This book discusses the changes taking place in higher education, especially in the UK, in which curricula are being reframed to enable students to acquire skills that have market value.

'The book develops an alternative view, suggesting that, for our universities, a third and heretical conception of human being is worth considering. Our curricula might, instead, offer an education for life.

And yet the matter that is arguably at the heart of higher education, the curriculum, is noticeable for its absence in public debate and in the literature on higher education. This book begins to redress the balance.

Anyone interested in understanding how we might develop universities and higher education for the modern world should read this important book.

It provides essential reading for administrators, policy-makers, managers, academics and indeed anyone else interested in how to widen the socio-economic base of higher education so that the process is informed by a significant concern with ...

"The third edition of this text examines the breadth of post-compulsory education (PCE) from Adult and Further Education through to training in private and public industry and commerce.

The book offers a practical transferable model and guidelines for integrating podcasts in higher education contexts.

This book seeks to fill this gap. Sinclair Goodlad asks: why is it so difficult to define quality; what are the key issues that should be addressed; and what action can and should be taken in the absence of any agreed definition of quality?

"This is a timely and important book which seeks to reclaim universities as places of learning.

Including discussions on promoting student engagement with feedback, technology-enabled feedback, and effective peer feedback, this book: Contributes to the theory and practice of feedback in higher education by showcasing new paradigm ...