Located within the Department of Education in the School of Education and Social Work, the research centre CHEER has been established to consolidate higher education research and scholarship at the University of Sussex.
CHEER stands for the Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research. CHEER's director is Professor Louise Morley.
Latest CHEER News
See all news items, as well as events info, on the News and events page.
September 2013
CHEER will present a keynote symposium on Defending Difference in Higher Education at the BERA Conference, 3-5 September 2013, University of Sussex. Download the abstract: Keynote Symposium at BERA Conference: September 2013 [DOC 47.00KB]
Registration details are at: http://www.bera.ac.uk/events/bera-conference-2013
August 2013
1. Professor Louise Morley has been invited to join the new QAA Postgraduate Advisory Board which will contribute to QAA's future work on postgraduate degrees. The Board will have oversight of a range of QAA activities and will develop publications on Doctoral Degree Characteristics and Masters' Degree Characteristics; a student's guide to Master's degrees; and a guide to examining research degrees.
2. Professor Louise Morley has been invited to be the Inaugural Chair of Women and Leadership in the new Women's Leadership Centre, National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan) for a year from September 2013. The accompanying Visiting Professorship will enable opportunities for research collaboration, knowledge exchange, international links and publications.
July 2013
CHEER members Professor Miriam David, Professor Valerie Hey and Dr Linda Morrice were all featured speakers at the Inaugural European Conference on Education held in Brighton 11-14 July 2013. See http://ece.iafor.org/index.html
