Advance HE Teaching & Learning Conference 2018: Unbundling higher education: Lessons from research in UK and South Africa and ways ahead

Drawing on our research in South Africa and the UK within the ESRC-funded project "The Unbundled University: Researching emerging models in an unequal landscape" this workshop focuses on the relationship between public universities and alternative providers. The project examines the policies and practices that are shaped by and shape the increasing marketisation digitalisation and unbundling in HE in both countries. Outlining some of our key findings we will engage participants in a discussion on the shifting ‘public’/‘private’ divide in HE and its impact on widening access and participation in teaching and learning at UK universities.