This one-day symposium will examine the relations between policies and practices in higher education research. In examining higher education policies and practices from a range of conceptual perspectives, it will seek to promote discussions of how these different perspectives allow us to understand these relations in different ways. The morning’s presentations and discussions will start with policies and explore the implications of different ways of conceptualising the relations between policies and higher education practices. The afternoon’s presentations and discussions will focus on whether different ways of conceptualising students’ experiences of higher education impact on the way in which we understand the policy implications of research in this area.

Intended audience: the symposium is aimed at higher education researchers, as well as policy makers and practitioners who have an interest in taking a research-informed approach.  It may also be of interest to PhD students studying in this area.

The symposium website is available at: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fass/events/policies-and-practices-in-HE/index.htm and a programme is featured below and attached.

Thank you

Kathryn Doherty
Departmental Officer
Programme Co-ordinator: PhD in Higher Education: Research, Evaluation and Enhancement
Dept of Educational Research, D48, County South College, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YL