MSc Education (Research Des and Meth)

在英国大学里的酷儿经历的故事似乎在当前的高等教育社会史研究中缺失了。对酷儿历史的研究是政治和社会进步的重要工具。“酷儿”一词可以指“非异性恋的身份和性取向”2，它挑战了主导性取向和性别话语。因此，酷儿历史可以被视为一种“挑战性”的历史。大学作为“讨论和辩论”的场所，可以说是很好地面对挑战性的历史。出于这些原因，大学似乎应该反思自己的古怪历史。我建议的研究将帮助他们做到这一点，通过呈现一个更全面的历史同性恋大学生的经验告诉以前的学生。

The stories of queer experiences at UK universities seem to be missing from current research in the social history of higher education. Research into queer history is an important tool for political and social progress 1. The term 'queer' can refer to 'nonheteronormative identities and sexualities' 2, which challenges dominant sexuality and gender discourse. Therefore, queer history could be viewed as a 'challenging' history. Universities are arguably well placed to confront challenging histories based on their function as places of 'discussion and debate'3. For these reasons, it seems that universities should reflect on their own queer histories. The research I propose will help them do this, by presenting a more comprehensive history of queer university students' experiences told by former students.