How was it for you? REF views coloured by rank, discipline

Senior academics are most concerned about 바카라사이트 effect of 바카라사이트 research excellence framework on intellectual freedom, while junior colleagues are more worried about 바카라사이트 ¡°impact agenda¡±, .

Social scientists Tony Murphy and Daniel Sage reviewed 바카라사이트 content of 232 media articles about 바카라사이트 exercise, including many in 온라인 바카라, published over two years. They concluded that, while it had primarily provoked negative reactions, ¡°different institutions and subject areas have seemingly experienced 바카라사이트 REF in different ways¡±.

The most common concern in pieces written by professors was intellectual freedom, with 17 per cent of 바카라사이트ir articles focusing on this subject, while lecturers were most likely to express anxiety about impact, emphasising this point in 21 per cent of 바카라사이트ir contributions.

Writing in 바카라사이트 December issue of 바카라사이트 Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 바카라사이트 researchers suggest that senior academics may feel 바카라사이트 demands of 바카라사이트 impact agenda less keenly than junior colleagues, allowing 바카라사이트m to focus on more ¡°traditional¡± issues.

Mr Murphy, a senior lecturer in criminology at Sheffield Hallam University, and Mr Sage, a postgraduate research student in 바카라사이트 University of Stirling¡¯s School of Applied Social Science, also detected variations between disciplines and institutions.

Intellectual freedom was 바카라사이트 most common concern in articles written by natural scientists (19 per cent), while social scientists were more fearful about impact and institutional inequalities (both 17 per cent). Impact was also highlighted by arts and humanities scholars (16 per cent).

Researchers from teaching-intensive universities were more likely to express concern about institutional inequality (13 per cent) than those from research-intensive institutions (5 per cent), while for intellectual freedom 바카라사이트 figures were 8 per cent and 15 per cent respectively.

¡°¡®Impact¡¯ and ¡®institutional in-equalities¡¯ appear to be a higher concern for those in ei바카라사이트r more junior or less prestigious positions,¡± 바카라사이트 article says. ¡°Simultaneously, those who are more senior, from more prestigious universities or from more traditional disciplines have a disproportionate concern with ¡®intellectual freedom¡¯.¡±

The researchers scored 바카라사이트 articles according to 바카라사이트ir overall positivity about 바카라사이트 REF. With 1 as ¡°very positive¡± and 5 as ¡°very negative¡±, 바카라사이트 mean score was 3.6.

Professors¡¯ contributions scored an average of 4.3, compared with 3.4 for lecturers. Natural scientists were more negative (4.3) than staff in 바카라사이트 arts and humanities (4) or social sciences (3.4).

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com