ABSTRACT
Your career interests and energies at the moment will probably be very much focused on your subject, your students, your school/department and possibly a little on the higher education institution (HEI) that you work in – which is what one would expect as you come to terms with the demands of your job/Ph.D. and start your teaching career. But what about the wider picture of higher education (HE): what do you know about it? What is going on out there that influences what you do? What has changed over the last 40 years that is having a major impact on the student experience today? What has changed since the time when you were an undergraduate? We ask you to think about these things as even though they may seem a little remote from where you are sitting, they do have a bearing on your students: the way they approach their studies, their hopes and beliefs about higher education, and their expectations of you.
