The latest article from the Eurostudents project has just been published in Sociological Research Online. This draws on 26 interviews with higher education ‘policy influencers’ across Europe and explores the ways in which students were understood by this group of social actors. We argue in the article that although many of the characteristics identified by the interviewees are evident across various nation-states, they were frequently discussed and explained in terms of very distinct ‘national narratives’.
The article is called ‘Asserting the nation: the dominance of national narratives in policy influencers’ constructions of higher education students’ and you can read the full version here.