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A scholarly hub for researchers, policy makers and practitioners.
Director: Dr Tatiana Fumasoli
The Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES) was founded in 1986 and researches higher education systems and policy, institutions and their governance and management, internationalisation and globalisation of knowledge production, and learning, teaching and assessment.
- Our staff
Director
The CHES Team
- Professor Claire Callender
- Dr Vincent Carpentier
- Dr Tatiana Fumasoli
- Professor Lesley Gourlay
- Dr Gwyneth Hughes
- Professor Simon Marginson
- Professor Emeritus Sir Peter Scott
- Dr Holly Smith
Administrator
- Ilaria Olivieri
Study with us
- Programmes
Graduate taught
Thank you for your interest in the Higher Education Studies MA and the Higher Education Management MBA programmes. Applications have been suspended for the academic year 2019/20 as part of on-going curriculum development in our department - occasionally it is necessary to suspend programmes in order to allow us to review our offer.
- See all Graduate Taught Courses
If you have any questions or would like to be informed about the on-going curriculum development, do not hesitate to contact the relevant programme administrator:
- Higher Education Management MBA: Michelle Summerfield at ioe.mbahem@ucl.ac.uk
- Higher Education Studies MA: Stephanie Fox at stephanie.fox@ucl.ac.uk
Graduate research
Students undertaking doctoral research at CHES investigate topics such as higher education policy, university governance and management, teaching and learning.
To find a supervisor, contact a departmental graduate tutor:
- Short courses
We run short courses in the UK and abroad on higher education systems and policy, institutions and their governance and management, internationalisation and globalisation of knowledge production, and learning, teaching and assessment.
Our activities
- Research
Our centre conducts funded research into higher education.
Projects
Recent projects
- Research on 'Shifting Landscapes: meeting the staff development needs of the changing academic workforce' for the Higher Education Academy
- Discussion document on 'Shifting academic careers: implications for enhancing professionalism in teaching and supporting learning' for the Higher Education Academy
- Review of the National Student Survey for HEFCE, with NatCen and IES
- Managing the Student Experience, for the Higher Education Academy
- Project with LLAKES on student debt, higher education participation and intermediate skills development.
Literature
We also produce books and papers as a contribution to the research literature and other research and scholarly output.
For full details see:
- Featured research
- UCL Research Portal, IRIS for more about our researchers, publications, activities, groups and themes.
- Consultancy
We undertake a wide range of consultancy projects, from one day to several months duration.
Themes
Major themes CHES has recently worked on include:
- theoretical and conceptual issues in higher education
- national and international policy
- higher education operational management
- HE in further education institutions
- professional identities
- the academic profession
- and part-time HE.
Clients
Recent consultancy clients include:
- Higher Education Academy
- HEFCE
- the Leadership Foundation
- the NCDER (China), the DEST (Australia)
- the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- the World Bank
- a variety of universities
- and other HE bodies in the UK and abroad.
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- Seminar series
CHES seminar series
The CHES seminars provide a forum for debate and analysis of issues affecting policy, practice and research in higher education, supporting the exchange of views and experiences across higher education.
Doctoral seminar series
This doctoral seminar series offers an opportunity for PhD and EdD students in the field of Higher Education Studies to present their research: in the beginning illustrating their literature reviews and research questions towards the upgrade, at an intermediate stage on theoretical, analytical and methodological issues and towards the end of their doctorate to report and discuss their findings.
Doctoral students, research associates and members of the faculty are welcome to attend and contribute to the ongoing conversation on higher education at IOE.
If you are interested in delivering a presentation in the 2018/19 CHES Doctoral Seminar Series, please contact Dr Tatiana Fumasoli.