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Calling energy inequalities into the transition agenda
Forfatter(e): Antje Klitkou, Przemysław Pluciński, Mariusz Baranowski og Ilona Otto M. Tidsskrift: Energy Research & Social Science Sammendrag: The presented perspective paper delivers insights into the complex problem of energy inequalities in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The war resulted in a loss of stability in Europe’s energy system and increased social issues and difficulties in (…)
Policy Framing in Higher Education in Western Europe: (Some) Uses and (Many) Promises
Forfatter(e): Meng-Hsuan Chou, Mari Elken & Jens Jungblut Antologi: Comparative Higher Education Politics Sammendrag: This chapter contributes to our understanding of the transformation sweeping the higher education sector in the last 50 years by examining how higher education policy has been framed and reframed since the 1970s in Western Europe. How policies are framed and reframed is (…)
Performance-based research funding and its impacts on research organizations
Forfatter(e): Gunnar Sivertsen Antologi: Handbook of Public Funding of Research Sammendrag: Performance-based research funding systems (PBFS) allocate direct institutional funding to universities and other public research organizations based on an assessment of their research. There are three main types: evaluation-based funding, indicator-based funding, and funding contingent on performance agreements. Potential problems with PBFS depend on the type (…)
Escaping into a master’s degree in times of crisis? Master’s degree applications and enrolment over the business cycle
Forfatter(e): Marte E.S. Ulvestad & Siv-Elisabeth Skjelbred Tidsskrift: Economics of Education Review Sammendrag: The consequences of graduating in a recession could be severe and long-lasting. Bachelor’s graduates can, however, avoid entering the labour market by continuing their education. Using a Norwegian dataset containing information on all graduates and their applications to and enrolment in master’s degree programmes over (…)
When the education emphasises empathy: does it predict differences in professional commitment between male and female students in caring education?
Forfatter(e): Kjersti Nesje Tidsskrift: Tertiary Education and Management Sammendrag: Men are underrepresented in caring degrees such as nursing, teaching and social work. There is a political ambition to attract more men to these educational programmes, in part because of the future, global need for professionals such as nurses and teachers. A common explanation for men not entering these (…)
Institutional scope to shape persistence and departure among nursing students: re-framing Tinto for professional degrees
Forfatter(e): Elisabeth Hovdhaugen, Rachel Sweetman & Liz Thomas Tidsskrift: Tertiary Education and Management Sammendrag: Tinto’s (1993) interactional model of student departure was initially developed for students in traditional academic degrees, at residential colleges in the US. This paper takes up Tinto as a fruitful starting point for a critical review of the aspects of the model which are (…)
Global, Nordic, or institutional visions? An investigation into how Nordic universities are adapting to the SDGs
Forfatter(e): Bjørn Stensaker & Hege Hermansen Tidsskrift: Higher Education Sammendrag: After their launch by the UN in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been seen as landmarks for global survival. Higher education has been given a key role in the implementation of the SDGs, and the current article investigates how a sample of Nordic higher education institutions (…)
