Semesters handicap students
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Research carried out at the law facility, Southampton University, England, has shown that semesterization is linked to higher failure rates for students, compared to the traditional academic year. Modularization is a development which involves breaking courses into units to be examined within the semester timetable. Liverpool University's education professor, Alan Smithers, notes that there has been disruption to the university year since not all institutions use semesterization, introduced in response to fears of the impact of an increase in student numbers.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1999
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New managers evaluated
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The United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council has suppoted research on university management by Lancaster University's Rosemary Deem. Deem studied job advertisements for senior posts, and found the language describing skills needed to be revealing. Head hunting agencies are often used to fill such posts. There are potential problems in applying commercial techniques to academic environments, such as a possible bias against women, and the need to focus on staff employed in institutions as well as consumers in general.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1998
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Outbreak of 'new managerialism' infects faculties
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Issues concerning the influence of managerial structures on academic organizations are discussed. Particular attention is given to ways in which superimposed managerial targets interfere with academic targets and add to lecturer's report writing work.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2001
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