What defines a discipline and how we teach and study it? The changing scope and role of the subject benchmark statement for politics and international relations (IR) and its implications for the teaching and study of politics and IR in higher education

Blair, A, Craig, J, Gann, R ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0393-3204, Honeyman, V, Bellaby, R, Kolpinskaya, E, Adams, L and Parker, J, 2024. What defines a discipline and how we teach and study it? The changing scope and role of the subject benchmark statement for politics and international relations (IR) and its implications for the teaching and study of politics and IR in higher education. Political Studies. ISSN 0032-3217

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Abstract

The paper asks whether there is a typical Politics and IR curriculum before reviewing the content and design of the revised fifth edition of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Politics and IR Subject Benchmark Statement that was launched in March 2023. The paper examines the manner by which the most recent edition differs from earlier subject benchmark statements and reflects on the implications of the strategic direction taken by the QAA to include new content areas that primarily focus on the development of disciplinary statements on Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), Accessibility and sustainability and Enterprise and entrepreneurship education (EED). The paper explores the implications of benchmark statements, given that while they are not a regulatory requirement, they nevertheless seek to define what can be expected of a graduate and are drawn upon by Higher Education Institutions (HEI) to inform the development and revision of
Politics and IR undergraduate provision.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Political Studies
Creators:	Blair, A., Craig, J., Gann, R., Honeyman, V., Bellaby, R., Kolpinskaya, E., Adams, L. and Parker, J.
Publisher:	Sage
Date:	16 November 2024
ISSN:	0032-3217
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1177/00323217241297629 DOI 2289360 Other
Rights:	This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	19 Nov 2024 11:14
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2024 11:14
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/52610

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