About SRHE

SRHE Mission Statement

The Society for Research into Higher Education is a UK-based international learned society concerned to advance understanding of higher education, especially through the insights, perspectives and knowledge offered by systematic research and scholarship. The Society aims to be the leading international society in the field, as to both the support and the dissemination of research.

More fully, its broad aims are to:

Stimulate new forms of research and inquiry into higher education as a field of study
Assist in developing research capacity in relation to the field
Encourage and support those coming into the field of higher education studies
Develop a network of scholars and researchers in the field of higher education studies
Offer fora for the presentation of research and scholarship in the field
Promote the development and widening of research methodologies in the field
Provide opportunities for the publication of research and scholarship in the field
Develop opportunities through which researchers in the field can engage with policy makers, practitioners within higher education and other potential interested parties so that policy and practices may be shaped by research

In fulfilment of these ends, year-on-year, the Society will

Maintain and develop a database of researchers and scholars in the field in the UK and internationally
Seek to encourage the work of those newly embarking on research in the field
Conduct conferences and seminars that both bring researchers together and enable researchers, policy-makers and others to engage with each other
Produce and support various forms of research-based publications
Establish and support a number of networks of members, each focused on a particular dimension of higher education where research may have a role to play
Provide advice to and engage with relevant national and international research and policy debates

Research Projects

From time to time, the Society may itself undertake research (perhaps funded by others) or sponsor directly a research project of its own.

The Society will be a membership-based society, its members being both corporate (institutional) and individual. Subscription fee levels shall be reviewed annually. Other monies shall be sought and/or received from any organization and individual whose purposes are sympathetic to those of the Society.

Wherever mutual benefits can be identified and it is prudent and practicable to do so, the Society will work in collaboration with other organizations. Their logo(s) may appear alongside that of the Society for purposes of marketing particular events, ventures or publications.

Strategic Goals

To become understood as the key society in the field of higher education research, at once vibrant and inclusive
To enhance the extent to which research plays a significant part in each of the Society's activities
To identify areas of practice and/or policy where the research base could be usefully developed and to stimulate such research
To advance an understanding of the opportunities afforded by research evidence and ideas among leaders within the higher education community (including but extending beyond vice-chancellors)
To work to enhance the role of research in the development of quality enhancement at the national level within the UK higher

Activities

Under the imprint SRHE Open University Press, the Society is a specialist publisher of research, having over 100 titles in print. The Editorial Board of the SRHE's Imprint seeks authoritative research or study in relevant areas. It offers a highly recognisable format in both hard-and paper-back and the world-wide reputation of the Open University Press. The Society also publishes Studies in Higher Education, Higher Education Quarterly (formerly Universities Quarterly, Research into Higher Education Abstracts, and SRHE News and International News).

The Society holds a major Annual Conference in December, jointly with an institution of higher education and holds further conferences, seminars and consultations on topics of current interest, and runs a number of Networks.

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