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Higher Education and Hope

Institutional, Pedagogical and Personal Possibilities

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Editors:
  1. Paul Gibbs

    1. School of Health and Education, Middlesex University, London, UK

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  2. Andrew Peterson

    1. Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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  • Stimulates debate concerning the nature and role of universities as formative educational institutions
  • Offers a more humane and compassionate framework of the work both of and in universities
  • Reframes the debate to one of hopefulness and inspiration about the role of higher education for the public good

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
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  5. Back Matter

    Pages 275-286
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About this book

Around the world, the landscape of Higher Education is increasingly shaped by discourses of employability, rankings, and student satisfaction. Under these conditions, the role of universities in preparing students for all facets of life, and to contribute to the public good, is reshaped in significant ways: ways which are often negative and pessimistic. This book raises important and pressing questions about the nature and role of universities as formative educational institutions, drawing together contributors from both Western and non-Western perspectives. While the editors and contributors critique the current situation, the chapters evince a more humane and compassionate framing of the work of and in universities, based on positive and valued relationships and notions of the good. Drawing together a wide range of theoretical and conceptual frameworks to illuminate the issues discussed, this volume changes the debate to one of hopefulness and inspiration about the role of higher education for the public good: ultimately looking towards a potentially exciting and rewarding future through which humanity and the planet can flourish.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Health and Education, Middlesex University, London, UK

    Paul Gibbs

  • Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Andrew Peterson

About the editors

Paul Gibbs is Director of Education Research at the University of Middlesex, UK. He is also the founder of the Centre for Education Research and Scholarship at the University of Middlesex, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Open University in Hong Kong and the University of Cyprus.


Andrew Peterson is Professor of Character and Citizenship Education at the University of Birmingham, UK and Adjunct Professor of Education at the University of South Australia, Australia.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Higher Education and Hope

  • Book Subtitle: Institutional, Pedagogical and Personal Possibilities

  • Editors: Paul Gibbs, Andrew Peterson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13566-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13565-2Published: 11 April 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13568-3Published: 14 August 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-13566-9Published: 02 April 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXV, 286

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Educational Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Higher Education, Personal Development

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