scholarly journals Philosophical analysis of the practice of research governance in the universities of the Great Britain

2018 ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Drach
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Research Management ◽  
Research Governance ◽  
High Quality Research ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Principles And Standards ◽  
The Uk ◽  
New Research

One of the challenges faced by the domestic universities is to increase their competitiveness in the European and global space of higher education. In view of the fact that the results of scientific work are a key indicator for the entry of universities into the world rankings, the urgent task in the system of higher education in Ukraine is to create conditions for high-quality research in universities. The solution of the problem of improving the quality of research in domestic universities is actualizing the problem of developing and using new research management mechanisms, which includes, inter alia, an analysis of the best practices of leading European and world universities. Taking into consideration the sustained leadership of the UK universities in the European and world higher education spaces, it is worth noticing an analysis of the country's experience in implementing research governance in universities, in particular, the analysis of key documents used by universities for effective research management. The purpose of the article is to analyze the experience of research governance in universities in the UK for the implementation of best practices in the higher education system of Ukraine. To achieve the goal, methods of analyzing, synthesizing, comparing, systematizing scientific and Internet sources, which enabled them to consider key documents for the implementation of research governance in universities in the UK, were used. The application of the generalization method made it possible to draw conclusions about the results of the study. The article substantiates the relevance of the analysis of Britain's experience in providing research governance conditions conducive to perfect research. The key documents of the European and national levels used in the development of the University Research Framework Frameworks have been analyzed, and their main points are outlined: criteria for assessing the excellence of research, the principles and standards of research, and the requirements for researchers at the universities.

scholarly journals Risk, Choice and Social Disadvantage: Young People's Decision-Making in a Marketised Higher Education System

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 110-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheryl Clark ◽  
Anna Mountford-Zimdars ◽  
Becky Francis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Disadvantage ◽  
Widening Participation ◽  
Tuition Fees ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
High Achieving Students ◽  
Risk Choice ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship

Rising tuition fees in England have been accompanied by a policy mandate for universities to widen participation by attracting students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. This article focuses on one such group of high achieving students and their responses to rising tuition fees within the context of their participation in an outreach scheme at a research-intensive university in the UK. Our findings suggest that rather than being deterred from attending university as a result of fee increases, these young people demonstrated a detailed and fairly sophisticated understanding of higher education provision as a stratified and marketised system and justified fees within a discourse of ‘private good.’ Our analysis situates their ‘risk’ responses within the discursive tensions of the fees/widening participation mandate. We suggest that this tension highlights an intensified commodification of the relationship between higher education institutions and potential students from disadvantaged backgrounds in which widening participation agendas have shifted towards recruitment exercises. We argue that an ongoing effect of this shift has resulted in increased instrumentalism and a narrowing of choices for young people faced with the task of seeking out ‘value for money’ in their degrees whilst concurrently engaging in a number of personalised strategies aimed at compensating for social disadvantage in a system beset by structural inequalities.

scholarly journals Unwaged Posts in UK Universities: Controversies and Campaigns

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 533-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Forkert ◽  
Ana Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University ◽  
Uk Higher Education

This article examines unwaged posts at UK universities, using recent examples of advertised job posts. While unpaid work is common in the UK higher education system, unwaged posts are not. The posts under scrutiny in this article differ from traditional honorary titles as they target early career academics, who are unlikely to have a paid position elsewhere, rather than established scholars. The article contextualizes the appearance of these posts in a climate of increasing marketization of higher education, entrenching managerialism in higher education institutions, and the casualization of academic work. We also discuss resistance to the posts, arguing that the controversy surrounding unpaid internships in the creative industries created a receptive environment for resisting unwaged posts in academia. We analyze the campaigns that were fought against the advertisement of the posts, mostly through social media and the University and College Union. We explore the tactics used and discuss the advantages and limitations of the use of social media, as well as the role of trade unions in the campaigns against these posts, and we reflect on what future campaigns can learn from these experiences.

Are national higher education policies adequate for the next decade?

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Clark
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Education System ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Large Measure ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Higher Education Policies ◽  
National Economic ◽  
The Uk

The period since the election in May 2010 has seen a number of very far-reaching reforms enacted in the higher education system in the UK, and especially England. These have been driven in large measure by the economic situation, but also by the aim to introduce a more market-based approach into the sector. At the same time, the higher education system faces a number of long-term challenges, particularly in terms of how it can best contribute to much-needed regional and national economic growth. This article first summarises the reforms which have been put in place and some of the factors driving them; next goes on to set out the long-term challenges which the sector will need to address; and finally assesses whether the policy platform established through the government's reforms is likely to help or hinder the achievement of the sector's (and the country's) strategic aims.

Funding UK Higher Education

1990 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-266
Author(s):  
Maggie Inchley
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Uk Higher Education ◽  
Funding Gap ◽  
New System

The UK higher education system is going through a period of self-assessment: looking outwards to expand education provision; looking inwards to devise a new system of funding. This article discusses how and why the system will be expanded and examines how the funding gap will be filled by the public, industry and the students themselves.

Is Indonesia Producing Enough Business Graduates to Assist its Development Aspirations?

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kym Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Past ◽  
Business Graduates ◽  
Business Degrees ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Detrimental Impact ◽  
Education Business

Business plays an important role in most economies around the world, but businesses rely on the higher education system to supply an adequate number of qualified business graduates. In nations such as the USA, the UK and Australia, business degrees are the most popular university qualification; and the growth in the number of Chinese students undertaking business degrees in universities outside their home country over the past decade has been astronomical. In contrast, for Indonesia there has been a decline in the number of business degrees being undertaken abroad and at home. Indonesia has set a number of ambitious development goals and if these are to be achieved, there will need to be increasing activity from the business sector. Therefore, it is argued, questions should be raised about the current declining rate of student numbers in higher education business degree courses, and about whether the trend will have a detrimental impact on the future development aspirations of this highly populated country.

scholarly journals Is Peer Review Fit for Purpose?

2022 ◽  
pp. 223-241
Author(s):  
Malcolm Tight
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
First Century ◽  
Doctoral Degrees ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Academic Employment ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
The Uk

AbstractPeer review is endemic to judgement in higher education. It is assumed that when we need to make a judgement on the quality of something—student performance, academic employment, teaching, research and publication—then we may rely on the assessment of peers, whether they be fellow students, lecturers or more senior academics. This chapter will illustrate and challenge this assumption, and assess how ‘fit for purpose’ peer review is in twenty-first century academe. It will focus on different practices of peer review in the contemporary higher education system, it will also question how well they work, how they might be improved and what the alternatives are. The examples to be discussed include refereed journal articles, the assessment of doctoral degrees and the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF).

scholarly journals APPLICABILITY OF INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES IN UZBEK HIGHER EDUCATION TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND COMPETITIVENESS

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 342
Author(s):  
Pulatkhon Lutfullayev
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Education System ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
International Projects

Further reforming the higher education system is one of the hot topics in current political life in Uzbekistan. It is in the threshold of a rapid and long term change and improvement process in order to raise quality. In this regard, the international best practices of quality improvement are seen as a key task and objective before the practitioners and managerial staff. How the best practices can be adopted and applied in practice are still under discussion. Therefore, in this article is discussed the problematic issues of quality improvement in the background of the recent developments and policy reforms in higher education system in Uzbekistan. The major components of quality assurance such as adopting the best practices in teaching, research, managing higher educational institutions, and applicability of strategic management tools are argued. Moreover, the possibility of adopting the best practices in the field of internationalization such as student and teacher exchangeand working in international projects are reviewed. Each discussion is mixed with recommendations of and implications from the author.

scholarly journals Digitalization in international and mass education: A model proposal for Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 911-933
Author(s):  
Hikmet Salahaddin Gezici ◽  
Yasin Taşpınar ◽  
Mustafa Kocaoglu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
International Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mass Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Turkish Higher Education ◽  
The World

There is a debate as to whether internationalization should be a target or a means to achieve goals with broader perspectives. Digitalization, on the other hand, is a de facto trend that permeates all communicative, economic and social areas. For this purpose, the study aimed to examine literature on the field and the findings of the researchers on the issue were included. The research also discussed the internationalization and digitalization efforts carried out in the world and in Turkey. An internationalization model proposal for the Turkish higher education system is presented in outline, taking the best practices around the world into account. Model involves a digitalization-oriented education approach that aims to increase the opportunities for students to get support from their families and to minimize their socio-economic difficulties. The contributions of a massification provided by digitalization to international education have been revealed in this study. Keywords: digitalization; education; internationalization; massification; Turkey.  

scholarly journals Experience in research management in the united kingdom universities: philosophical and analytical approach

2018 ◽  
pp. 13-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Drach
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Research Management ◽  
University Governance ◽  
Research Governance ◽  
Educational Science ◽  
Governance System ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Higher Education Leaders

Understanding the need to strengthen the research component in the activities of domestic universities for the full integration of Ukraine into the European Higher Education Area and the European Research Area encourages the search for modern research management mechanisms. An analysis of the experience of research management in the universities of the United Kingdom - one of the leading countries of higher education in accordance with international ratings - suggests that an effective research management mechanism is research governance as part of a university governance system. Despite the fact that, according to European experts, university governance has a direct impact on the results of research to date in national educational science, there is still no holistic analysis of the mechanisms of research governance in the countries of higher education leaders in the domestic educational science. The purpose of the article is to identify trends in research management in universities based on the analysis of UK experience. To achieve this goal, methods of analysis, synthesis, comparison, systematization of scientific and Internet sources were used, which enabled to reveal the peculiarities of research management in the universities of the United Kingdom. The application of the generalization method made it possible to draw conclusions about the results of the study. The article substantiates the relevance of the modernization of research management systems in domestic universities. The experience of research management through the development and use of the framework for research governance in the United Kingdom universities has been analyzed. The composition and description of the elements of the framework of research governance are analyzed, their generalized characteristics are presented. Main features of the use of the framework for research governance in universities in the United Kingdom are characterized, a list of key documents and key actors (participants) of research governance is given.

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