ERIC Number: EJ1387980
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1476-7724
EISSN: EISSN-1476-7732
Quality Assurance in Greek Higher Education and the Imperative to Use English
Vogopoulou, Areti; Sarakinioti, Antigone; Tsatsaroni, Anna
Globalisation, Societies and Education, v21 n3 p307-321 2023
This article examines how dominant discourses disseminated through quality assurance processes in Greek Higher Education (re)define academic work and language use in a globalised HE field. Drawing on Bernstein's theory of pedagogic discourse, we approach government-led external evaluations of university departments as official policy texts that encode the evaluative criteria of quality institutions and valorise specific forms of knowledge and conduct. Our analysis of empirical material derived from selected HE departments illustrates that performance measurement systems interlink English as a default language with mobility and research activity in a unified discourse of quality constructing a selective understanding of how Higher Education Institutions and academics are expected to attain international visibility.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Language Usage, English (Second Language), Mobility, Research, Writing for Publication, Periodicals, Reports, Institutional Evaluation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece
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