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 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2021 |
Keywords
- Europe
- higher education
- place
- policy
- students
- time
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science