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Dr Rille Raaper's Outputs (4)

Student Politics: Resistance, Refusal and Representation (2020)
Book Chapter
Raaper, R., & Burke, C. (2020). Student Politics: Resistance, Refusal and Representation. In M. Murphy, C. Burke, C. Costa, & R. Raaper (Eds.), Social theory and the politics of higher education. Critical perspectives on institutional research (187-197). Bloomsbury Academic

Social Theory and the Politics of Higher Education brings together an international group of scholars who shine a theoretical light on the politics of academic life and higher education. The book covers three key areas: 1) Institutional governance, w... Read More about Student Politics: Resistance, Refusal and Representation.

Students as ‘Animal Laborans’? Tracing Student Politics in a Marketised Higher Education Setting (2020)
Journal Article
Raaper, R. (2021). Students as ‘Animal Laborans’? Tracing Student Politics in a Marketised Higher Education Setting. Sociological Research Online, 26(1), 130-146. https://doi.org/10.1177/1360780420952810

This article examines the widespread policy discourses that have constructed the notion of student as consumer in English higher education, and it questions the implications of such fabrications on students’ political engagement. In particular, it ex... Read More about Students as ‘Animal Laborans’? Tracing Student Politics in a Marketised Higher Education Setting.

The Covid-19 pandemic and the dissolution of the university campus: implications for student support practice (2020)
Journal Article
Raaper, R., & Brown, C. (2020). The Covid-19 pandemic and the dissolution of the university campus: implications for student support practice. Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 5(3/4), 343-349. https://doi.org/10.1108/jpcc-06-2020-0032

Purpose: This paper problematises student support in higher education during the Covid-19 crisis and proposes an original approach of social network analysis for developing effective support for students from different socio-economic backgrounds. Des... Read More about The Covid-19 pandemic and the dissolution of the university campus: implications for student support practice.