Publications list

Monograph

• Patel, J. (forthcoming). Universities and the purpose of higher education: Expansion and development in post-war Britain. SRHE/Routledge.

  • Based on my PhD: Patel, J. (2021) Imagining the role of the student in society : ideas of British higher education policy and pedagogy 1957-1972. PhD thesis, University of Warwick. For historians interested in the archival material cited, the PhD, which has MHRA footnoting, may be helpful. It can be found here: http://webcat.warwick.ac.uk/record=b3764344

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Peer-reviewed articles 

• Patel, J. (2023). Midlands industrialists, liberal education, and the founding of the University of Warwick. Midlands History, 48(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/0047729X.2023.2217232

• Patel, J. (2023). The Puzzle of Lionel Robbins: How a Neoliberal Economist Expanded Public University Education in 1960s Britain. Twentieth Century British History, 34(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwac039

• Patel, J. (2021). Breadth, ‘National Needs’, and reimagining the role of the university in society: The early University of Warwick. Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 8(4). https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v8i4.794

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Chapters and edited collections

• Patel, J., Botcherby, P., Sleight, L., & Woods, K. (2024). Co-creation and the opportunities and challenges of the student archive. In L. Hortelano, M. Gruden, & A. Stojanovic (Eds.), They: Live. Exploring student lives through context-based art. Tirant Humanidades. Available at: https://krcadinac.com/download/books/theylive.pdf#page=77

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Policy reports and professional publications

• Patel, J. (2025), 'Tertiary pathways in practice: institutions' views of partnerships between higher and further education in Scotland and England', Edge Foundation. Available at: https://www.edge.co.uk/research/projects/research-reports/tertiary-pathways-in-practice/

• Laczik, A., Patel, J., Emms, K., Dabbous, D., Newton, O., Quyoum, A., Hordern, J., Orr, K., Wormald, J., James Relly, S., Polding, L. (2025), ‘Degree Apprenticeships in England: what can we learn from the experiences of apprentices, employers and providers?’, Edge Foundation. Available at: https://www.edge.co.uk/research/projects/research-reports/degree-apprenticeships-in-england/

• Dabous, D., Patel, J., Emms, K., Laczik, A., Orr, K., Papworth, H., Gluck, S., Newton, O. (2024). ‘Student Voices: What Are Students Saying About Their Experiences of T Levels?’, Edge Foundation. Available at: https://www.edge.co.uk/research/projects/research-reports/student-voices-what-are-students-saying-about-their-experiences-of-t-levels/

• Sevens, T., France, A., Staniland, C., Stevens, K., Patel, J. (2024) ‘What makes an effective Work Based Mentor in Allied Healthcare Professions: perceptions and expectations’. Edge Foundation. Available at: https://www.edge.co.uk/research/projects/research-reports/what-makes-an-effective-work-based-mentor-in-allied-health-professions-perceptions-and-expectations/

• Patel, J. (2024). General/Liberal Studies in English Further Education: The rise and fall of a radical programme to balance general and technical education, c1957–1980. Learning from the Past. Edge Foundation. Available at: https://www.edge.co.uk/research/learning-from-the-past/learning-from-the-past-papers/

• Emms, K., Laczik, A. and Patel, J. (2023) New Higher Education Institutions in England: A real chance to innovate?, London: Edge Foundation. Available at: https://www.edge.co.uk/research/projects/research-reports/new-higher-education-institutions-in-england-a-real-chance-to-innovate/

• Patel, J. (2023). The Evolving Tertiary Space in London. In E. Dixon (Ed.), Talking Tertiary: How London’s Universities and Colleges are working together to support students, employers and local communities. London Higher. Available at: https://londonhigher.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/EMBARGOED_Talking-Tertiary-1.pdf#page=12

• Laczik, A., & Patel, J. (2023). The evolving tertiary space in the UK: Meeting the skills needs through HE in FE. In H. Carasso (Ed.), UK higher education – policy, practice and debate during HEPI’s first 20 years (HEPI Report 161). Available at: https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2023/07/12/despite-some-huge-changes-the-last-20-years-of-higher-education-policy-have-left-some-big-questions-unresolved/

• Laczik, A., Dabbous, D., Patel, J. and Wilson, E. (2023) Good Policy Making: What can we learn from past policies? : Edge Foundation. Available at: https://www.edge.co.uk/research/projects/research-reports/good-policy-making-what-can-we-learn-from-past-policies/

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Other academic publications

• Patel, J. (2023). Review of Playing the Market: Retail Investment and Speculation in Twentieth-Century Britain, by K. Heinemann. Twentieth Century British History, 34(3), 593–596. https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwad017

• Patel, J. (2021). Utopian Universities. History Workshop Journal, 92, 264–271. https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbab029

• Patel, J. (2021). Editorial: PGR Pandemic Pedagogies. Journal of PGR Pedagogic Practice, 1. https://doi.org/10.31273/jppp.vol1.2021.925

• Patel, J. (2017). The ‘Biological Turn’ in History Writing. Exchanges: The Warwick Research Journal, 4(2), 280–297. https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v4i2.165

  • This was an edit of my 2016 undergraduate dissertation, which also evolved into my master’s dissertation later in 2017. In 2020, I prepared a version for a special issue of a history journal; it was ultimately rejected (probably for good reasons), and I decided to deprioritise further work on it. For anyone interested in this area, the 2017 version is fine, but the more fully developed 2020 version, though unpublished, can be accessed here.

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Selected conference papers

• May 2025 – Keynote: ‘Four Nations’ Approaches to Tertiary Collaboration and Tertiary Journeys’, Understanding and Supporting Student Transitions in Scotland, STEP, SQAA

• May 2025 – Keynote: ‘Warwick and the Transformation of Liberal Education: The Role of Universities from Social Democracy to Neoliberalism’, Nurturing Hope: Liberal Education, Democracy, and Designing Sustainable Futures, University of Warwick

• December 2024 – ‘(One) Model of Student Behaviour in Liberal HE Systems: British Post-War Expansion’, CGHE International Student Funding Network

• December 2024 – ‘Degree Apprenticeships in England: Learnings from Experiences of Apprentices, Employers, and HE Providers’, UVAC National Conference 2024

• June 2024 – ‘Understanding Graduate Experiences of Indebtedness in England and Scotland: Personal Experiences of Graduate Indebtedness’, SRHE Student Access and Experience Network

• December 2023 – ‘Revisiting the Robbins Report at 60: Education for Citizenship versus Education for Consumerism?’, SRHE International Research Conference

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Blogs, comment, and other

• Patel, J. (2025, January 30). Degree apprenticeships in England: What can we learn from the experiences of apprentices, employers, and education and training providers? Higher Education Policy Institute. https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/01/30/degree-apprenticeships-in-england-what-can-we-learn-from-the-experiences-of-apprentices-employers-and-education-and-training-providers/

• Patel, J. & Emms, K. (2025, January 27). Degree apprenticeship delivery needs strengthening to realise their potential. Wonkhe. https://wonkhe.com/blogs/degree-apprenticeship-delivery-needs-strengthening-to-realise-their-potential/

• Patel, J. (2024, September 3). Debt and doubt: A graduate’s frustrations with the current higher education loans regime. SRHE Blog. https://srheblog.com/2024/09/03/debt-and-doubt-a-graduates-frustrations-with-the-current-higher-education-loans-regime/

• Patel, J., (2024). Learning from the past: General / Liberal Studies in English FE, c. 1957- 1980. Post-16 Educator, 116. https://post16educator.org.uk/resources/archive/116/PSE-116-Patel-only.pdf

• Patel, J. & Gluck, S. (2024, July 3). Wales’ journey towards an integrated tertiary education system. Edge Foundation. https://www.edge.co.uk/news-and-events/blogs/wales-journey-towards-an-integrated-tertiary-education-system/

• Patel, J. (2023, September 20). New perspectives on the Robbins Report at 60: Education for citizenship versus education for consumerism? Higher Education Policy Institute. https://www.hepi.ac.uk/2023/09/20/new-perspectives-on-the-robbins-report-at-60-education-for-citizenship-versus-education-for-consumerism/

• Lewis, J. (2022). The Warwick Sports Show (With Dr Josh Patel, Maskulinities Project) [Audio podcast episode]. RaWSport. Mixcloud. https://www.mixcloud.com/RaWSport/the-warwick-sports-show-with-dr-josh-patel-maskulinities-project/

  • An interview I gave with James Lewis (then a history student who was also a member of UWSWP) on Warwick student radio (RaW) on the Maskulinities project.

• Patel, J. (2022). Universities, science, and 'national decline' in Britain, 1945-70. How did the place of universities in British society change following the Second World War? Modern History Review, 25(1). https://magazines.hachettelearning.com/magazine/modern-history-review/25/1/universities-science-and-national-decline-in-britain-1945-70/

• Patel, J. (2020). Quinn Slobodian: Globalists and the making of neoliberalism. GHCC Blog, University of Warwick. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/ghcc/blog/quinn_slobodian_globalists/

• Bycroft, M. (2017). Ideals and Practices of Rationality – An Interview with Lorraine Daston. Exchanges: the Warwick Research Journal, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v4i2.157

  • I was acknowledged for my editorial assistance in transcribing this interview during my Masters. I've included it here because, firstly, it was a very helpful activity in helping me appreciate approaches in the history of science and historical epistemology, and, secondly, this would have been a very different task today, and one I probably wouldn't have been involved with, with AI transcription tools.