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The impact of policy changes on the academic profession in England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Maurice Kogan  and
Mary Henkel
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Abstract

The policy frame and resource base within which universities work in the UK have undergone drastic changes. Whilst the nature of changes at the governmental level has often been remarked upon, there is little empirical work on the impact of these changes on academic values and working. This paper reports findings from the English component of an Anglo–Norwegian-Swedish project nearing completion which gives an account of the policy changes and their impact on values, research agendas and criteria, and modes of creating and ‘delivering’ the curriculum. Whilst the research invites caution about overstating the discontinuities of policy over the last 20 years, it displays the considerable effects of policy changes which emerge, however, differently in different subject areas and types of institution.

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European Review , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , October 1998 , pp. 505 - 523
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Copyright © Academia Europaea 1998

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