Dr James Robson
James Robson is Co-Director of Oxford University’s Centre for Skills, Knowledge, and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), Associate Professor of Tertiary Education Systems, and leads Oxford’s MSc in HE. He was a CGHE co-investigator on Project 3, ‘Research on Research: the research function and mission of higher education’.
His research focuses on the political economy of Tertiary Education systems with a particular focus on the intersection between education and employment, skills supply and demand, research eco-systems, social justice, and sustainability. Recent projects have focused on: skills supply for the green economy; skill needs in big business contexts; global research eco-systems; and widening participation and access. He has received major research funding from the ESRC, the AHRC, the GCRF, the Edge Foundation, the Royal Society, the British Academy, the Office for Students and Research England.
CGHE research projects
Past Events
- Webinar 2 | CGHE Research on Research Project
- CGHE Webinar Series: Research on Research Project
- CGHE Annual Conference 2023 – From Higher to Tertiary: Democratising Post-School Education
- Resilience, flexibility, and normativity: rethinking the role of the Humanities in the economy
- Repurposing University Education: The Role of Liberal Arts Education in Asia
- CGHE Annual Conference 2022 – Higher education knowledge in a plural world
- Mapping the political economy of digital technology in Higher Education during Covid-19
- English higher education reworked: what are the likely outcomes of the Government’s new student loan and tertiary participation package?
- CGHE Annual Conference 2021: Remaking higher education for a more equal world
