Questioning the Assessment of Research Impact Illusions, Myths and Marginal Sectors /

• Main Author: Thomas, Rhodri (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Critical University Studies,
• Subjects: Higher education.; Tourism.; Management.; Education-Research.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Higher Education.; Tourism Management.; Research Methods in Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.

'This is quite simply a brilliant book, offering a critical analysis of impact and REF which is long overdue... It is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand how and why the growing need to show a particular kind of impact from research is restructuring academia; this new agenda has far re...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Setting the scene: Markets, competition and research impact at the margins
• Chapter 2. Knowledge flows and innovation in marginal sectors: Do universities matter?
• Chapter 3. Professional associations as conduits of knowledge: Ethnographic reflections
• Chapter 4. The impact of academics on policy and practice
• Chapter 5. Reacting to the impact agenda: Performativity and a 'new collegiality'
• Chapter 6. Conclusion: A return to education.