Author: Namrata Rao

Don’t hate the player… hate the game! How our different conceptions of an academic professional identity can influence our perceptions of the REF and TEF

Research and teaching metrics loom large over the landscape of UK higher education. Measurements of research and teaching quality are not exactly new in UK HE but it is hard to find many parallels with the level of reform to both research and teaching evaluation systems which has occurred over…

Metricisation of English Higher Education: Academics’ perspectives on impact of TEF and REF on professional practice

Higher Education (HE) has been subject to measurement on the basis of numerous parameters such as research, teaching, levels of internationalisation and often on a combination of these factors. The increased uses of various national and international metrics within HE have influenced institutional practices. In turn, institutional interpretations of these…