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Category Archives: Impact
May 18 2013
True innovation in Higher Ed will emerge from faculty-driven, open-source projects, not start-up commercialisation
1 CommentTweet Leslie Madsen-Brooks is skeptical about the kind of disruption start-ups and tech folks promise. She highlights ways university faculty and staff are already driving thoughtful technological innovation through engaging in open source, open learning projects. Projects which focus on … Continue reading
Posted by: May 18, 2013
Tagged with: Higher Education, open access
May 11 2013
Open access requirements will erode academic freedom by catalysing intensive forms of institutional managerialism
Leave a commentTweet In response to last week’s piece on how open access will enhance academic freedom, Kyle Grayson responds by outlining three key reasons why open access will directly–and indirectly–erode academic freedom in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. He argues that … Continue reading
Posted by: May 11, 2013
May 11 2013
The legitimacy and usefulness of academic blogging will shape how intellectualism develops
Leave a commentTweet Academic blogging has become an increasingly popular form, but key questions still remain over whether blog posts should feature more prominently in formal academic discourse. Jenny Davis clarifies the pros and cons of blog citation and sees the remaining ambiguity as … Continue reading
Posted by: May 11, 2013
May 4 2013
It is time to stand up for collective forms of higher education and contest the enclosure and commodification of the university
Leave a commentTweet Higher education is finding itself increasingly defined by modes of competition, marketisation and privatisation. Richard Hall disentangles the web of social relations in which the university exists and asks what alternatives to the neoliberal model are possible? He finds that … Continue reading
Posted by: May 4, 2013
Apr 27 2013
Reinhart-Rogoff revisited: Coding errors happen – the greater research problem was in not making the data openly available from the start
Leave a commentTweet The eventual replication of the data from the Reinhart-Rogoff paper on 90% debt/GDP threshold has sparked vibrant discussion on the impact of error-ridden research on austerity policies around the world. Velichka Dimitrova argues this controversy highlights the importance of open … Continue reading
Posted by: April 27, 2013
Tagged with: macroeconomics, Reinhart-Rogoff
Mar 30 2013
Michael Gove’s recent condemnation of ‘Marxist academics’ reveals the complexities that can be attached to intervening in public policy debates
Leave a commentTweet Education Secretary Michael Gove’s recent condemnation of the ‘Marxist academics’ who expressed concern over the revised national curriculum exposed the complex relationship between academia and policy-making. Pat Thomson raises concerns over what this means for impact assessment and academic freedom when … Continue reading
Posted by: March 30, 2013
Tagged with: Higher Education, Michael Gove, public engagement
Mar 29 2013
A cooperative social science is needed to respond to the politics, policies, and problems facing global cities
Leave a commentTweet There is a great need to understand the role of urbanisation in society and respond effectively, particularly given global economic and social insecurity, argues Mike Goldsmith. But the increasing specialization within disciplines means that such vital dialogues on cities are … Continue reading
Posted by: March 29, 2013
Tagged with: cities, social science, urbanism
Feb 23 2013
The enterprise university is constructed in opposition to kindness and conducting research is increasingly pressurised and solitary
Leave a commentTweet The stark contrast between the kindness experienced in Bali and the manic, hurried pace of the her own academic workplace environment prompted Claire Aitchison to examine the contemporary ‘enterprise university’. The pressure to publish and burdens to achieve competitive advantage crowd out … Continue reading
Posted by: February 23, 2013
Tagged with: Higher Education, University
