Introduction

New Vistas, a UWL journal, provides a forum to disseminate research, commentary, and scholarly work that engages with the complex agenda of higher education in its local, national and global context. 

New Vistas invites contributions from UWL academics and doctoral students, as well as external authors. The journal’s aim is to showcase research in a modern university as it impacts on society, industry, and services. 

The journal appears twice a year (a spring and an autumn issue) with occasional special issues, and publishes for a broad academic, international and professional readership.

Recent articles

  • Black students in England 1950-2000: representation, identity and barriers to success

    This article by Lilian Godwin Pearce draws on the experiences of 22 black former students to try and understand their experiences.

    70s Black Students chatting
  • What is a lecturer?

    Erik Blair explains why trying to understand what a lecturer is, is trickier than you think.

    Students in a lecture hall
  • Autism, culpability and the criminal law

    Daniele Alge argues that criminal law remains the domain of the ‘reasonable man’ and struggles to define culpability in neurodiverse individuals.

    Gavel on blue jigsaw
  • Black students in England 1950-2000: representation, identity and barriers to success

    This article by Lilian Godwin Pearce draws on the experiences of 22 black former students to try and understand their experiences.

    70s Black Students chatting
  • What is a lecturer?

    Erik Blair explains why trying to understand what a lecturer is, is trickier than you think.

    Students in a lecture hall
  • Autism, culpability and the criminal law

    Daniele Alge argues that criminal law remains the domain of the ‘reasonable man’ and struggles to define culpability in neurodiverse individuals.

    Gavel on blue jigsaw