Malcolm Tight
Educational Research
Lancaster University
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Malcolm Tight is working as Professor at Lancaster University in Department for Educational Research. Previously, he worked at the University of Warwick, the Open University and Birkbeck College London. He is Editor of the leading international journal Studies in Higher Education, and of the book series International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, and also on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Education and Work and Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. He is currently replicating the 2000 study for 2010, seeking to identify contemporary trends in higher education research and publication. He has authored more than 25 articles.
Research Interest
Fields of higher and post-compulsory education
Publications
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Tight MP.Higher education research 2000-2010: changing journal publication patterns.Higher Education Research and Development.2012 Oct;31(5):723-740.
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Tight MP.Theory development and application in higher education research: the case of academic drift.Journal of Educational Administration and History.2015;47(1):84-99.
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Tight MP.Theory development and application in higher education research: tribes and territories.Higher Education Policy.2015 Sept;28(3):277-293.
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Tight MP.Phenomenography: the development and application of an innovative research design in higher education research .International Journal of Social Research Methodology.2016;19(3):319-338.
