Exploring the Impact of the Increased Tuition Fees on Academic Staffs’ Experiences in Post-92 Universities:  A Small-Scale Qualitative Study

Bates, Elizabeth; Kaye, Linda

doi:10.3390/educsci4040229

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“…Similarly, other research has suggested that students have largely vocational orientations towards university (Lehmann 2009), and that usefulness and applicability of course for future career are highly important in motivating choice of course (Jian et al, 2010). This is consistent with findings that job prospects are important to students when choosing to attend Higher Education (Krutii and Fursov 2007;Loeber and Higson 2009), and are perceived to be key expectations of university particularly for students paying higher fees (Bates and Kaye 2014a;2014b). It seems therefore that students are largely motivated by career-focused factors, particularly when considering vocational courses.…”

Section: Reasons For Attending Higher Educationsupporting

confidence: 76%

The impact of higher fees on psychology students’ reasons for attending university

Kaye

Bates

2016

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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Usage of any items from the University of Cumbria's institutional repository 'Insight' must conform to the following fair usage guidelines.Any item and its associated metadata held in the University of Cumbria's institutional repository Insight (unless stated otherwise on the metadata record) may be copied, displayed or performed, and stored in line with the JISC fair dealing guidelines (available here) for educational and not-for-profit activities provided that• the authors, title and full bibliographic details of the item are cited clearly when any part of the work is referred to verbally or in the written form• a hyperlink/URL to the original Insight record of that item is included in any citations of the work • the content is not changed in any way• all files required for usage of the item are kept together with the main item file. You may not• sell any part of an item• refer to any part of an item without citation • amend any item or contextualise it in a way that will impugn the creator's reputation• remove or alter the copyright statement on an item.The full policy can be found here. Alternatively contact the University of Cumbria Repository Editor by emailing insight@cumbria.ac.uk. 1The impact of higher fees on psychology students' reasons for attending university The impact of higher fees on psychology students' reasons for attending universityThe introduction of the new UK tuition fees resulted in concerns about the impact on Higher Education (HE) uptake, and raised questions regarding students' motivations for attending university. The current study explored first year undergraduate psychology students' (N = 56) reasons for attending Higher Education through a series of focus groups. These were undertaken both before (n = 21) and after (n = 35) the fee rise, providing a pre-post comparison of potential changes. Results from the pre-fee rise sample showed general reasons for attending HE reflected wider, contextual factors, drawing on socio-cultural influences.However, the post-fee rise data suggested HE uptake to be largely more motivated by career opportunities associated with degree-level education. Similarly, reasons for choosing Psychology-based courses was related to vocational interest, suggesting strategic decisionmaking processes of students embarking on HE. The findings present new evidence of the role of financial investments in HE on general and course-specific motivations. Implications of the findings are discussed, with particular reference to the development of relevant employability initiatives within HE curricula.Keywords: Motivations; Higher Education; post-92; Psychology; Employability IntroductionThe changing landscape of Higher Education presents academics, students, parents and policy makers with a range of new challenges, most of which are yet untested. These issues are particularly pertinent in relation to the changes in tuition fees in England 1 . Indeed, initial concern was expressed about the extent to which students would be deterred from attending 1 Tuition fees in England ...

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Section: Reasons For Attending Higher Educationsupporting

confidence: 76%

The impact of higher fees on psychology students’ reasons for attending university

Kaye

Bates

2016

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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“…A higher concentration enables collusion between firms, which can lead to higher profits. Firm effect models argue that differences in profitability exist and persist, and may derive from firm-level characteristics such as operating efficiency, organizational structure or quality of management (Bates and Kaye, 2014; Shahijan et al , 2016; Varghese, 2009).…”

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The determinants of profitability inSharia-compliant corporations: evidence from Jordan

Alsharari

Alhmoud

2019

JIABR

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of profitability of 28 Sharia-compliant corporations in Jordan over the three-year period of 2013-2015. Design/methodology/approach The two-stage least square (2SLS) regression analysis with fixed effects was conducted using two measures of profitability, namely: return on assets and return on equity. The empirical data were collected from 28 Sharia-compliant corporations in Jordan over the study period. A variety of internal and external factors was used to determine profitability. Findings In general, this analysis of the determinants of profitability for Sharia-compliant corporations confirmed previous findings. Regression findings revealed that previous year profitability, debt ratio, organizational structure, the size of the audit firm and voluntary disclosure to be important determinants of profitability of Sharia-compliant corporations in Jordan from 2013 to 2015. The independent variables of firm size, ownership ratio greater than 5%, liquidity ratio, percentage of non-Jordanian ownership or the age of the firm were not found to significantly influence the profitability of the corporations studied. Research limitations/implications The authors determined that the independent variables selected, with few exceptions, behaved according to expectations. Moreover, the current literature on the influence of management on performance, and thus, profitability, does not consider the philosophy under which business is conducted (a limitation with respect to the type of business conducted). For example, Sharia-compliant and non-Sharia-compliant firms operate under different sets of principles and rules. This variance in business philosophies may have an important bearing on management style, an aspect that has been neglected in the organizational management literature. The panel data from a three-year period was insufficient to validate the consistency of the results; future researchers may increase the length of the study periods to confirm results and increase the robustness of the data collection method. Practical implications The findings from the study have implications that may be functional for businesses, investors and policymakers in their focus on the Sharia-compliant business sector in Jordan. The factors influencing profitability may inform the setting of regulatory policy designed to stabilize and sustain the performance of Sharia-compliant corporations more broadly. Originality/value This study contributes to the growing body of literature on Islamic finance, and can be considered one of a very few that have examined the internal and external determinants of the profitability of Sharia-compliant corporations in a developing country such as Jordan, using panel data.

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“…In a casestudy of a research-intensive university, Skelton (2012a) found that lecturers employ a strategic compromise around the differences between personal values and institutional aims. However, the extent to which lecturers working in post-1992 institutions 3 -who are traditionally more teaching-oriented -can also resist, challenge or negotiate consumer-oriented institutional pressures merits further research (see Bates and Kaye 2014a). The concern here is that not only are lecturers losing teaching autonomy, there are also increasing expectations that lecturers should be mindful of student satisfaction, which can create tension between pedagogies for critical learning and teaching to just passing or pleasing students (Ek et al 2013;Kreber 2010).…”

Section: Teaching In Higher Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Let me entertain you: the ambivalent role of university lecturers as educators and performers

Wong

Chiu

2017

Educational Review

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In England, higher education is more marketised than ever before as the difference between students and consumers is increasingly blurred, propelled by the rise in tuition fees. With students demanding more for their money, the role of university lecturers continues to change. This study explores the ways in which lecturers re-evaluate and reconstruct their roles and responsibilities in light of heightened student expectations. We draw on 30 in-depth interviews with lecturers from the social sciences, across two post-1992 universities in England, where tuition fees have tripled since 2012. We focus on lecturers' views and experiences of student expectations, as well as the support available to students as we shift towards a more consumerist approach in higher education. We find examples of tension between academic values and consumeristic student expectations as lecturers discuss their precarious positions as an educator as well as an entertainer. We believe that the expanding role of lecturers merits an urgent review at the institutional and national level, to promote and ensure clarity of the boundaries and expectations of teaching staff.

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Exploring the Impact of the Increased Tuition Fees on Academic Staffs’ Experiences in Post-92 Universities: A Small-Scale Qualitative Study

Cited by 14 publications

References 41 publications

The impact of higher fees on psychology students’ reasons for attending university

The impact of higher fees on psychology students’ reasons for attending university

The determinants of profitability inSharia-compliant corporations: evidence from Jordan

Let me entertain you: the ambivalent role of university lecturers as educators and performers

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