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Brannen, Julia; Moss, Peter; Owen, Charlie; Phoenix, Ann – London Review of Education, 2022
For nearly 50 years, the Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) has been integral to the IOE (Institute of Education), UCL's Faculty of Education and Society (University College London, UK). This article is written from the perspectives of four researchers who have served in the TCRU's formative years and over its lifetime. It chronicles the TCRU's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational History, Research Methodology
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Molla, Tebeje – London Review of Education, 2019
The World Bank uses a combination of financial and non-financial aid to influence educational reform in aid-recipient countries. Drawing on an interpretive policy analysis methodology and using Pierre Bourdieu's concept of symbolic power as a 'thinking tool', this article aims to shed light on the Bank's non-financial pathways of policy influence…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Financial Support, Educational Change, International Organizations
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Dodds, Anneliese – London Review of Education, 2011
This article examines current debates surrounding British higher education funding from a political economy perspective, drawing on "positive" and "institutionalist" political economy. Adopting the lens of political economy enables a critical assessment of the use of terms drawn from economics by many higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Foreign Countries