Issues in the articulation of 'impact': the responses of UK academics to 'impact' as a new measure of research assessment

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 359-377

  Watermeyer, Richard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

academic capitalism; academic practice; knowledge partnership; knowledge production; research excellence framework (REF); research impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897804736     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2012.709490     Document Type: Article

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