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The Visible Hand of Research Performance Assessment
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Hamann, Julian – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2016
Far from allowing a governance of universities by the invisible hand of market forces, research performance assessments do not just measure differences in research quality, but yield themselves visible symptoms in terms of a stratification and standardization of disciplines. The article illustrates this with a case study of UK history departments…
Descriptors: Governance, Standards, Case Studies, Departments
Financial Inequity in Basic Education in Selected OECD Countries
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Zhang, Yu; Mizunoya, Suguru; You, You; Tsang, Mun – International Education Studies, 2011
This is a study of financial disparities in primary and secondary education in OECD countries that have a relatively large population and a school finance system with decentralized features. These countries include the United States, Britain, Australia, Spain, Canada, and Japan. There are two major research questions: What are the trends in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Making It Count: How Universities Are Using Income from Variable Fees
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Macleod, Fiona – Universities UK, 2010
Since their introduction in 2006, for the two years for which figures are available, variable tuition fees have brought 1.3 billion British pounds new income into the higher education sector. This report provides an insight into how this income has been used by English universities. It is based on national data and responses from 62% of English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Income, Fees, Tuition
CAMHS Funding and Priorities. LGAR Report 2/07
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Atkinson, Mary; Lamont, Emily; Downing, Dick – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2007
Recent developments, such as passage of the Children Act 2004, subsequent implementation of "Every Child Matters: Change for Children" and increase in funding to councils for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), the Local Government Association (LGA) asked the NFER to examine the funding mechanisms and priorities in…
Descriptors: Local Government, Health Services, Mental Health Programs, School Involvement
A Case Study of Selective Funding of Research in the United Kingdom Through Assessment of Some University Indicators (1990/91 to 1992/93). AIR 1997 Annual Forum Paper.
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Lima, Ecilamar M. – 1997
This study examined the allocation of government research grants to universities in the United Kingdom in the context of the current funding system which distributes such grants based on universities' performance in the marketplace. Marketplace performance indicators include academic staff and postgraduate student counts, grants from Research…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Finance, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Paying for Further Education. Mendip Papers 002.
Kedney, R. J.; Fletcher, M. C. – 1990
This paper explores the range of sources of funding for further education (FE) provision in the United Kingdom through maintained colleges. A description of the pre-1990 procedures, including the resource assumptions of central government funding of further education in the United Kingdom is included. An indication is given of the advice proffered…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgeting, College Students, Educational Finance