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Higher

Higher is a series of radio plays, submitted as one item as they feature recurring characters in a recurring situation and all address different aspects of the same issues - outward facing curriculum, resistance to change, internationalisation, research partnerships, rebranding, inspection, quality, and in the eighth play, the possibility of privatisation. These plays aim to explore the questions: 1 What is a university in the 21st century? 2 How do universities fit into the ever shifting social and economic environment? 3 How must those people working in universities change in order to survive? These questions are addressed in satirical form, but grounded in the realities of current pressures and practice.

Year of publication: 2008-2012

Higher 1 In: Afternoon Drama, BBC Radio 4, 20 May 2008

Higher 2: Partners. In: Afternoon Drama, BBC Radio 4, 20 August 2009. [Performance] (2009)

Higher 3: Inspection. In: Afternoon Drama, BBC Radio 4, 21 August 2009. [Performance] (2009)

Higher 4: The Price of Partnership. In: Afternoon Drama, BBC Radio 4, 9 August 2011. [Performance] (2011)

Higher 5: Restructure. In: Afternoon Drama, BBC Radio 4, 16 August 2011. [Performance] (2011)

Higher 6: Rebrand Relaunch. In: Afternoon Drama, BBC Radio 4, 23 August 2011. [Performance] (2011)

Higher 7: Clearing. In: Afternoon Drama, BBC Radio 4, 30 July 2012 [Performance] (2012)

Higher 8: Privatisation, the Final Battle. In: Afternoon Drama, BBC Radio 4, 6 August 2012. [Performance] (2012)