Academic research and researchers /

University research is of central political, cultural and economic importance for nations. This book brings together research and scholarship examining the socio-political context of university research and explores how researchers' perceptions and identities are changed by political and cultur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brew, Angela, 1943-
Otros Autores: Lucas, Lisa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Maidenhead : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Research institutes.
Research > Government policy.
Universities and colleges > Graduate work.
Recherche > Politique gouvernementale.
Universités > Études des 2e et 3e cycles.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Research > Government policy
Research institutes
Universities and colleges > Graduate work
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Academic research and researchers / Angela Brew and Lisa Lucas
  • 1. Academic un-freedom in the new knowledge economy / Margaret Thornton
  • 2. Research quality assessment : objectives, approaches, responses and consequences / Ian McNay
  • 3. structure of academic research : what can citation studies tell us? / Malcolm Tight
  • 4. Research management and research cultures : power and productivity / Lisa Lucas
  • 5. Creating collaboration : an exploration of multinational research partnerships / Betty Rambur
  • 6. Producing researchers : the changing role of the doctorate / Alison Lee and David Boud
  • 7. Balancing different audiences : experiences of Dutch academics / Liudvika Leisyte, Jurgen Enders and Harry F. de Boer
  • 8. Post-colonial perspectives on interdisciplinary researcher identities / Catherine Manathunga
  • 9. 'You do it from your core' : priorities, perceptions and practices of research among indigenous academics in Australian and New Zealand universities / Christine Asmar, Ocean Ripeka Mercier and Susan Page
  • 10. Isn't research just research? : what are candidates and supervisors thinking? / Margaret Kiley
  • 11. Learning to be a researcher : challenges for undergraduates / Mari Murtonen and Erno Lehtinen
  • 12. Understanding academics' engagement with research / Angela Brew and David Boud
  • 13. Conclusion : directions for future research / Angela Brew and Gerlese S. Akerlind.

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