An investigation into the impact of the 2012 English higher education funding reforms on student engagement in higher education policymaking

2012年英国高等教育经费改革对学生参与高等教育政策制定影响的调查

• 批准号: 2725498
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Bristol
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2725498
• 关键词: investigation; into; impact; 2012; English; investigation; into; impact; 2012; English

The English higher education funding system changed drastically in 2012, when the cap on undergraduate student places was removed, and the tuition fee limit was extended to £9,000 (Bolton, 2021). 10 years since the policy was implemented, the proposed research will interrogate if and how the shift in fee liability from the state to individual students has altered students' ability and willingness to engage in the policy process. The study will examine public participation, specifically that of students and their advocates, over the decade to investigate how students have individually and collectively influenced higher education policy processes. The study will apply Sabatier and Jenkin-Smith's (1980) advocacy coalition framework (ACF) to rationalise the complexity of policy evolution. The framework outlines that 10 years of development is required to comprehensively analyse the policy process. The ACF focuses on the role of competing actors, resources and networks to achieve policy change (Cairney, 2020). A key feature of the ACF is identifying when and how actors create change to belief systems during the policy process (Sabatier and Weible, 2007). The research will seek to identify changes in higher education policy that were driven by students or advocacy coalitions, made up of supportive actors. The research will focus on how higher education policy has been informed by bottom-up innovation, that is led by, or engages, students (Hartley, 2014). The study will explore if systematic public engagement has occurred by analysing the use of participatory-deliberative processes such as participatory research; citizen engagement in the generation of ideas or decision making; and public consultations.The main research question will investigate the question How has the 2012 English higher education funding reform impacted student engagement in higher education policymaking? is underpinned by two areas of investigation: What participatory-deliberative processes have been employed to enable students to participate in policymaking since 2012?What mechanism have been available to students to contribute to public consultations on English higher education policy since 2012?The study will explore formal records of student participation in the policy process and will gather new qualitative data on covert engagement in the policy process together with evidence of occasions where actors were shut out from participating.

英国高等教育资金系统在2012年发生了巨大变化，当时删除了本科生的帽子，并将学费限额延长至9,000英镑（博尔顿，2021年）。自政策实施以来的10年，拟议的研究将询问从国家到个别学生的收费责任的转变以及如何改变了学生参与政策过程的能力和意愿。这项研究将在十年中研究公众参与，特别是学生及其倡导者的参与，以调查学生如何单独和集体影响高等教育政策过程。该研究将采用Sabatier和Jenkin-Smith（1980）的倡导联盟框架（ACF）来合理化政策演变的复杂性。该框架概述了需要10年的开发才能全面分析政策过程。 ACF专注于竞争参与者，资源和网络实现政策变化的作用（Cairney，2020年）。 ACF的一个关键特征是识别参与者在政策过程中如何创建对系统的变化（Sabatier and Weible，2007年）。这项研究将寻求确定由学生或倡导联盟驱动的高等教育政策的变化，该政策由支持性参与者组成。该研究将重点介绍如何通过自下而上的创新来告知高等教育政策，这是由学生领导或参与学生的（Hartley，2014年）。该研究将探讨是否通过分析参与诸如参与研究的参与过程的使用进行了系统的公众参与；公民参与创造思想或决策的产生；和公众咨询。主要的研究问题将调查一个问题，2012年英语高等教育资金改革如何影响学生参与高等教育决策？受到两个投资领域的基础：自2012年以来，已经聘请了哪些参与式的过程来使学生能够参与决策？学生可以为自2012年以来的英语高等教育政策进行公众咨询，探索该研究的正式记录将探索学生参与该政策的过程，并将在参与政策中的新合理数据与参与范围的参与者融为一体，从而与参与的参与者融为一体。