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Tag Archives: REF
Mar 19 2013
Open Access, the Impact Agenda and resistance to the neoliberal paradigm
2 CommentsYesterday’s post introduced the context of neoliberalism as the backdrop of change in higher education. Here Martin Eve provides further clarification of the neoliberal context, linking the impact agenda under the Research Excellence Framework as a key trait of a privatised … Continue reading
Posted by: March 19, 2013
Tagged with: privatisation, REF
Feb 26 2013
Case studies are a bridge to influence and a versatile method for communicating research findings
Comments OffBeyond its publicised use in the Research Excellence Framework, James Harvey considers the wider role of the case study as a research method and underlines its often overlooked function as a tool for communicating with different audiences and stakeholders. The case … Continue reading
Posted by: February 26, 2013
Tagged with: case studies, REF
Mar 5 2012
It’s possible to take advantage of the REF – to work between its lines – and approach it as an exercise in reconstructing the knowledge translations that researchers enacted in the past.
Comments OffAlongside petitions against the REF, we have also seen the growth of campaign groups that promote the impact of academic research. Simon Smith charts the concerns and counterarguments made by HEFCE and its critics and ends up finding cause for … Continue reading
Posted by: March 5, 2012
Tagged with: Academic communication, impact, REF, Research Excellence Framework
Jan 23 2012
The REF will strangle our vibrant academic community: it will alter morale, academic valuation of our work, and the way in which we do it
1 CommentAs researchers debate ideas of how to create an academic impact in preparation for the REF, Dr Peter Wells looks at the impact that the REF stands to have on academics, their morale and the ways in which they work. … Continue reading
Posted by: January 23, 2012
Tagged with: academics, impact, REF, research, Research Excellence Framework, teaching
Nov 7 2011
Levelling the playing field: maternity leave, paternity leave and the REF
Comments OffFor many academics, balancing research life and family life is a great challenge, and one which has not always been adequately taken account of by research assessments. Professor Athene Donald considers the initial recommendations regarding maternity leave in the REF, … Continue reading
Posted by: November 7, 2011
Tagged with: HEFCE, impact conference, maternity leave, outputs, RAE, REF, REF panels, Research Excellence Framework
Oct 14 2011
Universities are increasingly moving towards recognising digital scholarship despite conflicting messages that favour traditional publishing in journals
3 CommentsPressure to publish in traditional outlets, reinforced by the REF, conflicts with the needs of universities and scholars to make their work accessible online. Martin Weller writes that recognising digital scholarship sends a strong message about the values of its … Continue reading
Posted by: October 14, 2011
Tagged with: Academic communication, Blogging, digital era, Martin Weller, REF
Oct 13 2011
Knowledge Transfer professionals lead on realising the social and economic benefits of UK research, but their roles are suffering under the creaking economy.
Comments OffAs the economy struggles to recover, many institutions in the UK have faced reductions in funding and a loss of some Knowledge Transfer jobs. Linda Baines, Secretary and Treasurer at AURIL, rounds up last week’s AURIL conference on delivering knowledge … Continue reading
Posted by: October 13, 2011
Tagged with: academics, Business, collaboration, HEFCE, impact, knowledge exchange, Knowledge transfer, RCUK, recession, REF, Research Councils UK, Research Excellence Framework, Research funding, universities
Sep 21 2011
Academic journals remain unnecessary and unhealthy whilst open access archives such as arXiv continue to grow.
Comments OffWith little money in science research, some believe that it is inappropriate for research councils to pay for costly journal subscriptions. Peter Coles dissects what he believes to be the “parasitic” nature of journal subscriptions, arguing that open access e-print archives, … Continue reading
Posted by: September 21, 2011
Tagged with: assessment, funding, physics, REF, Research Excellence Framework, Research funding, science
Aug 4 2011
HEFCE are still missing a trick in not adopting citations analysis. But plans for the REF have at least become more realistic about what the external impacts of academic work are
3 CommentsThe Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) remains deeply conservative in not using citations analysis for academic assessment. But it has now changed its previous policies of ‘asking for the moon’ when judging the external impacts of academic research. … Continue reading
Posted by: August 4, 2011
Tagged with: academic work, citations, google scholar, Google Scholar Citations, h-index, harzing, HEFCE, Patrick Dunleavy, Publish or Perish, RAE, rankings, REF, Research Excellence Framework, University
