UK higher education sector's response to the war in Ukraine

Kushnir, I ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0727-7208, Milani, Z ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4812-9714 and Mbah, MF, 2023. UK higher education sector's response to the war in Ukraine. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. ISSN 1758-1184

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Abstract

Purpose: This article aims to address the response from the higher education (HE) sector in the United Kingdom (UK) to the full-scale war in Ukraine which started in 2022.

Design/methodology/approach: Relying on theoretical ideas of neoliberalism and the collection and thematic analysis of relevant official communications from six UK universities, the article uncovers three major ways in which these universities have been responding to the war.

Findings: They include (1) altruistic responses, (2) the promotion of equal treatment of all people and (3) the condemnation of the invasion and its implications for UK’s international cooperation in HE. These responses suggest the strengthening of the liberal ideals in the UK HE sector, heavily dominated by marketisation.

Originality/value: This analysis is significant not only for advancing a very limited scholarship on the topic of HE in the context of this war but also for understanding the development of the neoliberal landscape of UK HE and neoliberalism as a phenomenon in times of crises.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
Creators:	Kushnir, I., Milani, Z. and Mbah, M.F.
Publisher:	Emerald
Date:	15 December 2023
ISSN:	1758-1184
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1108/JARHE-08-2023-0384 DOI 1845832 Other
Rights:	© 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited. This AAM is provided for your own personal use only. It may not be used for resale, reprinting, systematic distribution, emailing, or for any other commercial purpose without the permission of the publisher.
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Institute of Education Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	15 Dec 2023 11:46
Last Modified:	15 Dec 2023 11:46
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50549

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