Higher education knowledge in a plural world

There will be panel discussions on 'The future of international student mobility', 'Broadening the epistemic agenda: widening Web of Science and Scopus, and beyond', 'Coloniality and racism in higher education', and 'It’s about more than employability: Alternative views of higher education and the economy'.

Keynote speakers include Trish Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford, who will be presenting 'Science in the public eye: communicating and debating research findings in real time in a global public health crisis'. There will be further keynotes from Adam Habib, Director of SOAS and Keri Facer, Professor of Educational & Social Futures, University of Bristol.

This year's Burton R. Clark Lecture on Higher Education will be given by Peter Scott, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Studies, IOE, UCL, on 'Sagas of contemporary higher education: foreground and hinterland'.

There will also be updates from CGHE's various research projects and further presentations will be announced in the coming weeks. 

Conference Schedule 

Day 1: Tuesday 24 May

9am: Conference opening and welcome

• Speaker: Simon Marginson

9.10am: Keynote – Science in the public eye: communicating and debating research findings in real time in a global public health crisis

• Chair: Paul Ashwin
• Speaker: Trish Greenhalgh, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford

10:30am: Making sense of the supranational in higher education

• Chair: Janja Komljenovic
• Speakers: Tristan McCowan, Rachel Brooks, David Mills and Maia Chankseliani

 
11:50am: Panel – The future of international student mobility

• Chair: Vincent Carpentier
• Speakers: Rachel Brooks, Jenna Mittelmeier, Ka Ho Mok and Aline Courtois

12:50pm: Lunch break

1:50pm: Keynote 

• Chair: David Mills
• Speaker: Adam Habib, Director of SOAS

2:50pm: Break

3:10pm: Research on research

• Chair: Ellen Hazelkorn
• Speakers: Alis Oancea, Gemma Derrick, James Robson, Maria Rucsandra Stan and Xin Xu

4:10pm: Break

4:30pm: Panel – Broadening the epistemic agenda: widening Web of Science and Scopus, and beyond 

• Chair: Alis Oancea
• Speakers: Crain Soudien, Xin Xu and David Mills

5:30pm: Close of day

• Speaker: Simon Marginson

Day 2: Wednesday 25 May

9:00am: Conference opening and welcome

• Speaker: Simon Marginson

9:10am: Keynote & 2022 Burton R. Clark Lecture on Higher Education – Sagas of contemporary higher education: foreground and hinterland

• Chair: Claire Callender
• Speaker: Peter Scott, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Studies, University College London

10:10am: Break

10:30am: Panel – Coloniality and racism in higher education 

• Chair: Xin Xu
• Speakers: Sharon Stein and Riyad Shahjahan

11:30am: Break

11:50am: Panel – It’s about more than employability: Alternative views of higher education and the economy

• Chair: Ka Ho Mok
• Speakers: Stephanie Allais, James Robson, Phil Brown and Nicola Ingram

12:50pm: Lunch break

1:50pm: Parallel sessions

Graduate Experiences of Employability and Knowledge (GEEK) 
Student loan debt and graduate decision-making

• Chair: Diana Laurillard
• Speakers: Paul Ashwin and Claire Callender

What skills do employers associate with degree qualifications?
Universities and Regions: Confronting the Levelling up Agenda

• Chair: Maia Chankseliani
• Speakers: Golo Henseke and Mike Shattock

2:50pm: Break

3:10pm: Parallel sessions

Realising the potential of digital technology for scaling up higher education 
UK international graduates in mass media and public perceptions: A comparative study of the UK, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

• Chair: Golo Henseke
• Speakers: Diana Laurillard and Ka Ho Mok

A historical lens on higher education staffing: UK and France 
Local and global public good of higher education: 10 nation study

• Chair: Tristan McCowan
• Speakers: Vincent Carpentier and Simon Marginson

4:10pm: Break

4:30pm: Keynote – Title TBC

• Chair: Simon Marginson
• Speaker: Keri Facer, Professor of Educational & Social Futures, University of Bristol

5:30 pm: Conference close

• Speaker: Simon Marginson

This event will be particularly useful for those interested in higher education.

Related links

• Centre for Global Higher Education
• Department of Education, Practice and Society