The Second Book -Published and Available

Hot off the press!!  Judith and Chris discuss the release of their latest book and reflect on the process of writing it. 

The Evolving Nature of Universities: What Shapes and Influences Identity in International Higher Education

(Routledge 2023: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003389361)

In previous podcasts, Judith and Chris discussed the start of the process and how they developed both the ideas and the practical aspects of the book.  In this episode, they reflect back on how initial ideas evolved and how new ones emerged.  It is seemingly a good idea to be open to inspiration and to allow a little freedom as you write – you never know where the next good idea will come from.

Judith and Chris talked about the sheer enjoyment and opportunities to learn that come from working with collaborators and the absolute need to increase the different perspectives to which we are exposed.  A staple in our books is the student voice chapter and to this we added a parental perspective.  It is often easy to think we understand the world in which we live and work – largely because we have occupied space within it for a while – but there is always scope to learn more and to think more deeply.

This second book is a book of questions – as was the first one – and we realise that answers are not the point of why we do this.  Questions, the ability to ask them and learn from opinions, perspectives and experiences, is.

As is often the way with these things, Chris found out about the release of the book by reading a post from, most definitely friend of the podcast, Vicky Lewis!

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003389361/evolving-nature-universities-christopher-hill-judith-lamie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/drvickylewis/

https://www.ted.com/talks/dr_christopher_hill_the_ego_and_the_k_id

 

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