Fellowship of the Society for Research into Higher Education
Fellowship of the Society for Research into Higher Education represents a reward and public recognition for those who have made a significant contribution in the field of research into higher education. Fellows have a reputation of substance in the field and are nominated and appointed from the SRHE membership. Their knowledge and expertise is welcomed by the Society, and fellows are encouraged to take on an advisory role to help develop the work of the Society.
Nominations 2025
The Society’s fellowship programme is being revived during its 60th anniversary, following a period of dormancy of some ten years. Members are encouraged to nominate candidates for fellowship who may have been missed out over this period, but also to consider current members who may be eligible. More information is available in the guidance below.
Complete the nomination form and send to srhe@srhe.ac.uk. Nominations open on 6 January 2025, and will close on 31 March 2025.
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Current Fellows and Honorary Fellows
| Name | Affiliation | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Marcia Devlin | Federation University Australia | January 2014 |
| Professor Lee Harvey | Copenhagen Business School, Denmark | January 2013 |
| Professor Monica Mclean | University of Nottingham | January 2013 |
| Professor Patrick Ainley | University of Greenwich | January 2012 |
| Professor Carole Leathwood | London Metropolitan University | January 2012 |
| Professor Jeroen Huisman | University of Bath | January 2012 |
| Professor Lynn McAlpine | University of Oxford/ McGill | January 2012 |
| Professor Rob Cuthbert | University of West of England | January 2011 |
| Professor Claire Callender | University of London, Birkbeck & Institute of Education | January 2011 |
| Professor Paul Trowler | University of Lancaster | January 2011 |
| Professor Ian McNay | University of Greenwich | January 2011 |
| Professor Rosemary Deem | Royal Holloway, London | January 2010 |
| Professor Kerri-Lee Krause | Griffith University Australia | January 2010 |
| Professor Robin Middlehurst | University of Kingston, UK | January 2010 |
| Professor Ulrich Teichler | University Kassel | January 2009 |
| Professor Angela Brew | University of Sydney | January 2008 |
| Professor Gunnar Handal | University of Oslo | January 2008 |
| Professor Dai Hounsell | University of Edinburgh | January 2008 |
| Professor Louise Morley | University of Sussex | January 2008 |
| Professor Michael Shattock | Institute of Education University of London | January 2008 |
| Professor Mantz Yorke | Lancaster University | January 2008 |
| Professor John Brennan | Centre for Higher Education Research Information, Open University | January 2006 |
| Professor Oliver Fulton | University of Lancaster | January 2006 |
| Professor Malcolm Tight | University of Lancaster | January 2006 |
| Professor Simon Marginson | University of Sydney, Australia | January 2004 |
| Professor Gareth Parry | University of Sheffield | January 2004 |
| Mr John Skelton | Milton Keynes | January 2004 |
| Professor Noel Entwistle | University of Edinburgh | January 2002 |
| Professor David Dill | University of North Carolina | January 2001 |
| Professor James Ratcliffe | Pennsylvannia State University | January 2001 |
| Ms Harriet Croft | Bristol | January 2000 |
| Dr Peter Maassen | University of Oslo, Norway | January 2000 |
| Professor Ronald Barnett | Institute of Education, University of London | January 1998 |
| Professor Mary Henkel | Brunel University | January 1998 |
| Dr Marianne Bauer | University of Gothenburg | January 1997 |
| Professor Ingrid Moses | University of New England | January 1996 |
| Professor Sheldon Rothblatt | University of California | January 1996 |
| Professor Sinclair Goodlad | Imperial College London | January 1993 |
| Professor Ference Marton | University of Gothenburg | January 1992 |
| Professor David Boud | University of Technology Sydney | January 1991 |
| Professor John Pratt | University of East London | January 1991 |
| Professor Sir Peter Scott | Kingston University | January 1991 |
| Professor Alan Smithers | University of Buckingham | January 1991 |
Honorary Fellows
| Name | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Professor Christine Musselin | 2014 |
| Professor Jurgen Enders | 2011 |
| Professor Michael Peters | 2010 |
Fellows archive
1954 – 2009
Burton “Bob” Clark earned his Ph.D. in Sociology at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1954. Clark was the first incumbent of the Allan M. Cartter Professorship and served in that post until his formal retirement as Professor Emeritus of Higher Education and Sociology, UCLA. During his career, he taught at five American research universities in departments of sociology and graduate schools of education: Stanford University (Sociology, 1953-1956); Harvard University (Education, 1956-1958); UC Berkeley (Education, 1958-1966); Yale University (Sociology, 1966-1980); and UCLA (Education, 1980-1991). Clark was one of the first sociologists to study higher education from a global perspective. He became a Distinguished Member of the European Association for Institutional Research in 1997. The following year he received the Comenius Medal from UNESCO and was awarded honorary doctoral degrees from the universities of Strathclyde (1998) and Turku (2000).
1923 – 2018
Lewis Richard Benjamin Elton was a German-born British physicist and researcher into education, specialising in higher education.
He was Professor of Physics at Battersea College of Technology from 1964 until 1970. He founded the Institute of Educational Technology in 1967, the first of its kind. He became Professor of Higher Education in 1970, a post he held until 1988.
In 1994 he was appointed Professor of Higher Education at University College London, where he founded the Higher Education Research and Development Unit (now the Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching). He became an honorary professor there in 2003. He was appointed Visiting Professor of Higher Education at Manchester University in August 2005.
Read a full tribute to Lewis via https://srheblog.com/tag/lewis-elton/
1949 – 2022
Professor John Richardson enjoyed a distinguished career, first in cognitive psychology and lately as a student-centred higher education researcher. He was a leading contributor to the development of the UK’s National Student Survey and a greater understanding of students from traditionally underrepresented groups.
John was the Associate Editor for the SRHE Journal Studies in Higher Education from 2012 – 2020. A highly respected scholar he also authored several titles for the SRHE & Open University press, and later in the SRHE book series.
Read a tribute to John by Bart Rienties at https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/jun/03/john-richardson-obituary
Ted Tapper was longstanding supporter of the Society for Research into Higher Education, known not only for his influential writings but also his generous support for so many colleagues in the field.
Ted Tapper spent most of his academic career at the University of Sussex (1968-2003). He was an Emeritus Professor of Politics, University of Sussex, and also held a research professorship at the Oxford Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (OxCheps) which is based at New College, Oxford. At Sussex he was a member of the Department of International Relations and Politics, completing his career as departmental chair. He was also Series Editor for the Routledge comparative series, ‘International Studies in Higher Education’ alongside David Palfreyman and Scott Thomas (Claremont Graduate University, California).
A fuller tribute to Ted can be found at: https://srhe.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Ted-Tapper.pdf Originally published in SRHE News.
1949 – 2015
Professor Sir David John Watson was a British academic and educationalist. He was Director of Brighton Polytechnic from 1990 to 1992 and Vice-Chancellor of its successor the University of Brighton from 1992 to 2005. In 2005 he was appointed Professor of Higher Education Management at the Institute of Education and was Course Director of the Institute’s MBA in Higher Education Management. Between 2010 and 2015 he was Principal of Green Templeton College, Oxford and Professor of Higher Education at the University of Oxford. David was a committed supporter of the work of the Society for Research into Higher Education and the Society’s President from 2005 to 2012.
Read a Tribute to David written by Paul Temple via https://srheblog.com/2015/05/05/david-watson-1949-2015-a-tribute/#more-302 and https://srheblog.com/2015/02/10/professor-david-watson-1949-2015/
1935 – 2021
Gareth Williams began his career at St John’s College, Cambridge where he read economics. On graduation he was appointed to a research post at the Agricultural Economics Research Unit at Oxford. From there he moved on to the economics of education, in a post in OECD working on econometric models of education, including the application of forecasting models.
In 1968 he became Joint Director of the Higher Education Research Unit, which had transferred to LSE. Five years later at the age of 37 he was appointed at Lancaster as Professor of Educational Planning and Director of the Institute for Research and Development in Post Compulsory Education. In 1984 he accepted an invitation to join the Institute of Education (now part of UCL) as Professor of Educational Administration where he established the Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES) which became a leading centre for research and policy studies in the field. On his retirement Ron Barnett, Paul Temple and Peter Scott edited a festschrift, Valuing Higher Education (UCL Institute of Education Press 2016) which brought together contributions from academic colleagues from around the world stimulated by his work.
Read a full tribute to Gareth via: https://srheblog.com/2021/09/28/professor-gareth-williams-his-contribution-to-british-higher-education/
Lifetime achievement
1923 – 2013
Renate Simpson, graduate of the London School of Economics, authored published research on postgraduate education since the 1960s, first with Ernest Rudd in the Unit for Research into Higher Education at the University of Essex, and then in Cuba and the Philippines. The Society for Research into Higher Education published her monograph How the PhD came to Britain in 1983, and she provided the historical section of the Winfield Report The Social Science PhD in 1987.
Renate was born in Berlin in 1923, and was exiled to London with her mother and siblings in 1934.
Fuller accounts of Renate’s life and achievements can be found at:
http://www.sisters.org.uk/Renate%20Simpson%20biography.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jan/02/renate-simpson-obituary
1948-2022
Professor and Foundation Director of the LH Martin Institute, Lynn was previously Professor and Director of the Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy at the University of New England. Having completed a PhD in the sociology of higher education at the University of Cambridge, he had almost three decades experience researching higher education policy issues.
Lynn was the Editor-in-Chief for SRHE journal Studies in Higher Education from 2012 – 2020. He was on the editorial board of several international journals and book series and worked with such international agencies as UNESCO and the OECD.
Read a full tribute to Lynn via https://srhe.ac.uk/in-memoriam-vincent-lynn-meek/
SRHE Fellows Event – 27 June 2013
The opening presentation and audio podcast from Fellow and now Vice-President of the Society, Professor Sir Peter Scott from the UCL Institute of Education, London are available here: