Revisit the institutional documents you examined in Reflective activity 'The relationship between higher education and society'. Are concepts such as societal transformation, social justice, critical thinking, democratic process/participation, and academic freedom alluded to? In what way? Using what language?
Reflect on the everyday institutional and teaching practices and processes which you witness and in which you engage: to what extent do you feel your (or others’) actual experiences and practices of institutional life are aligned to the stated ethos/mission?
In the context of your own discipline, consider how the higher education experience, and teaching, can contribute to your students’ capacity to positively influence the ‘urgencies of our time’.
