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A theory of student agency in higher education
A Will to Learn
Activism Under Attack
After the “Master Theory”: Downs, Schattschneider, and the rebirth of policy-focused analysis
Being Human: The Problem of Agency
Constructing authority in transnational governance: Rationality, hierarchy and state involvement in the world of certification standards
Contesting Higher Education Student Movements against Neoliberal Universities
Contract law and the student-university relationship
Culture in action: Symbols and strategies
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste
Elaborating the ‘new institutionalism’
Emerging adulthood: A theory of development from the late teens through the twenties
Freedom, fragmentation and student politics: Tracing the effects of consumerism in english students’ unions
From student engagement to student agency: Conceptual considerations of European policies on student-centered learning in higher education
From university democratisation to managerialism: The changing legitimation of university governance and the place of students
HE institution governing boards: Student board members
Higher Education Governance Reforms across Europe
Homo Academicus
Inequalities in students’ union leadership: the role of social networks
Inspired by student politics in Italy: A proposal for a new typology to classify student collective actors
Long-term outcomes of participation in student government
On the way towards new public management? The governance of university systems in England, the Netherlands, Austria, and Germany
Openly gay undergraduate men in student government: Out, visible, and elected
Part of the ‘Establishment’? Fostering Positive Campus Climates for Student Activists
Participating but not leading: Women’s under-representation in student government leadership positions
Perspectives on student political activism
Political legitimacy
Politics as a vocation
Politics, Pressures, and the Tariff: A Study of Free Private Enterprise in Pressure Politics
Re-inventing shared governance: Implications for organisational culture and institutional leadership
Realist Social Theory: The Morphogenetic Approach
Special issue: Student power in African HE
Structure, Agency and the Internal Conversation
Student activism and student organizations
Student agency and student impact through representative student associations
Student employees
Student government as a provider of student services
Student governments
Student Identity and Political Agency: Activism, Representation and Consumer Rights
Student involvement in quality enhancement
Student participation in the governance of higher education in Europe: Results of a survey
Student participation in university governance
Student participation in university governance: The role conceptions and sense of efficacy of student representatives on departmental committees
Student political activism
Student politics
Student politics and political systems
Student Politics in Africa: Representation and Activism
Student politics: Activism and culture
Student politics: Between representation and activism
Student power in a global perspective and contemporary trends in student organising
Student power in twenty-first century Africa: The character and role of student organising
Student Protest: The Sixties and After
Student representation and multiparty politics in African HE
Student representation in university decision making: Good reasons, a new lens?
Student representation in Western Europe: Introduction to the special issue
Student representation in Western Europe: introduction to the special issue (2012)
Students as “animal laborans”? Tracing student politics in a marketised HE setting
Students as actors and agents in student-centered HE
Students in HE governance in Europe: Contrasts, commonalities and controversies
Students in Revolt
Students’ unions and consumerist policy discourses in English HE
Students’ views regarding their participation in university governance: Implications for distributed leadership in HE
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Student Politics and Representation in Higher Education (2024)
The institutional dynamics of the (European) University
The organization of business interests: Studying the associative action of business in advanced industrial societies
The Politics of Social Policy in the United States
The rise of the student estate
The Rise of the Student Estate in Britain
The significance of student organizations to leadership development
The State Nobility: Elite Schools and the Field of Power
The student voice in quality assessment and improvement
The study of college impact
Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies
Transnational student associations in the European multi-level governance of HE policies
Valuing the civic role of university education in an age of competition and rapid change
We are one, but we’re not the same: Explaining the emergence of hybrid national student unions
Well-being, agency and freedom
What is student agency: An ontological exploration in the context of research on student engagement
What students gain from participating in student government
When effect becomes cause: Policy feedback and political change
Youth political participation: Bridging activism and electoral politics

Community & Peer Networks

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Education and Academia Stakeholder Group (EASG)
Global Student Forum
Public Education & Human Rights Coalition (PEHRC)

Education Frameworks

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2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Addis Ababa Action Agenda
African Union Education Strategy
ASEAN Education Work Plan
Beijing Consensus on AI and Education
Bologna Process / European Higher Education Area
Charter of the Global Partnership for Education
Commonwealth Education Framework
Convention against Discrimination in Education
Education 2030 Framework for Action
Education Cannot Wait Framework
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD for 2030)
Education in Emergencies Framework
European Skills Agenda
Global Citizenship Education (GCED)
Global Compact for Migration
Global Compact on Refugees
Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education
Incheon Declaration
Lisbon Recognition Convention
OECD Education Policy Outlook
Qingdao Declaration on ICT in Education
Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence
Recommendation on Open Science
Reimagining Our Futures Together: A New Social Contract for Education
Safe Schools Declaration
Tokyo Recognition Convention
Transforming Higher Education: Global Collaboration on Visioning and Action
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
UN Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training
UNESCO Climate Change Education Framework
UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention
UNESCO Digital Transformation of Education Framework
UNESCO Education Data Framework
UNESCO Education Policy Review Framework
UNESCO Gender Equality in Education Framework
UNESCO Global Education Coalition
UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report Framework
UNESCO Global Education Policy Forum
UNESCO Global Skills Academy
UNESCO Inclusion in Education Framework
UNESCO Lifelong Learning Framework
UNESCO Literacy Framework
UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Framework
UNESCO Open Educational Resources Recommendation
UNESCO STEM Education Framework
UNESCO Teacher Policy Development Guide
UNESCO TVET Strategy
UNESCO WHEC2022 Roadmap for Higher Education
World Declaration on Higher Education for the 21st Century

Financial Support & Scholarships

4

How to Avoid Scholarship Scams
Scholarship Opportunities for Refugees – UNHCR
Tips for Applying for Scholarships
What to Do When You Don’t Get a Scholarship

Human Rights & Safety

3

Amnesty International – Human Rights Academy
Students at Risk (StAR)
UNHCR: Information for refugees, asylum seekers, stateless and internally displaced people

Learning hubs

7

Amnesty International – Human Rights Academy
Campus IESALC
EngageAll
GCE Learning Hub
Global Action for Racial Justice in Education (GARJE)
GSF Learning
Inclusive Vocational Education and Training (InclusiVET)

Legal Support & Resources

1

UNHCR: Information for refugees, asylum seekers, stateless and internally displaced people

Publications

5

10 Ways – Not to Include Students Meaningfully in Education Governance
Going Green: A Guidebook for Student Unions
GSF Guidebook on AI in Education
Guidebook: Students with Disabilities
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Student Politics and Representation in Higher Education (2024)

Rapid Response

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AfricanDefenders (the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network)
CIVICUS Crisis Response Fund
Claim Your Space (CYS)
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Danish Emergency Relief Fund (DERF)
DefendDefenders
Emergency Assistance Program – Freedom House
Emergency Assistance to Human Rights Defenders at Risk (OMCT)
Emergency Fund for Human Rights Defenders
Emergency Grants Programme – ProtectDefenders.eu
Emergency Protection Grants – Front Line Defenders
Media Freedom Rapid Response
Rapid Response Grant – Urgent Action Fund Asia and Pacific
Reporters Respond – Free Press Unlimited
Reporters Without Borders

Student Help

1

About Student Help

Student Participation

1

Inclusive Vocational Education and Training (InclusiVET)

Wellbeing & Mental Health

2

Dealing with Academic Burnout
What to Do When You Don’t Get a Scholarship

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The study of college impact

The study of college impact

Hurtado, S. (2007). The study of college impact. In Gumport, P. (ed.), Sociology of Higher Education (pp. 94-112). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

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