The REF doesn’t capture what government wants from academics or how academic impact on policymaking takes place

Tinkler, Jane ORCID: 0000-0002-5306-3940 (2012) The REF doesn’t capture what government wants from academics or how academic impact on policymaking takes place. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (27 Mar 2012). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Following on from the recent debate at the ‘From Research to Policy: Academic Impacts on Government’ conference, Jane Tinkler finds that the academic expertise and luck required for a piece of research to be considered valuable by government in policymaking is not valued by the Research Excellence Framework.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
Additional Information:	© 2012 The Author
Divisions:	Public Policy Group
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Date Deposited:	23 May 2012 11:15
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 21:22
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/43909

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