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Higher education reforms have put teaching and research infrastructure at serious risk

Higher education reforms have put teaching and research infrastructure at serious risk | Higher Education and academic research | Scoop.it
From blogs.lse.ac.uk - November 22, 2012 9:42 AM

As part of a British Politics and Policy special feature John Holmwood reflects on the broader changes which higher unviersity fees will brought about, arguing that higher education has a enduring public value which is obscured within the contemporary debate but that the public university faces an existential threat.

 

The academic year has started with the entry of the first cohort of students under the new fee regime. Direct public funding of arts, humanities and social sciences degrees has ceased, with students charged fees of up to £9000, underpinned by a new student loans system. (...) - by John Holwood, LSE blog "impact of social Sciences", Nov 18 2012

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The Impact of Social Media on the Dissemination of Research: Results of an Experiment

The Impact of Social Media on the Dissemination of Research: Results of an Experiment | Higher Education and academic research | Scoop.it
From journalofdigitalhumanities.org - April 17, 4:18 AM

In September 2011 I returned to work after a year on maternity leave. Many things needed sorting out, not least my digital presence at my home institution, which had switched to a content management system that seamlessly linked to University College London’s open-access repository, “Discovery.” The idea was we should upload open-access versions of all our previously published research, and link to it from our home pages, to aid in dissemination. (...) - by Melissa Terras, Journal of Digital Humanities, Vol. 1, No. 3 Summer 2012


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There’s something fishy about citations: We need a method of assessing the support of research if we want to change the ‘publish or perish’ culture

There’s something fishy about citations: We need a method of assessing the support of research if we want to change the ‘publish or perish’ culture | Higher Education and academic research | Scoop.it
From blogs.lse.ac.uk - October 18, 2012 7:08 AM

Current citation biases give us only the narrowest slice of scientific support. Bradley Voytek writes that while BrainSCANr may have flaws, it gives the reader a quick indication of how well-supported an academic argument is and could provide a new way of thinking about citations.

Science has a lot of problems. Or rather, scientometrics has a lot of problems. Scientific careers are built off the publish or perish foundation of citation counts. Journals are ranked by impact factors. There are serious problems with this system, and many ideas have been offered on how to change it but so far little has actually been affected. Many journals, including the PLoS and Frontiers series, are making efforts to bring about change, but they are mostly taking a social tactic: ranking and commenting on articles.I believe these methods are treating the symptom, not the problem. (...) - by Bradley Voytek, LSE blog "Impact of Social Sciences", Oct 17, 2012


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