ABSTRACT
Learning and digital technologies have shaped many of the pedagogic transformations in education. As the education sector has developed, this boundary between the separation of skills and knowledge acquisition has been rendered increasingly more permeable. Developments in one location can have a global impact as higher education is increasingly becoming an international endeavour with mobile students, both geographically and in on-line settings. The global expansion of higher education and stronger links to industry and employers has led to an enhanced focus on the types of skills, knowledge and experiences deemed integral not only to the undergraduate programme but also to the global transferability of knowledge and skills. The UK higher education sector has experienced and, at the time of writing, significant change and challenges. The relationship between students and the institutions in which they study has been strongly impacted by the introduction of student tuition fees, which are fees paid by the student to the higher education institution.
