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Contents: Part I. Introduction (1. McNay, Ian: Delivering Mass Higher Education - The reality of policy in practice). - Part II. Student issues (2. Leathwood, Carole: Accessing Higher Education - policy, practice and equity in widening participation in England. - 3. Gallacher, Jim: Differentiation and Stratification in Scottish higher education. - 4. Osborne, Bob: Participation and Access in Higher Education in Northern Ireland. - 5. Little, Brenda: The Student Experience and the Impact of Social Capital. - 6. Pearson, Richard: The Demise of the Graduate labour market). - Part III. (7. Conole, Grainne: What Impact are Technologies Having and How are they changing practice? - 8. Knight, Peter: Assessing complex achievements. - 9. Yorke, Mantz: Formative Assessment and Employability - some implications for higher education practices. - 10. Lucas, Lisa: "To them that have shall be given, but..." - the future of funding and evaluating research in UK universities. - 11. Wedgewood, Marilyn: Mainstreaming the Third Stream). - Part 4. Staff and system issues (12. McNay, Ian: Managing Institutions in a Mass Higher Education System. - 13. Court, Stephen: Academic Staff in a Mass Higher Education System - the State We're in. - 14. Saunderson, Wendy: Gender [In] Equity in Mass Higher Education - the need for change. - 15. Whitchurch, Celia: Administrators or Managers? The Shifting Roles and Identities of Professional Administrators and Managers in UK Higher Education. - 16. Shattock, Michael: University Governance and the Role of the State). - Part 5. Looking forward, moving on (17. McNay, Ian: The Agenda Ahead - Building on Experience) (HoF/text adopted)