On 12 November this year the research work of the ESRC/HEFCE Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) begins. At a time when higher education and research have never been more central to society and economy, CGHE (pronounced ‘SEE-GEE’), has been funded for five years by the UK Economic and Social Research Council to carry out 13 research projects on the future of higher education in the UK and across the world, in collaboration with partner researchers and stakeholders in higher education.

A distinctive feature of CGHE’s design is its three research programmes, each with a distinctive spatial take on higher education: global, national and local. The programmes overlap (there are international comparisons in all three, and all projects are ultimately concerned with impact and change in UK HEIs themselves) but this mode of organization will allow CGHE to look at old problems with fresh eyes, and draw on a wider range of ideas, data, models and alternatives in exploring new approaches in higher education. Key features of CGHE’s work will be a continuous emphasis on the impact of research findings, and intensive communication and seminar discussion both in the UK and abroad. CGHE is a partnership of the UCL Institute of Education, Lancaster University and the University of Sheffield in the UK, and eight international universities from China, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Australia, South Africa, the United States, Ireland and the Netherlands.

The seminar will consist of short presentations introducing CGHE’s three research programmes, interspersed with questions and discussion among those present.

Programme

 All are welcome to attend.

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