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Ready for Bologna? The Impact of the Declaration on Women’s and Gender Studies in the UK
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Abstract This article explores the likely impact that the Bologna Declaration (1999) will have on the field of women’s and gender studies in the UK. While the UK higher education sector as a whole has been slow to take up the opportunities and challenges presented... view more
This article explores the likely impact that the Bologna Declaration (1999) will have on the field of women’s and gender studies in the UK. While the UK higher education sector as a whole has been slow to take up the opportunities and challenges presented by Bologna, this article argues that women’s and gender studies may gain particularly from a European reorientation. Women’s and gender studies currently has to struggle for both national resources and recognition, and so has little to lose and much to gain from actively engaging in the process of Europeanization of degrees. The author advocates for UK women’s and gender studies practitioners to take a leading role in this process, in order to facilitate the potential benefits for the field.... view less
Free Keywords
Bologna; UK and Europe; UK women’s and gender studies;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
Page/Pages
p. 315-323
Journal
European Journal of Women's Studies, 13 (2006) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506806068650
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)