Relatively inexpensive studies that go beyond the boundaries of individual institutions have considerable attraction, particularly at a time when resources are under significant constraint. These studies can be viewed as existing under the rather larger umbrella of "supra-institutional research". Three examples illustrate the argument…

Reports on a study by the Higher Education Funding Council for England of the extent to which institutional learning and teaching strategies were being used in English higher education. Responses of 116 institutions showed considerable variation in the extent to which they had developed a strategic approach to learning and teaching. (SLD)

Government policy around the world is heavily influenced by a human capital perspective. Education systems are pressed towards developing young people for their roles in the labour market: in the UK this is signalled in the term employability. Curricula differ in the ways in which they respond. Data are provided from three recent UK surveys that…