Future of Higher Education

Professor Les Bell is Emeritus Professor of Educational Management at the School of Education, University of Leicester and Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Lincoln. Dr Howard Stevenson is now Deputy Director of the Centre for Educational Research and Development at the University of Lincoln. Professor Mike Neary is Professor and Dean of Teaching and Learning at Lincoln University, and Director of the University's Centre for Educational Research and Development.

• 1 Introduction - Universities in Transition: themes in higher education policy; Part One: The Policy Context (Editor: Howard Stevenson); 2 Academic Freedom: essential liberty or extravagant luxury?; 3 Learning Landscapes: designing a classroom of the future; 4 Learning and Teaching for Sustainable Development in Higher Education: examining dissonance and instructional strategy; Part Two: Pedagogy and the Institutional Context (Editor: Les Bell); 5 Educational Development Units: the challenge of quality enhancement in a changing environment; 6 Continuing Professional Development in Higher Education: tensions and debates in a changing environment; 7 Technology-Enhanced Learning: a new digital divide?; Part Three: The Student Experience (Editor Mike Neary); 8 The Stretched Academy: the learning experience of mature students from under-represented groups; 9 Student Intelligence: challenging received wisdom in student surveys; 10 The Student as Producer: reinventing the student experience in higher education; 11 Conclusion - The Learning Landscape: views with endless possibilities.

"Many congratulations to the Centre for Educational Research and Development at the University of Lincoln for producing an upbeat book about the future of higher education which is scholarly, original, exciting and practical. It is an important contribution to the debate about what higher education should and could be like." Dr. Monica McLean, Reader and Assistant Professor in Higher Education, University of Nottingham