The pursuit of possibility : redesigning research universities /

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Nigel Thrift explores recent changes in the British research university that threaten to erode the quality of these higher education institutions. He considers what a research university has now become by examining the quandaries that have arisen from a succession of misplaced strategies and false e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thrift, Nigel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Research institutes > Great Britain.
Universities and colleges > Great Britain > Administration.
EDUCATION / Higher.
Research institutes.
Universities and colleges > Administration.
Great Britain.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Half title
  • Endorsment
  • The Pursuit of Possibility: Redesigning Research Universities
  • Copyright information
  • Dedication
  • Table of contents
  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • 1 Is that a 'university'? I'm not sure
  • A resumé
  • The research university
  • What about the other universities?
  • Excellence
  • Part I The research university
  • 2 So what is a 'university'? Part 1
  • The infrastructure
  • Academics
  • Online learning
  • Contract research staff
  • Research support staff
  • Postgraduate students
  • Administrators
  • 3 So what is a 'university'? Part 2
  • Undergraduate students
  • Freedom of speech
  • Parents
  • Other constituencies
  • Council
  • Alumni
  • Donors
  • Local communities
  • Business
  • Part II The contemporary British university system
  • 4 A new Robbins? Recent changes in British universities
  • The changes
  • The take-down?
  • Through the wringer
  • 5 The hardy perennials
  • Public or private?
  • Access
  • Funding teaching
  • Funding research
  • Research integrity
  • Pensions
  • League tables
  • Autonomy
  • or the lack of it
  • The Office for Students
  • So why bother with intermediaries?
  • So why autonomy?
  • Dissatisfaction
  • 6 The Australianisation of British higher education
  • Risky business?
  • Growth and more growth
  • The consequences of the growth machine
  • The problem of leadership
  • A coming financial crisis?
  • 7 On vice-chancelloring
  • a footnote
  • What do vice-chancellors do?
  • Leading a research university
  • Summary
  • Part III The research university of the future
  • 8 So what is a research university?
  • What is a university for?
  • Duties
  • A loss of research excellence?
  • Too much
  • Research culture
  • Discovery research
  • In the wrong place
  • 9 Redesigning the research university
  • Redesigning the university system
  • For policy
  • For teaching
  • For research universities
  • Redesigning universities
  • Go small
  • Scale back
  • Grow substantially
  • Different forms of collaboration
  • Testudo
  • International cooperation
  • Conglomerating research centres
  • Give up the ghost
  • A parting shot
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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