Designed for those undertaking research for the first time, this fully updated edition of The
Researcher's Toolkit is a practical and accessible guide for all those partaking in small-scale …

This paper presents the findings of a systematic scoping review spanning 30 years (1990–
2020) that sought to understand the structures and processes influencing education …

Higher education research is a developing field internationally, which is attracting more and
more researchers from a great variety of disciplinary backgrounds within and beyond higher …

University-based research is an inherently future-oriented activity and plays a unique role in
shaping futures in diverse domains. Despite the push for academic research to demonstrate …

Background The crisis in research culture is well documented, covering issues such as a
tendency for quantity over quality, unhealthy competitive environments, and assessment …

This article explores the state of higher education studies today, suggesting that in many
ways it can be considered a vibrant field. In the UK, this is evidenced by the relatively large …

Poetry can be used as an adjunct to interviews in social science to build relationships and
share meaning to create an artefact that provokes dialogue between the researcher and …

This paper develops a better understanding of the explicit and implicit implications of the
academic field's competitization, with a specific focus on the role that academic social …

A major shift in the research sector has been the increased expectation from policymakers
and funders that academic research should yield some socioeconomic benefits or 'impacts' …

Funders are increasingly requiring international collaboration for research projects and such
projects add to the reputation, rankings and research gravitas of institutions and individual …