’ conclusion Higher Education and the market: thoughts, themes, threads Joëlle Fanghanel and Peter John