The strange death of the liberal university: Research assessments and the impact of research

Handbook on Globalization and Higher Education

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 360-383

  Olssen, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863614439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

References (65)

1. Ashcroft, C. and R. Smith (2008), 'Give me your four best papers: the privileging ethos of research accountability systems from an Aotearoa/New Zealand perspective', Access: Critical Perspectives on Communication, Cultural and Policy Studies, 27 (1-2), 49-60.
2. Auger, P. (2000), The Death of Gentlemanly Capitalism, London: Penguin Books.
3. Ball, D.F. (1997), 'Quality measurement as a basis for resource allocation: Research Assessment Exercises in United Kingdom universities', R&D Management, 27 (3), 281-9.
4. Barnett, R. (2000), Realising the University in an Age of Supercomplexity, Ballmoor, Buckinghamshire: Open University Press.
5. Barry, B. (1990), Political Argument: A Reissue with a New Introduction, New York and London: Harvester/Wheatsheaf.
6. Barry, B., T. Osborne and N. Rose (eds) (1996), Foucault and Political Reason: Liberalism, Neo-liberalism and Rationalities of Government, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
7. Bates, R. (2003), 'Phelan's bibliometric analysis of the impact of Australian educational research', The Australian Educational Researcher, 30 (2), 57-64.
8. Buchanan, J. (1954a), 'Social choice, democracy, and free markets', Journal of Political Economy, 62 (2), 114-23.
9. Buchanan, J. (1954b), 'Individual choice in voting and the market', Journal of Political Economy, 62 (3), 334-4.
10. Buchanan, J. (1975), The Limits of Liberty: Between Anarchy and Leviathan, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
11. Buchanan, J. (1978), 'From private preferences to public philosophy: the development of public choice', in J. Buchanan (ed.), The Economics of Politics, London: Institute of Economic Affairs.
12. Buchanan, J. and G. Tullock (1962), The Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
13. Burchell, G. (1996), 'Liberal government and techniques of the self', in A. Barry, T. Osborne and N. Rose (eds), Foucault and Political Reason, Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press, pp. 19-36.
14. Burchell, G., C. Gordon and P. Miller (1991), The Foucault Effect: Studies in Governmentality, Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press.
15. Carr, K. (2007), 'Cancellation of research quality framework implementation', media release, 21 December. Online at: http://wwwarc.gov.au/media/releases/media_26feb08htm, accessed 24 September 2009.
16. Collini, S. (2009), 'Impact on humanities', Times Literary Supplement, 13, November, accessible at http://entertainment.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article6915986.ece.
17. Corbyn, Z. (2009), 'Managers and scholars divided as resistance grows to impact agenda', Times Higher Education, 5 November.
18. Corbyn, Z. (2010), 'Nervous HEFCE "edging out" of REF citations', Times Higher Education, 1 April.
19. Coryn, C., J. Hattie, M. Scriven and D. Hartman (2007), 'Models and mechanisms for evaluating government funded research: an international comparison', American Journal of Evaluation, 8, 437-57.
20. Currie, J. (2008), 'Research Assessment Exercises and some negative consequences of journal rankings and citation indices', Access: Critical Perspectives on Communication, Cultural and Policy Studies, 27 (1-2), 27-36.
21. Curtis, A. (2007), The Trap, Television documentary in three parts, Part I: Fuck You Buddy (11 March); Part II: The Lonely Robot (18 March); Part III: We Will Force You To Be Free (25 March), London: BBC Television.
22. Department of Education, Science and Training (2007), The Recommended RQF: Research Quality Framework-Assessing the Quality and Impact of Research in Australia, Australian Government, Canberra: Department of Education, Science and Training. Online at http://www.education.monash.edu.au/staff/research/rqf/docs/recommended-rqf-14nov2007.pdf, accessed 24 September 2009.
23. Elton, L. (2000), 'The UK Research Assessment Exercise: unintended consequences', Higher Education Quarterly, 54 (3), 274-83.
24. Finsden, B. (2008), 'The RAE in Scotland: a Kiwi participant-observer in an ancient university', Access: Critical Perspectives on Communication, Cultural & Policy Studies, 27 (1-2), 61-72.
25. Gordon, C. (1991), 'Governmental rationality: an introduction', in G. Burchell, C. Gordon and P. Miller, The Foucault Effect: Studies in Governmentality, Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press, pp. 1-52.
26. Gordon, C. (2005), 'The human dimensions of the Research Agenda: supporting the development of researchers throughout the career life-cycle', Higher Education Quarterly, 59 (1), 40-55.
27. Hare, P. (2003), 'The United Kingdom's Research Assessment Exercise: impact on institutions, departments, individuals', Higher Education Management and Policy, 15 (2), 43-62.
28. Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (2007/34), Research Excellence Framework: Consultation on the Assessment and Funding of Higher Education Research post-2008 (November). Online at http://www.hefce/pubs/hefce/2007/07_34/, accessed 2 June 2010.
29. Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (2009a), Guidance Notes for the REF. Online at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/research/ref/, accessed 2 June 2010.
30. Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (2009b), 'The Research Excellence Framework: a brief guide to the proposals (October)'. Online at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/research/ref/resources/REF.pdf, accessed 24 May 2010.
31. Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (2009c), Impact and the REF, presentation by David Sweeney, Director of Research, Innovation and Skills at the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (22 October). Online at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2009/ref.htm accessed 30 May 2010.
32. Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (2009d), Research Excellence Framework: Second Consultation on the Assessment and Funding of Research (38/2009). Online at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2009/09_38/, accessed 24 May 2010.
33. Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (2009e), Report on the Pilot Exercise to Develop Bibliometric Indicators (39/2009). Online at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce2009/09_39, accessed 24 May 2010.
34. Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (2009f), Regulating higher education institutions as charities: Consultation on HEFCE's information requirements as principal regulator (December 2009/45) (45/2009). Online at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2009/09_45, accessed 24 May 2010.
35. Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (2009g), Consultation on Changes to the Funding Agreement between HEFCE and Institutions (December 2009/46). Online at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2009/09_46, accessed 24 May 2010.
36. Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)/RAND (2009), Capturing Research Impacts: A Review of International Practice, Report prepared by RAND Europe (HEFCE DB-578). Online at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rdreports/2009/rd23_09/, accessed 24 May 2010.
37. Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (2010a), Research Excellence Framework. Online at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/research/ref/, accessed 30 May 2010.
38. Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (2010b), Research Excellence Consultation Outcomes (HEFCE Circular letter 04/2010). Online at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/circlets/2010/c104_10/, accessed 24 May 2010.
39. Kroto, H. (2010), 'A story about an almost extinct species', Left Field Science. Online at http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~leslie/impact/LeftFieldScience.pdf, accessed 3 June 2010.
40. Laptev, A. (2009), 'Mathematics and its interfaces with science, technology and society', EMS Newsletter, September.
41. Lingard, B. (2008), 'Globalising Research Accountabilities', Access: Critical Perspectives on Communication, Cultural and Policy Studies, 27 (1-2), 175-88.
42. Monbiot, G. (2009), 'These men would have stopped Darwin', Guardian, 11 May. Online at: http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~leslie/impact/impact.html.
43. Musgrave, R. and A. Peacock (1958), Classics in the Theory of Public Finance, London: Macmillan.
44. New Zealand State Services Commission (1992), 'Governance of Tertiary Institutions', paper submitted to the Taskforce on Capital Charging of Tertiary Institutions, Wellington: Government Printer.
45. Newman, M. (2010), 'Funding Council Seeks to eject Vice-Chancellors', Times Higher Education, 28 January.
46. Oancea, A. (2008), 'Performative accountability and the UK Research Assessment Exercise', Access: Critical Perspectives on Communication, Cultural and Policy Studies, 27 (1-2), 153-73.
47. Olssen, M. (2002a), The Neoliberal Appropriation of Tertiary Education Policy in New Zealand: accountability, research and academic freedom, Wellington: New Zealand Association for Research in Education State of the Art Monograph Number 8.
48. Olssen, M. (2002b), 'The restructuring of tertiary education in New Zealand: governmentality, neoliberalism, democracy', McGill Journal of Education, 37 (2), 57-88.
49. Paton, G. (2010), 'Warning over academic "brain drain"', Telegraph, 7 January. Online at: http://wwwtelegraph.co.uk/education/6943360/Warning-over-academic-brain-drain.htm, accessed 1 June 2010.
50. Peters, M. and M. Olssen (2005), '"Useful Knowledge": redefining research and teaching in the learning economy', in R. Barnett (ed.), Reshaping the University: New Relationships between Research, Scholarship and Teaching, Buckingham: Society for Research in Higher Education and Open University Press, pp. 37-48.
51. Pugh, M. (1978), Electoral Reform in War and Peace 1906-1818, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
52. RAND Europe (2009), Capturing Research Impacts: A Review of International Practice, Jonathan Grant, Philipp-Bastian Brutscher, Susan Kirk, Linda Butler and Steven Wooding, Documented Briefing 578 HEFCE, Cambridge, UK.
53. Ranson, S. (2003), 'Public accountability in the age of neoliberal governance', Journal of Education Policy, 18 (5), 459-80.
54. Reisman, D. (1990), The Political Economy of James Buchanan, College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press.
55. Roberts, G. (2003), Review of Research Assessment: Report to the UK Funding Bodies. Online at http://www.ra-review.ac.uk/reports/roberts.asp, accessed 24 May 2010.
56. Rose, N. (1993), 'Government, authority and expertise in advanced liberalism', Economy and Society, 22 (3), 283-300.
57. Rose, N. (1996), 'Governing "advanced" liberal democracies', in A. Barry, T. Osborne and N. Rose (eds), Foucault and Political Reason, Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press, pp. 37-64.
58. Russell Group (2007), RCUK Consultation on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Peer Review. Online at: http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/cmsweb/downloads/rcuk/research/peer/russell.pdf, accessed 4 June 2010.
59. Sattary, L. (2010), 'HEFCE takes more hits over impact', Chemistry World, January, Royal Society of Chemistry.
60. Sharp, S. (2004), 'The Research Assessment Exercises 1992-2001: patterns across time and subjects', Studies in Higher Education, 29 (2), 201-18.
61. Smith, R. (2008), 'Introductory editorial: The politics of research assessment exercises and accountability, an international overview', Access: Critical Perspectives on Communication, Cultural and Policy Studies, 27 (1-2), 1-8.
62. Taylor, L. (2009), 'How big is your impact?', Times Higher Education, 30 July. Online at: http://wwwtimeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=407611, accessed 24 May 2010.
63. University and College Union (UCU) (2010), 'Discoveries that would not survive the REF'. Online at http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/0/s/ucu-notsurvivingtheREF.pdf, accessed 2 June 2010.
64. Weber, M. (1921), Economy and Society, Totowa, NJ: Bedminster.
65. Ziman, J. (2000), Real Science, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.