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Brennan, John, Durazzi, Niccolo, Séné, Tanguy (2013). Things we know and don't know about the wider benefits of higher education: a review of the recent literature. (BIS Research Paper URN BIS/13/1244). Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Social Policy

Brennan, John, Cochrane, A.C., Lebeau, Y., Williams, R.K., Bennion, A. (2016). The university in its place: social and cultural perspectives on the regional role of universities. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.

Brennan, John (2013). Higher education differentiation and the myth of meritocracy: the case of the UK. In Zgaga, Pavel, Teichler, Ulrich, Brennan, John (Eds.), The Globalisation Challenge for European Higher Education (pp. 185-200). Verlag Peter Lang.

Brennan, John, Branco Sousa, Sofia (2013). UK research excellence framework and the transformation of research production. In Musselin, C., Teixeira, P. (Eds.), Reforming Higher Education (pp. 65-82). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.

Zgaga, Pavel, Teichler, Ulrich, Brennan, John (Eds.) (2013). The globalisation challenge for European higher education: convergence and diversity, centres and peripheries. Verlag Peter Lang.

Brennan, John (2012). Is there a future for higher education institutions in the knowledge society? European Review, 20(02), 195-202. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798711000421

Brennan, John (2012). Talking about quality: the changing uses and impact of quality assurance. The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.

Andreu, Elias, Brennan, John (2012-04-26 - 2012-04-27) The implications of the Bologna process for social equity [Paper]. Future of higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers’ Conference, Bucharest, Romania, ROM.

Brennan, John, Patel, Kavita (2011). Excellence’ and the student experience of higher education: what it is and wow to find it. In Rostan, Michele, Vaira, Massimiliano (Eds.), Questioning Excellence in Higher Education: Policies, Experiences and Challenges in National and Comparative Perspective (pp. 37-56). Sense publishers.

Brennan, John, Patel, Kavita (2011). Up market or down market: shopping for higher education in the UK. In Teixeira, Pedro N., Dill, David D. (Eds.), Public Vices, Private Virtues?: Assessing the Effects of Marketization in Higher Education (pp. 315-326). Sense publishers.

Hey, Valerie, Dunne, Mairead, Aynsley, Sarah, Kimura, Maki, Bennion, Alice, Brennan, John, Patel, Jiten (2011). Applied research into the experiences of black and minority ethnic staff in higher education. Equality Challenge Unit.

Brennan, John, Singh, Mala (2011). Playing the quality game - whose quality and whose higher education? In Rhoten, Diana, Calhoun, Craig (Eds.), Knowledge Matters: the Public Mission of the Research University (pp. 393-422). Columbia University Press.

Brennan, John (2011). The university in its place. In Growing the Future: Universities Leading, Changing and Creating the Regional Economy (pp. 22-24). University Alliance.

Brennan, John (2010). Final thoughts on his ‘conceptual system’ - a legacy for the next 30 years. In Burrage, Michael (Ed.), Twentieth-Century Higher Education: Elite to Mass to Universal (pp. p. 554). Johns Hopkins University. Press.

Brennan, John (2010). Higher education. In Fitzpatrick, Tony, Kwon, Huck-ju, Manning, Nick, Midgley, James, Pascall, Gillian (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Social Policy . Routledge.

Brennan, John, Edmunds, Robert, Houston, Muir, Jary, David, Lebeau, Yann, Osborne, Michael, Richardson, John T.E. (2010). Improving what is learned at university: an exploration of the social and organisational diversity of university education. Routledge.

Brennan, John (2010). Burton Clark’s the higher education system: academic organization in cross‐national perspective. London Review of Education, 8(3), 229-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/14748460.2010.515122

Brennan, John (2010). Employability of university graduates and graduate outcomes. In Peterson, Penelope, Baker, Eva, McGaw, Barry (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (pp. 354-359). Elsevier (Firm).

Brennan, John, Patel, Kavita, Tang, Winnie (2009). Diversity in the student learning experience and time devoted to study: a comparative analysis of the UK and European evidence. Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Brennan, John, Naidoo, Rajani, Patel, Kavita (2009). Quality, equity and the social dimension: the shift from the national to the European level. In Kehm, Barbara M., Huisman, J., Stensaker, B. (Eds.), The European Higher Education Area: Perspectives on a Moving Target (pp. 141-162). Sense publishers.

Brennan, John (2008). Higher education and social change. Higher Education, 56(3), 381-393. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-008-9126-4

Brennan, John, Naidoo, Rajani (2008). Higher education and the achievement (and/or prevention) of equity and social justice. Higher Education, 56(3), 287-302. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-008-9127-3

Brennan, John, Williams, Ruth (2008). Higher education outside the universities: UK case. In Taylor, James S., Brites Ferreira, Jose, de Lourdes Machado, Maria, Santiago, Rui (Eds.), Non-University Higher Education in Europe (pp. 231-244). Springer Netherlands.

Brennan, John, Osborne, Mike (2008). Higher education’s many diversities: of students, institutions and experiences; and outcomes? Research Papers in Education, 23(2), 179-190. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671520802048711

Brennan, John (2008). It’s not always what you know - why graduates get jobs. In Kehm, Barbara M. (Ed.), Hochschule Im Wandel: Die Universität Als Forschungsgegenstand . Campus Verlag.

Brennan, John, Thorpe, Mary (2008). Public value in adult learning. Ad-Lib: Journal for Continuing Liberal Adult Education, 35, 22-25.

Brennan, John, Patel, Kavita (2008). Student identities in mass higher education: identity and the academic profession. In Amaral, Alberto, Bleiklie, Ivar, Musselin, Christine (Eds.), From Governance to Identity : a Festschrift for Mary Henkel (pp. 19-30). Springer Netherlands.

Brennan, John, Teichler, Ulrich (2008). The future of higher education and of higher education research. Higher Education, 56(3), 259-264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-008-9124-6

Brennan, John (2008). The multiple functions of evaluation and quality assessment. In Cavalli, Alessandro (Ed.), Quality Assessment for Higher Education in Europe (pp. 17-25). Portland Press Ltd.

Brennan, John, Naidoo, Rajani (2007). Higher education and the achievement (or prevention) of equity and social justice. In Higher Education Looking Forward: Relations Between Higher Education and Society (pp. 25-35). European Science Foundation.

Brennan, John, Naidoo, Rajani (2007). Managing contradictory functions: the role of universities in societies undergoing radical social transformation. In Neave, G. (Ed.), Knowledge, Power and Dissent: Critical Perspectives on Higher Education and Research in Knowledge Society . UNESCO Publishing.

Brennan, John (2007). Equity, quality and employability - lessons from the United Kingdom. In Looking Back to Look Forward. Analyses of Higher Education After the Turn of the Millennium. (pp. 31-42). International Centre for Higher Education Research.

Brennan, John (2007). On researching ourselves: the difficult case of autonomy in researching higher education. In Kayrooz, Carole, Åkerlind, Gerlese S., Tight, Malcolm (Eds.), Autonomy in Social Science Research (pp. 167-181). Emerald.

Brennan, John, Locke, William, Naidoo, Rajani (2007). United Kingdom: an increasingly stratified profession. In Locke, William, Teichler, Ulrich (Eds.), The Changing Conditions for Academic Work and Career in Selected Countries (pp. 163-176). International Centre for Higher Education Research.

Brennan, John (2007). The academic profession and increasing expectations of relevance. In Kogan, Maurice, Teichler, Ulrich (Eds.), Key Challenges to the Academic Profession (pp. 19-28). International Centre for Higher Education Research.

Brennan, John (2007). The rise of the evaluative society and the legitimisation of 'difference' in UK higher education. In Towards a Cartography of Higher Education Policy Change (pp. 105-111). Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS).

Brennan, John, Gourley, Brenda M. (2006). Strategic alliances between universities and their communities. In Weber, Luc E., Duderstadt, James J. (Eds.), Universities and Business: Partnering for the Knowledge Society (pp. 39-62). Economica.

Brennan, John (2005). Graduate employment surveys in the UK. In Cammelli, A. (Ed.), La Transizione Dall'universita Al Lavoro in europa e in Italia . Società Editrice il Mulino.

Williams, Ruth, Brennan, John, Woodley, Alan (2005). Alumni studies in the United Kingdom. In Weerts, David J., Vidal, Javier (Eds.), Enhancing Alumni Research: European and American Perspectives (pp. 83-94). Jossey-Bass.

Brennan, John (2005). Managing quality and the globalization of higher education. Research on Academic Degrees and University Evaluation, 3,

Brennan, John (2005). Reform and transformation following regime change. In Bleiklie, I., Henkel, M. (Eds.), Governing Knowledge: a Study of Continuity and Change in Higher Education (pp. 49-64). Springer Netherlands.

Brennan, John, Williams, R. (2004). Accreditation and related regulatory matters in the United Kingdom. In Schwarz, Stefanie, Westerheijden, Don F. (Eds.), Accreditation and Evaluation in the European Higher Education Area (pp. 465-490). Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Brennan, John (2004). Graduate employment: issues for debate and enquiry. International Higher Education, 34, 12-14.

Brennan, John, Shah, Tarla (2003). Access to what? educational opportunity and employment prospects. In Slowey, Maria, Watson, David (Eds.), Higher Education and the Lifecourse (pp. 106-124). Open University.

Brennan, John (2003). Graduate employment: issues for debate and inquiry. International Higher Education, 34, 12-14.

Brennan, John (2002). Transformation or reproduction? contradictions in the social role of the contemporary university. In Enders, Jurgen, Fulton, Oliver (Eds.), Higher Education in a Globalizing World - International Trends and Mutual Observations (pp. 73-86). Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Brennan, John (2001). Higher education research in the UK: a short overview and a case study. In Schwarz, Stefanie, Teichler, Ulrich (Eds.), The Institutional Basis of Higher Education Research. Experiences and Perspectives . Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Brennan, John (2001). Quality management, power and values in European higher education. In Smart, John C. (Ed.), Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research (pp. 119-145). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.

Woodley, Alan, Brennan, John (2000). Higher education and graduate employment in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Education, 35(2), 239-249. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-3435.00022

Brennan, John, Mills, Jonathan, Shah, Tarla, Woodley, Alan (2000). Lifelong learning for employment and equality the role of part-time degrees. Higher Education Quarterly, 54(4), 411-418. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2273.00168

Brennan, John, Shah, Tarla (2000). Managing quality in higher education: an international perspective on institutional assessment and change. Open University.

Brennan, John, Shah, Tarla (2000). Quality assessment and institutional change: experiences from 14 countries. Higher Education, 40(3), 331-349. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004159425182

Brennan, John, Shah, Tarla (2000). Territorial disputes: the impact of quality assurance on relationships between academic and institutional values. In McNay, I. (Ed.), Higher Education and Its Communities (pp. 85-94). Society for Research into Higher Education.

Brennan, John (1999). What kind of university. In Brennan, John, Fedrowitz, J., Huber, M., Shah, Tarla (Eds.), What kind of university? International perspectives on knowledge, participation and governance . Open University.

Brennan, John, Fedrowitz, J., Huber, M., Shah, Tarla (Eds.) (1999). What kind of university? International perspectives on knowledge, participation and governance. Open University.

Brennan, John (1997). Authority, legitimacy and change: the rise of quality assessment in higher education. Higher Education Management, 9(1), 7-29.

Brennan, John, Shah, Tarla (1997). Quality assessment, decision-making and institutional change. Tertiary Education and Management, 3(2), 157-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/13583883.1997.9966918

Brennan, John, de Vries, Peter, Williams, Ruth (Eds.) (1997). Standards and quality in higher education. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Brennan, John, Little, Brenda (1997). Steering higher education towards the workplace. Higher Education in Europe, 22(4), 531-537. https://doi.org/10.1080/0379772970220410

Brennan, John, Williams, Ruth, Harris, Robert, McNamara, David (1997). An institutional approach to quality audit. Studies in Higher Education, 22(2), 173-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079712331381024

Brennan, John, Kogan, Maurice, Teichler, Ulrich (Eds.) (1996). Higher education and work. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Brennan, John, Lyon, S., Schomburg, H., Teichler, Ulrich (1994). The experiences and views of graduates: messages from recent surveys. Higher Education Management, 6(3), 275-304.

Westerheijden, Don F., Brennan, John, Maassen, Peter A.M. (Eds.) (1994). Changing contexts of quality assessment: recent trends in Western European higher education. Uitgeverij Lemma.

Brennan, John, Goedegebuure, Leo C.J., Shah, Tarla, Westerheijden, Don F., Weusthof, Peter J.M. (1993). Comparing quality in Europe. Higher Education in Europe, 18(2), 129-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/0379772930180210

Kogan, Maurice, Brennan, John (1993). Higher education and the world of work. Higher Education in Europe, 18(2), 2-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/0379772930180202

Brennan, John, Murray, K., McGeevor, P. A., Lyon, E. S. (1993). Students, courses, and jobs: the relationship between higher education and the labour market. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Boys, Chris J., Brennan, John, Henkel, Mary, Kirkland, John, Kogan, Maurice, Youll, Penny (1989). Higher Education and the preparation for work. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Brennan, John, McGeevor, Philip (1988). Graduates at work: degree courses and the labour market. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Silver, Harold, Brennan, John (1988). A liberal vocationalism. Methuen & Co..