Educational researchers are concerned about the ways in which researcher identity can influence practice and findings for better or worse effect. However, writings which offer narratives, intended to instruct others in the ways in which the positioning and reflexivity of the researcher operates for better or worse, often present a view of identity…

This paper presents a critical overview of the way in which higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK have had their research activity subject to review. There have been six such reviews to date, the first two carried out by the Universities Grants Committee and, from 1992, by its replacement, the four UK higher education (HE) funding bodies…

The main findings of an investigation into the information requirements of the Social Sciences, conducted between September 1967 and December 1970, are reported. It covers the information needs of social science researchers, and of teachers in social science departments of universities. The objective of the investigation was to provide material…

The entire second volume of this report consists of tables based on the study reported in Volume 1. (Volume 1 is available as LI 003082) (NH)

This directory describes social science research in progress at universities, colleges, government departments, and other non-academic institutions in England and Scotland. The basic arrangement of the directory is by broad subject heading, then alphabetically by institution. Subject areas included are: economics, history and philosophy of…