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Canning, John; Masika, Rachel – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Thirty years ago Boyer's report "Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate" (1990) inspired the launch of the 'SoTL movement' which sought to raise the status of learning and teaching in higher education. In this paper we argue that despite its honourable intentions the SoTL movement has been a thorn in the flesh of…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Instruction, Learning, Educational Research
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Wolhuter, C. C. – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
Since 1994, the eyes of the world have been on South Africa, observing with interest the societal reconstruction project, upon which the country had embarked. In this project, higher education is both the terrain and the perceived instrument of change. In this higher education system and its mission, the academic profession is pivotal--especially,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Productivity, Global Approach
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Wang, Qi; Liu, Nian Cai – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Initially emerged in 1978, higher education research institutes (HERIs) in Mainland China have experienced rapid expansion and have become a major force in higher education reform in the last three decades. The development of these research institutes is closely related to the substantive growth of the higher education system itself as well as…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, Educational Change, Educational Development
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Zgaga, Pavel – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
This article focuses on higher education research and policies in small and/or peripheral countries that usually occupy a marginal position in contemporary international debates. The region discussed here is South-eastern Europe and especially the Western Balkans. First, an outline of emerging research centres and the developments in higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Role, Educational Research, Educational Policy
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Griffiths, Ron – Studies in Higher Education, 2004
Discussion about the nexus between research and teaching in higher education has so far tended to take place at a generic level, with comparatively little attention paid to the significance of subject-based variations. Drawing on an educational development project involving four UK universities, the article considers the research-teaching nexus…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Educational Development, Educational Research
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Griffiths, Ron – Studies in Higher Education, 2004
Discussion about the nexus between research and teaching in higher education has so far tended to take place at a generic level, with comparatively little attention paid to the significance of subject-based variations. Drawing on an educational development project involving four UK universities, the article considers the research-teaching nexus…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Educational Development, Educational Research, Foreign Countries