Sarah Hayes

What Makes It Real? Swapping Fake University Policy Agendas for Genuine Human Narratives

2019 · Proceedings of the 2019 AERA Annual Meeting

Fake news' is frequently (and understandably) portrayed as negative and a threat to democracy. Though controversial, this paper argues that the concept of 'fake news' is also useful, in helping to pinpoint certain 'falsehoods' transmitted …

From slogans to frameworks: Embedded values or postdigital positionality?

2022 · Policy Futures in Education

This article explores ways in which higher education (HE) slogans, together with related frameworks and policies, increasingly invade the personal, cultural and positional values of individual staff and students. After a quick exploration of examples …