Editorial

The role of the disciplines: alternative methodologies in higher education
Frances Kelly & Ian Brailsford, Pages: 1-4

The interview reconsidered: context, genre, reflexivity and interpretation in sociological approaches to interviews in higher education research
Sue Clegg & Jacqueline Stevenson, Pages: 5-16

The stories we need: anthropology, philosophy, narrative and higher education research
Cecily Scutt & Julia Hobson, Pages: 17-29

‘Miraculous exceptions’: what can autobiography tell us about why some disadvantaged students succeed in higher education?
Tim Pitman, Pages: 30-42

Researcher | Researched: repositioning research paradigms
Agnes May Lin Meerwald, Pages: 43-55

Can approaches to research in Art and Design be beneficially adapted for research into higher education?
Paul Trowler, Pages: 56-69

‘And so betwixt them both’: taking insights from literary analysis into higher education research
Frances Kelly, Pages: 70-82

Rhizomatic mapping: spaces for learning in higher education
Jane Grellier, Pages: 83-95

Self-portrait with mortar board: a study of academic identity using the map, the novel and the grid
Virginia King, Pages: 96-108

Researching student becoming in higher education
Bronwyn James, Pages: 109-121

‘The spirit of research has changed’: reverberations from researcher identities in managerial times
Vivienne Elizabeth & Barbara M. Grant, Pages: 122-135

Discipline and methodology in higher education research
Malcolm Tight, Pages: 136-151

Points for debate

Must we gather data? A place for the philosophical study of higher education
Clinton Golding, Pages: 152-155

Book reviews

Study skills for international postgraduates, by Martin Davies
Caroline Malthus, Pages: 156-157

Improving quality in education: dynamic approaches to school improvement, by Bert P.M. Creemers and Leonidas Kyriakides
Robert Cannon, Pages: 157-159

Call for papers
Page: 160

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