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SUMMARY:Student volunteering in historical perspective: debates and tensio
 ns in Israeli higher education - Dr Adi Sapir (University of Haifa)
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DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, Dr Sapir will present her research on the histo
 rical development of student volunteering in Israeli higher education and 
 its current implications. Based on archival analysis of two elite universi
 ties over four decades\, the study identifies three key debates surroundin
 g student volunteering: over the purpose of volunteering\; over its mandat
 ory nature\; and over the awarding of academic credit. Challenging current
  critiques which focus on tensions embedded in the current neo-liberal cli
 mate\, the historical lens reveals that key features - such as individuali
 sation\, control mechanisms\, and demands for compensation - were shaped i
 n earlier decades. These debates reflect broader questions about the shift
 ing boundaries of the academic mission\, student equity\, and academic aut
 onomy. Connecting this study to ongoing research on widening participation
  in Israeli higher education\, she argues that mandatory volunteering requ
 irements tied to need-based grants function as mechanisms of disciplinary 
 poverty governance\, reproducing inequality through disciplinary practices
 .\n\nDr Adi Sapir is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Leadership and
  Policy in Education at the University of Haifa. Her research focuses on h
 igher education and its social\, cultural\, historical\, and organisationa
 l contexts. She has studied early academic entrepreneurship\, the evolving
  meanings of basic and applied research\, and the commodification of unive
 rsities’ public roles. Her current work examines equity in higher educat
 ion\, focusing on the experiences and challenges of students from disadvan
 taged backgrounds and the institutional barriers they encounter.\n\nSpeake
 rs:\nDr Adi Sapir (University of Haifa)
LOCATION:St Anne's College (Seminar room 5)\, Woodstock Road OX2 6HS
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/6bfa93b0-413e-475a-88ae-ecd906bbfe71/
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