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The research game in academic life / Lisa Lucas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lucas, Lisa.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--Great Britain--Graduate work.
- Universities and colleges.
- Research--Great Britain.
- Research.
- Learning and scholarship--Great Britain.
- Learning and scholarship.
- Universities and colleges--Great Britain--Evaluation.
- College teachers--Rating of--Great Britain.
- College teachers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Maidenhead, England ; New York : Open University Press ; [London] : Society for Research in Higher Education, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Provides an overview of the changing policies of funding and evaluating university research and analyses how this has impacted on the status and hierarchical positioning of universities in the United Kingdom.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Globalization, International Competition and the International Research Game; Chapter 3 Research Funding and Evaluation Policies: setting the agenda of the national research game; Chapter 4 Researching the Academy: the game of reflexivity; Chapter 5 Institutional Management of Research: the game of reputation and resources; Chapter 6 University Departments: the game of research struggles, strategies and stakes; Chapter 7 Academic Struggles for Recognition: the game of publications and priorities Chapter 8 The Future of the Academic Research Game; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-178) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-12949-6
- 9786611129491
- 0-335-21192-5
- 0-335-22997-2
- OCLC:
- 613376336
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