Abstract
This article draws on data from six European countries (Denmark, England, Germany, Ireland, Poland and Spain) to explore the higher education timescapes inhabited by students. Despite arguments that degree-level study has become increasingly similar across Europe – because of global pressures and also specific initiatives such as the Bologna Process and the creation of a European Higher Education Area – it shows how such timescapes differed in important ways, largely by nation. These differences are then explained in terms of: the distinctive traditions of higher education still evident across the continent; the particular mechanisms through which degrees are funded; and the nature of recent national-level policy activity. The analysis thus speaks to debates about Europeanisation, as well as how we theorise the relationship between time and place.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 995-1014 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Sociology |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 24 Apr 2021 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: the research upon which this article is based was funded by the European Research Council, through a Consolidator Grant awarded to Rachel Brooks (reference: 681018_EUROSTUDENTS).
Funding Information:
We would like to thank all those who gave up their time to participate in a focus group or interview, and the European Research Council for funding the research upon which this article is based. We are also grateful to Anu Lainio for helpful comments on a previous version of the article.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
Keywords
- higher education
- time
- place
- students
- Europe
- policy