WASS Collective (Including: Bell, Amy, Hawkins, Lucy, Kelleher, Lorraine, Lambert, Cath, Lexmond, Jennifer, Lyle, Samantha, Nordin, Astrid, Parker, Andrew, Perrier, Maud and Rayment, Juliet). (2007) Gender transformations in higher education. Sociological Research Online, Vol.12 (No.1). ISSN 1360-7804

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Abstract

This paper offers a critical perspective on issues around gender and sexual transformation within the context of UK Higher Education. Drawing on qualitative data carried out by undergraduate and postgraduate students, the analysis explores some of the diverse and often challenging ways in which young/ er women and men are thinking and talking about gender, sexuality and feminism, as well as their strategies for turning ideas into political action. The research focuses on the activities and opinions of students belonging to an anti-sexist organisation within one UK university, who are engaged in campaigns to raise awareness about the damaging effects of gender and sexual inequalities, as well as promoting the popular appeal of contemporary feminisms. Locating the voices and research findings of the students themselves at the centre of the discussion, the paper is produced collaboratively between students and teachers who are involved in both the activist and research elements of this project. The paper also argues for ( and provides evidence of) the transformative potential of alternative and critical forms of student engagement and student/ staff collaboration in relation to gender informed academic activism.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Journal or Publication Title:	Sociological Research Online
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	1360-7804
Date:	31 January 2007
Volume:	Vol.12
Number:	No.1
Number of Pages:	20
Identification Number:	10.5153/sro.1462
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/32269

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