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Identifying academic freedom as a major casualty of rapid and
extensive reforms to the governance and practices of academic
institutions worldwide, this timely Handbook considers the meaning
of academic freedom, the threats it faces, and its relation to
rights of critical expression, public accountability and the
democratic health of open societies. An international cohort of
leading scholars discuss the historical conceptualisations of
academic freedom and explore the extent of its reconfiguration by
neoliberalism and economic globalisation. Chapters examine the
threats posed to academic freedom by interventionist government,
economic fundamentalism, political conservatism and extremism. The
Handbook finds that these threats endanger the intellectual
ambitions at the core of academic freedom: contesting established
'truth' and holding power to account. Examining a matter of urgent
social and political importance which is crucial to the future of
democracy and intellectual autonomy, this Handbook is an
invigorating read for students and scholars researching academic
freedom, free speech and democratic governance in higher education
institutions.
Since the onset of the UK's Research Excellence Framework in 2014,
the environment for academic research has changed dramatically.
Competitive Accountability in Academic Life goes behind the scenes
of the 'impact' policy agenda for higher education research and
interrogates the effects of the new framework on academic research.
Richard Watermeyer dissects how a new requirement to evidence the
economic and societal impact of research has created a culture of
intense competitiveness in UK universities. Through the eyes of
both those responsible for the REF and those working under its
gaze, the author locates the gross deceit spawned from a culture of
competitive accountability in UK universities. This challenging
book reconceptualises the public role of researchers, posing a new
effort to progress the neoliberal malaise by signposting peripheral
zones of participation - and non-participation - as viable
intellectual alternatives to the university. Both groundbreaking
and provocative, Watermeyer's book is critical reading for
academics working not just in the UK, but also internationally. The
author's crucial insight into modern higher education will also
prove indispensable to higher education policy makers looking to
innovate and refine education policy, and to university
administrators overseeing performance management systems.
Since the onset of the UK's Research Excellence Framework in 2014,
the environment for academic research has changed dramatically.
Competitive Accountability in Academic Life goes behind the scenes
of the 'impact' policy agenda for higher education research and
interrogates the effects of the new framework on academic research.
Richard Watermeyer dissects how a new requirement to evidence the
economic and societal impact of research has created a culture of
intense competitiveness in UK universities. Through the eyes of
both those responsible for the REF and those working under its
gaze, the author locates the gross deceit spawned from a culture of
competitive accountability in UK universities. This challenging
book reconceptualises the public role of researchers, posing a new
effort to progress the neoliberal malaise by signposting peripheral
zones of participation - and non-participation - as viable
intellectual alternatives to the university. Both groundbreaking
and provocative, Watermeyer's book is critical reading for
academics working not just in the UK, but also internationally. The
author's crucial insight into modern higher education will also
prove indispensable to higher education policy makers looking to
innovate and refine education policy, and to university
administrators overseeing performance management systems.
Measuring research impact and engagement is a much debated topic in
the UK and internationally. This book is the first to provide a
critical review of the research impact agenda, situating it within
international efforts to improve research utilisation. Using
empirical data, it discusses research impact tools and processes
for key groups such as academics, research funders, 'knowledge
brokers' and research users, and considers the challenges and
consequences of incentivising and rewarding particular
articulations of research impact. It draws on wide ranging
qualitative data, combined with theories about the science-policy
interplay and audit regimes to suggest ways to improve research
impact.
Measuring research impact and engagement is a much debated topic in
the UK and internationally. This book is the first to provide a
critical review of the research impact agenda, situating it within
international efforts to improve research utilisation. Using
empirical data, it discusses research impact tools and processes
for key groups such as academics, research funders, 'knowledge
brokers' and research users, and considers the challenges and
consequences of incentivising and rewarding particular
articulations of research impact. It draws on wide ranging
qualitative data, combined with theories about the science-policy
interplay and audit regimes to suggest ways to improve research
impact.
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