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Higher Education Practises and Engagement

Higher Education Practises and Engagement is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 37.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concept of students and staff as partners in higher education, focusing on topics such as co-creating curriculum, inclusive student engagement, pedagogical partnership, student voice, academic development, equity and diversity, and student participation. The papers discuss the implications, challenges, and benefits of involving students as active collaborators in shaping learning and teaching experiences within the higher education setting.

  • Student-Staff Partnerships
  • Co-Creation of Curriculum
  • Inclusive Student Engagement
  • Pedagogical Partnership
  • Student Voice
  • Academic Development
  • Equity and Diversity
  • Learning and Teaching
  • Higher Education
  • Student Participation
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
37.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+81%
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Which countries lead Higher Education Practises and Engagement research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (918 and 498 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 918 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 498 works
  3. 3 South Africa 319 works
  4. 4 Australia 292 works
  5. 5 Canada 219 works
  6. 6 China 106 works
  7. 7 Germany 56 works
  8. 8 New Zealand 55 works
  9. 9 Norway 46 works
  10. 10 Hong Kong 42 works

How concentrated that is

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United States: 36.0%United Kingdom: 19.5%South Africa: 12.5%Australia: 11.5%6 others listed: 20.5%36%largest
United States918 · 36.0%United Kingdom498 · 19.5%South Africa319 · 12.5%Australia292 · 11.5%6 others listed523 · 20.5%

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Which institutions lead Higher Education Practises and Engagement research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of South Africa publishes the most Higher Education Practises and Engagement research, followed by University of Johannesburg and University of the Witwatersrand.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of South Africa South Africa 38 works
  2. 2 University of Johannesburg South Africa 36 works
  3. 3 University of the Witwatersrand South Africa 27 works
  4. 4 University of the Free State South Africa 25 works
  5. 5 University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa 24 works
  6. 6 University of Cape Town South Africa 22 works
  7. 7 Deakin University Australia 20 works
  8. 8 The University of Sydney Australia 20 works
  9. 9 University of Toronto Canada 18 works
  10. 10 The University of Queensland Australia 18 works

Where is Higher Education Practises and Engagement research done?

The largest centres of Higher Education Practises and Engagement research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Johannesburg (South Africa), Melbourne (Australia) and Pretoria (South Africa). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bloemfontein, Rondebosch and Cape Town.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 84 works
  2. 2 Johannesburg South Africa 65 works
  3. 3 Melbourne Australia 61 works
  4. 4 Pretoria South Africa 57 works
  5. 5 Sydney Australia 45 works
  6. 6 Brisbane Australia 42 works
  7. 7 Toronto Canada 37 works
  8. 8 Durban South Africa 37 works
  9. 9 Bloemfontein South Africa 31 works
  10. 10 Cape Town South Africa 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BloemfonteinZA · 31.3 works34×
  2. RondeboschZA · 21.9 works22×
  3. Cape TownZA · 27.7 works21×
  4. DurbanZA · 36.7 works20×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Higher Education Practises and Engagement than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Higher Education Practises and Engagement?

Among universities, judged by research, University of the Witwatersrand, University of Johannesburg and Deakin University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%50%100%mean 51.72%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of the Witwatersrand: 27, 45.0%University of Johannesburg: 36, 42.6%Deakin University: 20, 60.1%University of Cape Town: 22, 40.9%University of the Free State: 25, 35.0%University of Technology Sydney: 11, 58.1%University of South Africa: 38, 44.6%Lancaster University: 11, 51.4%University of Hong Kong: 12, 74.0%Education University of Hong Kong: 9, 65.5%Deakin UniversityUniversity of the Wi…University of Johann…University of Cape T…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of the Witwatersrand South Africa 75.945.0%20.5×27 +209.1%
2University of Johannesburg South Africa 73.442.6%18.1×36 +124.7%
3Deakin University Australia 71.260.1%14.1×20 +71.9%
4University of Cape Town South Africa 68.740.9%21.6×22 +136.8%
5University of the Free State South Africa 67.635.0%33.5×25 +171.9%
6University of Technology Sydney Australia 65.558.1%8.0×11 +162.2%
7University of South Africa South Africa 64.744.6%27.6×38 +2.6%
8Lancaster University United Kingdom 64.051.4%13.7×11 +130.5%
9University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 63.974.0%4.5×12 +140.0%
10Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 63.765.5%20.1×9 +46.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Higher Education Practises and Engagement research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 81% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Higher Education Practises and Engagement.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.