Past HECU Conferences

HECU1

Higher Education Close Up 1 was held at the University of Central Lancashire in July 1998

HECU2

Higher Education Close Up 2 was held at Lancaster University in July 2001. Selected papers from HECU 2 were published in the edited volume:
Prichard, C. and Trowler, P. (2003) (eds.) Realising Qualitative Research in Higher Education. Aldershot: Ashgate.

HECU3

Higher Education Close Up 3 was held at Lancaster University in July 2006. Selected papers were published in the edited volume: P Trowler (ed.) (2008) A Special Issue. International Journal of Educational Research, 47, 3: A Socio-Cultural Approach to Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Higher Education: 

HECU4

Higher Education Close Up 4 was held at the University of Cape Town in June 2008. Selected papers were published in the edited volume: Shay, S., Ashwin, P., and Case, J. (eds.) (2009) A Special Issue. Studies in Higher Education, 34, 4: A Critical Engagement with Research into Higher Education

HECU5

Higher Education Close Up 5 was held at Lancaster University in July 2010. Selected papers were published in the edited volume: Ashwin, P. and Case, J. (2012) (Eds.) Special issue of Higher Education Research and Development 31, 3: Questioning Theory-Method relations in higher education research