Innovation and Change in Higher and Professional Education

Course Code: MMAHPE_13

Masters Level Module

This module examines the changing nature of higher and professional education. It provides a critical introduction to key contemporary issues concerning current policy and practice. It is interdisciplinary, drawing on sociology, philosophy, history, economics, organisation and management studies. The module explores key contemporary national and global issues concerning current policy and practice within higher and professional education such as access and widening participation, globalisation and internationalisation, changes in funding regime and the emergence of private providers, professionalism and professional education, quality, the Entrepreneurial University, new technologies in Higher Education. It aims to engage students in critical reflections of the policy and practice of higher and professional education, to explore change in relation to their own experiences and/or interests and to introduce a range of literature in the field. The sessions include lectures and discussions, and there are opportunities to draw on experiences from professional practice. The module is compulsory for all course members of the MA in Higher and Professional Education (PMM9_HPE9IM), but is also available as a short course to other individuals with interest and involvement in the content. This module is also available as a short course.

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