Malcolm Tight is Professor in Higher Education at the University of Lancaster, UK, where he directs the doctoral programme for professionals working in higher and further education. His research interests include the development of higher education research, the history and meaning of higher education and patterns of participation in higher education. Two of his other books for Open University Press are "How to Research 3e" (with Loraine Blaxter and Christina Hughes, 2006) and "Researching Higher Education" (2003).