Selling ‘impact’: peer reviewer projections of what is needed and what counts in REF impact case studies. A retrospective analysis

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 651-665

  Watermeyer, Richard ^a   Hedgecoe, Adam ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

actors institutions; Critical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963795617     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: 14645106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2016.1170885     Document Type: Article

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