Perspectivas de investigación sobre estudiantes en Gran Bretaña e Irlanda, 1800-1945
| Autor | Emily Sharp |
| Cargo | Northumbria University |
| Páginas | 122-155 |
CIAN-Revista de Historia de las Universidades, 25/1 (2022), 122-155. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20318/cian.2022.6995
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Research Perspectives on Students in Britain
and Ireland, 1800-1945
Perspectivas de investigación sobre estudiantes
en Gran Bretaña e Irlanda, 1800-1945
Abstract Historians of Britain and Ire-
land have long been interested in universities
and students They have acknowledged the
importance of these institutions and indivi-
duals within the history of elites, the history
of the state, intellectual history, the history
of science, of social movements and of poli-
tics and political thought. Yet, for many years
much of this research has centred around hig-
her education institutions themselves rather
than the student body that they cater for. Fo-
llowing the expansion of the higher education
sector and the growth of the student move-
ment in the s the quantity and quality of
literature on British and Irish students, rather
than the institutions that they studied at, has
Resumen: Los historiadores de Gran
Bretaña e Irlanda se han interesado durante
mucho tiempo en las universidades y los es-
tudiantes Han reconocido la importancia de
estas instituciones e individuos dentro de la
historia de las élites, la historia del Estado, la
historia intelectual, la historia de la ciencia,
de los movimientos sociales y de la política y
el pensamiento político. Sin embargo, durante
muchos años, gran parte de esta investigación
se ha centrado en las propias instituciones
de educación superior y no en el alumnado
al que atienden. Tras la expansión del sector
de la educación superior y el crecimiento del
movimiento estudiantil en la década de
la cantidad y la calidad de la literatura sobre
*emilysharpnorthumbriaacuk Emily Sharp is a PhD candidate at Northumbria Uni-
versity in Newcastle upon Tyne UK She is currently working on an AHRCfunded project on
the history of the National Union of Students (NUSUK) and its participation in international
campaigns.
Recibido:
Aceptado:
01/02/2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20318/cian.2022.6995
Emily Sharp*
Northumbria University
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5215-7152
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CIAN, 25/1 (2022), 122-155. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20318/cian.2022.6995
RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES ON STUDENTS IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 1800-1945
grown substantially and has become a bur-
geoning historical ield This article surveys
the development of this historiography and
the key research perspectives on students in
Britain and Ireland from focu-
sing on ive thematic areas student culture
student representation and politics, student
life during war, students race and empire,
and student women to track the progress
development and connections between the
different strands of this historiography over
the past ifty years and to offer insights into
potential avenues for further research.
Keywords: Great Britain, Ireland, stu-
dents, universities, social history.
estudiantes británicos e irlandeses, en lugar
de las instituciones en las que estudiaron, ha
crecido sustancialmente y se ha convertido en
un loreciente campo histórico Este artículo
analiza el desarrollo de esta historiograía y
las perspectivas de investigación clave sobre
los estudiantes en Gran Bretaña e Irlanda en-
tre y centrándose en cinco áreas
temáticas: cultura estudiantil, representación
y política estudiantil, vida estudiantil durante
la guerra, raza e imperio estudiantil y mujeres
estudiantes, para rastrear el progreso, el de-
sarrollo y las conexiones entre las diferentes
corrientes de esta historiograía durante los
últimos cincuenta años y ofrecer información
sobre posibles vías para futuras investigacio-
nes.
Palabras clave: Gran Bretaña, Irlanda,
estudiantes, universidades, historia social.
Historians of Britain and Ireland have long been interested in universities
and students They have acknowledged the importance of these institutions
and individuals within the history of elites, the history of the state, intellec-
tual history, the history of science, of social movements and of politics and
political thought. In the past, much of this research centred around higher
education institutions, rather than the student body that they cater for.1 No-
netheless, while students have not been the primary focus of such accounts,
these institutional and university histories do offer interesting insights into
the content of students’ education, the changes in the curriculum, policies,
structures and intentions of higher education institutions, and the context in
which students in Britain and Ireland have been operating.
Moreover since the growth of the student movement in the s
and the expansion of higher education in the United Kingdom (as associa-
ted with the Robbins Report of and the Further and Higher Education
Act of 2 the quantity and quality of literature on British and Irish stu-
1 For a comprehensive literature review of university history see Robert Anderson Wri-
ting University History in Great Britain from the s to the Present CIANRevista de His
toria de las Universidades no and Roy Lowe The Changing Role of the
Academic Journal The Coverage of Higher Education in History of Education as a Case Study,
History of Education no which offers useful insights into
the separation of the ‘history of the university’ from the ‘history of education’.
2 The Robbins Report recommended that all colleges of advanced technology
should be given the status of universities and that university places “should be available to all
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EMILY SHARP
dents, rather than the institutions that they studied at, has grown substan-
tially. Although many outlets for such histories continue to focus on univer-
sity history, or consider students within the broader context of the history
of education,3 various research groups and structures have emerged that di-
rectly focus on students. The development of the ield of student history has
also seen a growing emphasis on cultural themes and a greater integration of
transnational perspectives within the literature. Thus far, a large proportion
of these works of student history have concentrated on the postwar period
analysing the impact of the expansion of the higher education sector and the
global student movement of the late s on students in Britain and Ire-
land.5 This article moves away from this focus on the post-war period and ins-
tead highlights the research that has been conducted on the earlier history of
students and student life It seeks to demonstrate the signiicance of this pe-
riod in the evolution and expansion of the higher education sector, including
the changing ways that students interacted with their institutions, each other
and the local populace; the importance of the entry of women into the British
higher education system and the impact that events such as the First World
War and the dissolution of the British Empire had on students and student
life. It will do so by examining the major research perspectives on students
in Britain and Ireland from to focusing on ive thematic areas
student culture; student representation and politics; student life during war;
who were qualiied for them by ability and attainment The Further and Higher Education Act
also expanded the deinition of university with polytechnics now also being incorpo-
rated under this deinition
3 For example, see established journals such as CIAN, History of Universities, History of
Education and Paedagogica Historica
For example, in 2022, the centenary of the National Union of Students UK has given rise
to various events conferences and workshops on the history of students the student move-
ment and student life in the UK such as the Researching Student Histories workshop series
led by academics from Portsmouth, UCL, Northumbria, and Swansea. Additionally, the ‘Gene-
ration UCL project explores two centuries of student life in London to mark UCLs bicentenary
in These anniversary projects have then been complemented by the work of a growing
number of PhD candidates whose funded research focuses on British student history and stu-
dent life in Britain such as Carlus Hudson Portsmouth Sarah Louise Webster Manchester
and Uduma Ogenyi (SOAS/UCL).
5 See eg Caroline M Hoefferle British Student Activism in the Long Sixties New York Rout-
ledge Esmée Sinéad Hanna Student Power The Radical Days of the English Universities
Newcastle Cambridge Scholars Publishing Nick Thomas Challenging the Myths of
the s The Case of Student Protest in Britain Twentieth Century British History 13, no. 3
and Jodi Burkett ed Students in TwentiethCentury Britain and Ireland (New
York Palgrave MacMillan
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