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Thomas, Gary – Educational Review, 2023
I examine the ways in which words such as "evidence" are used inappropriately to support policy that may be formulated for convenience, cost or political dogma. I interrogate the processes by which this happens, as words and terms are bestowed with symbolic power to support and promote favoured policy. I examine the ways in which such…
Descriptors: Political Power, Agenda Setting, Evidence, Educational Policy
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George Kinnear; Ian Jones; Chris Sangwin; Maryam Alarfaj; Ben Davies; Sam Fearn; Colin Foster; André Heck; Karen Henderson; Tim Hunt; Paola Iannone; Igor' Kontorovich; Niclas Larson; Tim Lowe; John Christopher Meyer; Ann O'Shea; Peter Rowlett; Indunil Sikurajapathi; Thomas Wong – International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 2024
This paper describes the collaborative development of an agenda for research on e-assessment in undergraduate mathematics. We built on an established approach to develop the agenda from the contributions of 22 mathematics education researchers, university teachers and learning technologists interested in this topic. The resulting set of 55…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, College Mathematics, Electronic Learning
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Elliott, Victoria; Hodgson, John – English in Education, 2021
This note reports the results of a Delphi panel priority setting exercise for English education research. An initial item-generating survey of 75 English education academics and teachers worldwide was conducted; a thematic analysis of responses generated 31 potential priorities for future research. An adapted Delphi panel consisting of 44 English…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Needs, English Instruction, English Teachers
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Enders, Jürgen; Naidoo, Rajani – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
Our paper examines the rise of a new category of professional support staff whom we refer to as 'audit-market intermediaries' in the context of a rapidly changing regulatory and funding environment in British higher education. We explore the roles they play in articulating environmental changes in research-intensive universities related to the…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Foreign Countries, Professional Personnel, College Environment
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Luukkonen, Terttu; Thomas, Duncan A. – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2016
The paper introduces a concept of a "negotiated space" to describe university researchers' attempts to balance pragmatically, continually and dynamically over time, their own agency and autonomy in the selection of research topics and pursuit of scientific research to filter out the explicit steering and tacit signals of external…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Agenda Setting, Educational Researchers, Educational Research
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Hamshire, Claire; Forsyth, Rachel; Bell, Amani; Benton, Matthew; Kelly-Laubscher, Roisin; Paxton, Moragh; Wolfgramm-Foliaki, 'Ema – Quality in Higher Education, 2017
University policies are increasingly developed with reference to students' learning experiences, with a focus on the concept of the "student voice." Yet the "student voice" is difficult to define and emphasis is often placed on numerical performance indicators. A diverse student population has wide-ranging educational…
Descriptors: School Policy, Student Attitudes, Educational Experience, College Students
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Hill, Dave – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2015
In this article the author suggests a number of measures and policies that should be part of a socialist education manifesto. These specific suggestions address curriculum and assessment issues such as an anti-discriminatory curriculum for equality, funded education outside the school, the development of critical thinking and democracy in schools,…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Policy, Politics of Education, Educational Objectives
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Barrett, Angeline M.; Crossley, Michael; Dachi, Hillary A. – Comparative Education, 2011
Research capacity building and its impact on policy and practice are increasingly highlighted in the literature on international research partnerships. In the field of education and development, it is recognised that, in the past, international research collaborations have tended to be dominated by the agenda of Northern partners. Partly in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, International Cooperation, Development, Consortia
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Onion, Alice; Follett, Brian – Design and Technology Education, 2011
This paper gives a short overview of the UK government's STEM agenda and then considers one aspect in depth--the STEM Advisory Forum. It explains how the Forum operates to draw together views from across the STEM community through online discussions and face-to-face events. Four examples are given of topics that have been dealt with by the Forum.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Government, STEM Education, Government School Relationship
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Feather, Denis – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2012
This paper considers conceptions of the term "scholarship" amongst lecturers delivering business higher education programmes (BHEPs) in further education colleges (FECs). A condensed overview of leading authors' work on the subject of scholarship is first considered; then, at the end of the paper, an alternative definition is offered in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, Scholarship, Business Education
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Keep, Ewart – Journal of Education and Work, 2012
This article focuses on a range of macro-level issues that frame debates about industry/education interaction in the UK. It explores a number of features that underpin the structure of the debate, including the declining "Britishness" of much of British business and the emergence of business as a for-profit provider of learning. It then…
Descriptors: Industry, Interaction, Job Skills, Foreign Countries
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Selwyn, Neil – Educational Review, 2011
Schools' use of digital technology has so far proved to be a peripheral feature of the Conservative-Liberal education agenda. Through a series of reductions to previously extensive bureaucratic and funding structures, the Coalition administration has presided over a swift but sustained withdrawal of state support for digital technology use in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Policy
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Sikes, Pat – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2009
This paper raises some questions about academic authorial honesty under the headings of Plagiarism (including self-plagiarism), Theft, and Collusion. Compared with the medical sciences, the social sciences in general and education specifically, lag behind in terms of critical attention being paid to the problem of plagiarism, the peer review…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Peer Evaluation, Social Sciences, Ethics
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Benn, Melissa – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2010
In this article the author offers a few interim thoughts on how those of us campaigning for a comprehensive future should think about, and publicly respond to, the education policies of the current Coalition government and the new direction of the Labour Party. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Politics of Education, Political Attitudes
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Verger, Antoni – Journal of Education Policy, 2012
Public-private partnerships in education (ePPP) are acquiring increasing centrality in the agendas of international organizations and development agencies dealing with educational affairs. They are designed as an opportunity to correct inefficiencies in the public delivery of education and to mobilize new resources to increase the access to and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Education, Partnerships in Education, Agenda Setting
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