Key debates in HE

Graduateness: What is a graduate of contemporary higher education?

Date: Thursday, 27 June 2019 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Location: County South PDRs, County South College, Lancaster University

Speaker(s):

‘Graduateness: What is a Graduate of Contemporary Higher Education?’ is the third event in the Centre for Global Higher Education’s Key Debates in Higher Education Seminar Series.

This one-day seminar will examine what it means to be a graduate from the perspective of researchers, student representatives and policy makers.

The seminar will discuss:

• different meanings of ‘graduateness’ in contemporary higher education;
• the role of knowledge in producing graduates;
• how the unbundling of higher education impacts on our understanding of ‘graduateness’;
• the changing role of universities in developing graduates;
• how the idea ‘graduateness’ will develop in the future.

Speakers will include:

• Chris Hale, Director of Policy at Universities UK
• Shakira Martin, President, National Union of Students
• Monica McLean, University of Nottingham
• Neil Morris, University of Leeds
• Jon Nixon, The Education University of Hong Kong, China (Honorary Professor) and Middlesex University, UK (Visiting Professor)
• Michael Tomlinson, Southampton University

You can view the seminar itinerary here.

Registration and coffee will start from 9.30am.

Booking

The seminar is free to attend but you need to register here.

Event Notes

Details of livestreaming of this event to be added in due course.

Professor Paul Ashwin

Paul Ashwin is Professor of Higher Education, Lancaster University. He played a key role in creating CGHE, was a CGHE Deputy Director and led the Centre’s Graduate Experiences of Employability and Knowledge project.

Dr Janja Komljenovic

Janja Komljenovic is a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University, where her research focuses on the political economy of higher education; and the digitalisation, datafication and platformisation of universities.

Dr Kayleigh Rosewell

Kayleigh Rosewell is a Senior Research Associate on CGHE Project 1, ‘Graduate Experiences of Employability and Knowledge (GEEK) Project’.

Dr Jan McArthur

Jan McArthur is a CGHE Deputy Director, and was a Co-Investigator on CGHE Project 1, ‘Graduate Experiences of Employability and Knowledge (GEEK) Project’.