Student affairs in the U.K.

A short essay by Eric Stoller for Inside Higher Education supports the increasing professionalization of student affairs work in the U.K. Beyond Stoller's advocacy, there is a lot of evidence of the good work being done by student services/affairs staff in U.K. institutions. One specific example is the work of Andrew West and his colleagues at the University of Sheffield. The work at Sheffield is one example of finely focused and effective work supporting "care leavers" (students who have been in the U.K. state/foster care system) as they seek college degrees. This work is one of the chapters included in the upcoming release, Enhancing Student Learning and Development in Cross-Border Higher Education (Robers & Komives, Eds., 2016). Watch for the release of this book in October 2016; it includes practice examples from around the world.