AFRICA - University systems in 45 countries have barely been studied [University World News, February 2022]

Title:

University systems in 45 countries have barely been studied 

 

Author:

Wagdy Sawahel  

 

Published:

University World News, 3 February 2022

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220202081628852

From the article:

Higher education in Africa has become a frequently researched topic from 2000 onwards, but the tertiary systems in 45 out of 54 countries on the continent have barely been studied, and 20 countries lack internal higher education expertise.

 

Australia research assessment 'too expensive and opaque'

Title:

Australia research assessment 'too expensive and opaque'

 

Author:

John Ross

 

Published:

Times Higher Education, 20 October 2020

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/australian-research-assessment-too-expensive-and-opaque

 

From the article:

Veteran administrator calls for Excellence in Research for Australia workload and frequency to be slashed.

AUSTRALIA - Heart disease, stroke, cancer, MND research hit in uni cash crunch

Title:

Heart disease, stroke, cancer, MND research hit in uni cash crunch

 

Author:

Liam Mannix

 

Published:

The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 October 2020

https://www.smh.com.au/national/heart-disease-stroke-cancer-mnd-research-hit-in-uni-cash-crunch-20201001-p560z0.html

From the article:

Research on cures for heart disease, stroke, cancer, brain injury and motor neurone disease are being paused or cancelled, and key researchers are losing their jobs, as the university revenue crunch starts to bite into science.

REPORT (Jan 2020) - Study by Ghent University researchers: Mapping the scattered field of research on higher education. A correlated topic model of 17,000 articles, 1991–2018

Title:
Mapping the scattered field of research on higher education. A correlated topic model of 17,000 articles, 1991–2018

Author:
Stijn Daenekindt & Jeroen Huisman

Published:
Higher Education, First online: 21 January 2020

From the abstract:
"Parallel to the increasing level of maturity of the field of research on higher education, an increasing number of scholarly works aims at synthesising and presenting overviews of the field. We identify three important pitfalls these previous studies struggle with, i.e. a limited scope, a lack of a content-related analysis, and/or a lack of an inductive approach. "

To access the report:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-020-00500-x

New Book (October 2019): Theory and Method in Higher Education Research

Title of book:
Theory and Method in Higher Education Research

Book Series:
TMHER(Theory and Method in Higher Education Research), volume 5

Series Copyright Holder:
Emerald  Publishing Limited

Editors:
Jeroen Huisman & Malcolm Tight

Published:
7 October 2019

Include chapters on:
* Analysing Policy Positions of Stakeholder Organizations in Higher Education: What, How and Why?
* Understanding Disability Frameworks in Higher Education Research
* The Looseness of Loose Coupling: The Use and Misuse of “Loose Coupling” in Higher Education Research
* Mixed Methods for Research into Higher Education: Solving the Problem of Institutionalized Introspection?

For more information:
https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/S2056-375220195