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EDU-30074 - Module Specification
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 29 June 2024

EDU-30074 - Higher Education: policy and the student experience
Coordinator: Xavi Gonzalez-Wegener Room: CBA0.034
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office:

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

The past decade has seen sharp re-directions in higher education. Today's universities are radically different than a generation ago. Most things taken for granted then are now contested. Students are important stakeholders in the business of higher educational change today. This module seeks to promote among students the exercise of an informed voice in recognition of their stake in the business, with a focus on the Keele experience in these broader historical and policy contexts. Traditional lectures, seminars, group work and a structured class debate tackle these following questions: What is the `purpose' of university? Who is it for? How should it be run? What do students think about these things?
Lectures include topics such as: Fees, Inclusion and the social vision; Internationalisation; Learning and assessment; and The Keele experience.

Aims
To enable students to make academic sense of wider reforms in Higher Education that impact on the 'student experience'

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/edu-30074/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

recognise the significance of key moments of HE reform on their immediate learning environment and on their experience as students
: 1
describe and exemplify links between HE policy and their own experience as students
: 1
evaluate the impact of HE policy change on students' expectations of HE: 1
constructively critique their own experience of, and approach to, learning against the policy frameworks presented
: 1
explain the historical significance of key HE policy reviews over the past fifty years: 1
explain the national significance and international dimensions of UK HE policy, practice and change
: 1

Study hours

22 class contact hours (11 x two hour sessions)
25 hours for formative work
50 hours reading and preparation for seminars
2 hours individual supervision
51 hours essay

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Essay weighted 100%
3000 word essay
3000 word essay, choosing from one of six broad questions provided. To answer each of these, students must show their understanding of the broad historical context, explain the particular issues as discussed in the relevant literature, and draw analytically on their own and peers' experiences (including their experience of this module) to illustrate the student perspective.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 29 June 2024