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The Pursuit of Possibility : Redesigning Research Universities /
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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Bristol, UK :
Policy Press,
2022.
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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 resume -- 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 | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 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 | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 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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