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Ver$go: Time and Space in the Contemporary University Susan L. Robertson University of Bristol Presenta?on to Power, Accelera?on and Metrics in Academic Life 2 nd –4 th December, 2015, Ins?tute of Philosophy, Prague

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Ver$go:  Time  and  Space  in  the  Contemporary  University    

Susan  L.  Robertson  University  of  Bristol  

 Presenta?on  to  Power,  Accelera?on  and  Metrics  in  

Academic  Life  2nd  –  4th  December,  2015,    Ins?tute  of  Philosophy,  Prague  

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Susan  L.  Robertson,    Power,  Accelera?on  and  Metrics  in  Academic  Life  

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Internal  Memo  2014  

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Internal  Memo  2014  

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How  might  we  understand  these  spa?al  and  temporal  movements  and  their  social,  poli?cal  and  visceral  effects  on  the  na?on,  ins?tu?on,  individuals  and  families  ?    

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Old  and  newer  histories  

•  Since  1980s,  ‘guides’  been  developed,  many  by  the  publishing  industry,  to  promote  ‘best  buy’  -­‐  including  Macleans,  Universi?es  Guide  

•  2003  Shanghai  Jiao  Tong  developed  ranking  to  emulate  US  system  within  China  

•  Followed  by  THE-­‐QS  (2004),  Leiden,  CHE,  Economist  Intelligence  Unit,  TimesHigher,  QS,  U-­‐Mul?rank    ….  

•  Prolifera?on  of  ‘products’  –  from  regional  rankings  to  ‘reputa?ons’,  best  under  50’s…  

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Movements…notes      •  Much  of  work  on  world  university  rankings  tends  to  

focus  a`en?on  on  its  ‘governmentality’    -­‐  that  is  ‘governing  (popula?ons)  by  numbers’  and  ordering  ins?tu?onal  iden??es  through  reputa?on.  

•  Other  work  focuses  on  scopic  systems  (Knorr  Cer?na)  examining  that  ways  in  which  complex  social  life  is  represented  in  indexes.        

•   There  do  not  spend  sufficient  a`en?on  paid  to  the  ways  in  which  mobility/movements  in  space  itself  (out,  down,  up)    -­‐  are  both  complex  modali?es  of  power  and  are  invoked    in  the  restructuring  and  reordering  of  social    lives  and  rela?ons  in  global,  regional,  local  and  ins?tu?onal  educa?on  spaces.  

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Mobili?es  Paradigm  Take  1:  movements  outward    

•  An  element  of  world  university  rankings  is  the  inclusion  of  the  number  of  interna?onal  students  studying  in  the  university  

•  Interna?onal  collabora?ons  amongst  academics  are  regarded  as  driving  up  global  cita?on  data.    

•  Universi?es  buy  global  stars  

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A  deadly  serious  game..  compe??on  in  the  global  knowledge  economy  

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Mobili?es  Paradigm  Take2:  movements  upward    

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Mobili?es  Paradigm  Take3:  movements  downward  

•  Ver?go  –  the  world  is  moving  either  around  you,  or  in  your  head  

     

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Movements  …moments,  moods…concluding  thoughts…  

We  can  see  ‘movement’  itself  having  real  effects  on  ins?tu?ons  discourses,  their  strategies,  sense  of  iden?ty,  and  personal/professional  lives….  •  Extension  outward,  connec?ons…create  the  possibility  also  

for  movement  upward    •  Eleva?on  and  movement  upward  brings  also  the  fear  of  a  loss  

of  height  •  Loss  of  height,  falling,  ver?go  increase  the  levels  of  anxiety  in  

both  the  ins?tu?on  and  its  professionals  about  what  this  means  for  its  fortunes  and  future….  

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•  The  global  higher  educa?on  landscape  is  changing  and  Times  Higher  Educa?on  (THE)  is  evolving  too.  We  are  harnessing  data  at  both  the  global  and  local  level  to  enable  meaningful  measurement,  insight  and  benchmarking  of  ins?tu?onal  performance  through  the  World  University  Rankings  and  THE  Data;  by  providing  the  most  respected  news  and  analysis  of  global  higher  educa?on  issues  and  trends  in  the  THE;  and  by  facilita?ng  discussion,  engagement  and  networking  among  those  leading  and  working  in  universi?es  at  our  summits.  We  also  help  make  crucial  matches  between  ins?tu?ons,  faculty  and  senior  leaders  through  our  Unijobs  and  THE  jobs  boards.  

•     •  Through  THE  Student  we  now  offer  advice,  guides  to  universi?es,  news  

and  other  decision-­‐making  tools  to  help  equip  students  around  the  world  for  the  next  stage  of  their  educa?onal  journey.  h`p://www.tesglobal.com/content/about-­‐tes-­‐global  accessed  29  November  2015  

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