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Saida Affouneh; Katherine Wimpenny; Dimitar Angelov; Soheil Salha; Zuheir N. Khlaif; Dana Yaseen – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
Research practices in Arab universities, especially the use of qualitative methods, tend to fall behind international standards of excellence; hence, the relatively small number of qualitative journal articles published by Arab academics. Conducting research in Palestine is particularly problematic due to the continued Israeli occupation and its…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries, Educational Cooperation, Universities
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Santos, Patrícia; Veloso, Luísa; Urze, Paula – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
Universities are the main knowledge-producing institutions, combining learning and research activities. Companies, in turn, play a role in the application of knowledge. In between, we find university-industry collaborations assuming various forms and stretching across different areas. One of the areas in which this cooperation takes place is…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Doctoral Programs, Student Role, Universities
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Magnell, Marie; Geschwind, Lars – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
The purpose of this article is to challenge the idea of incompatibility between links to research and links to professional practice in engineering education. The concept of 'academic drift' is introduced, both related to drift towards theory and towards research links in the curriculum. Empirical data were collected through a case study conducted…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Theory Practice Relationship, Research and Development, Foreign Countries
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Bano, Shah; Taylor, John – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
This paper considers the role of universities in the creation of a knowledge-based economy (KBE) in a developing country, Pakistan. Some developing countries have moved quickly to develop a KBE, but progress in Pakistan is much slower. Higher education plays a crucial role as part of the triple helix model for innovation. Based on the perceptions…
Descriptors: Knowledge Economy, Universities, Developing Nations, College Role
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Fulop, Liz; Couchman, Paul – Higher Education Research and Development, 2006
The number of university-industry R&D partnerships (UIPs) has increased significantly over the past decade, in most OECD countries and in Australia, yet the study of risk in such commercially focused collaborative ventures is still a developing area. This review paper seeks to contribute to debate on this increasingly important phenomenon by…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries, Cooperation
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Poole, Millicent E. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1994
It is argued that, for Australia, technological innovation and international competitiveness will require collaboration of two "cultures": science/technology and social sciences/humanities. Natural and social scientists will have to develop strategic alliances to reposition university research and development within Australian national…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Humanities