" The first edition of Researching Higher Education has been a very helpful resource for
those trying to make sense of the field of higher education. Malcolm Tight has accomplished …

Providing down-to-earth guidance to help students shape their theses, the author offers
valuable advice and practical tips and techniques. Useful summaries and checklists help …

In this paper we discuss and analyze the model of career that has been associated with the
academic environment and compare that with past and present career contracts in the …

by aging papers, esoteric books, and the comparable comforts of the ivory tower—think
Indiana Jones, without the excitement, looks, career stability, or generous funding. Yet the …

Page 1 Open UP Study Skills Writing for Academic Journals 3rd edition Streamline the process
of writing academic papers Target a journal, find topics and develop arguments Make time to …

Box 4.4 A questionnaire survey of drink driving and deterrence 91 Box 4.5 A questionnaire
survey of the effect of the prison environment on inmate drug taking behaviour 91 Box 4.6 Q …

This is a book about the ethics of teaching in the context of higher education. While many
books focus on the broader socially ethical topics of widening participation and promoting …

This paper focuses on the relatively unexplored link between international experience and
academic careers. Drawing on a study of 30 British academics in four countries, it reports …

This article explores conferences as an inter-corporeal space wherein body pedagogics are
enacted, enabling the acquisition of techniques, skills and dispositions that allow …

'It also incorporates a wealth of information that most supervisors and examiners only
acquire through years of experience... this book deserves to be widely read and, if it is, it …