Global: A Good National System of Higher Education: The Lessons of the U21 Rankings

2017 ◽  
pp. 33-35
Author(s):  
Ross Williams
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
National System

Higher Education in Wales: The (Re-)emergence of a National System?

1997 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gareth Rees ◽  
David Istance
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
National System

The Changing Face of South Africa's National System of Innovation, 1991–2001

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Kahn ◽  
William Blankley
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South African ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
The South ◽  
Experimental Development ◽  
National System ◽  
Major Loss ◽  
National System Of Innovation ◽  
High Level

The article examines changes in the South African national system of innovation (NSI) since the onset of democracy in 1994. In particular, the recently completed 2001/02 Survey of Research and Experimental Development (R&D) is used to quantify the shifts in R&D activity for the major business, government and higher education players. The major flows of R&D expenditure are found to be within rather than between firms. Interaction between higher education and firms is encouraged by agency funding and is increasing from a relatively low base. The NSI itself has remained stable over the transition to democracy, with small shifts in research emphasis and no apparent major loss of capacity. There are, however, warning signs that the lack of availability of high-level skills may limit its further growth. There is evidence that the NSI has the potential to respond to the designated thrusts of the national R&D strategy.

scholarly journals Peer Review in Public Administration: The Case of the Swedish Higher Education Authority

2022 ◽  
pp. 147-172
Author(s):  
Agnes Ers ◽  
Kristina Tegler Jerselius
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Logical Consequence ◽  
National System ◽  
Education Authority ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Made In

AbstractThe aim of this chapter is to explore the method of peer review as it has been practised within the framework of the Swedish national system for quality assurance of higher education. By highlighting and comparing examples from two reviews, 1997–1998 and 2016–2017, we want to show how the method of peer review has evolved over time and in what way has it been affected by changes made in the system. The study shows that the national system for quality assurance of higher education with peer review as a central method has changed surprisingly little in Sweden during the period studied (1995–2017). Over time, the demands for transparency, predictability and equivalence have increased, which has to some extent undermined the authority of the assessors. At the same time, it is a development which is a logical consequence of—not a break with—the coherent national system for quality assurance of higher education that was put into effect as early as the mid-1990s.

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