Higher Education Research Network (HERN)

The HERN aims to provide a space for the development and dissemination of research on higher education and for explorations of working and learning in the sector.

Research seminar series

 Our online research seminars feature invited speakers . See below for forthcoming events in the 2023/24 academic year.

Term 1	Term 2	Term 3
“Go to Oxbridge, get a job, start a career”: The ‘Low Value’ Arts Degree and the Neoliberal University Áine Mahon and Orlaith Darling, University College Dublin Thursday 12 October 2023	Sexual Misconduct in Academia: Informing an Ethics of Care in the University Erin Pritchard, Liverpool Hope University Thursday 18 January 2024	The Metrics and Aesthetics of University Performance Amanda Fulford, Edge Hill University Thursday 18 April 2024
The future of higher education and the claim of globalization: Revisioning the past, re-imagining the future Hans Schildermans, University of Vienna Thursday 16 November 2023	What and who are (not) part of the ‘Higher Education landscape’? Richard Budd, Lancaster University Thursday 22 February 2024	Exploring Rhuthmós as ethics, pedagogy and poetic dwelling in, and for, the University Fadia Dakka, Birmingham City University Thursday 23 May 2024

Workshops

Demystifying… Workshops	Practicing Engaged Reading	Writing Workshops
Unpicking common but complex concepts, such as epistemology, and explaining key aspects of the research environment, such as impact	Reading sessions focused on discussion of texts to explore the challenges and specificities of teaching in HE and support colleagues new to the sector	Space and time to write and gain developmental support as you prepare articles, chapters, and funding proposals either independently or collaboratively