MSc Education (Research Des and Meth)

英国大学奇特经历的故事似乎在目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1.“酷儿”一词可以指“非异性身份和性征”2，它挑战了主导的性行为和性别话语。因此，酷儿的历史可以被视为一部具有挑战性的历史。基于大学作为“讨论和辩论”场所的功能，大学可以说是很好地应对具有挑战性的历史3。出于这些原因，大学似乎应该反思自己的同性恋历史。我提出的研究将帮助他们做到这一点，通过呈现更全面的同性恋大学生经历的历史，由以前的学生讲述。

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.