Ted Tapper
Biographic Data
| ID | 293658 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ted Tapper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ted |
| FAMILY NAME | Tapper |
| SIGNATURE | TAPPER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Higher Education |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The State and the Quality Agenda: A Theoretical Approach
The world-class league tables and the sustaining of international reputations in higher education
The purpose of this exploratory article is to broaden our understanding of institutional reputation. It argues that it is vital to understand how prestigious institutions of higher education evaluate the basis of their own reputations. While accepting the importance of institutional research outputs, which are so critical to the current 'world‐class' ranking lists, it puts forward alternative criteria that elite institutions are likely to embrace…
Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Thinking Beyond the English Experience
The Politics of Governance in Higher Education: The Case of Quality Assurance
The politics of governance in higher education is dominated by a discourse of quality assurance which assumes the external regulation of academic activity to be the natural state of affairs. This article analyses the ideological origins of that discourse and its resonance with more general trends in the public management of welfare, the nature of the opposition from traditional university values, the stages in the translation of ideological advan…
The application of science and scientific autonomy in Great Britain: A case study of the Science and Engineering Research Council
Oxford, Cambridge and the Changing Idea of the University. The Challenge to Donnish Domination
This examines the changing model of the university as represented by Oxford and Cambridge. It is the first in-depth study of the two universities since Rose and Ziman's Camford Observed (1964). While British universities have developed different structures and procedures it is also true that they have many of the same values and many of these core values have been influenced by the Oxbridge model. In particular, the traditions of university auton…
The Assisted Places Scheme: A policy evaluation
Since 1981 the Assisted Places Scheme (APS), enacted by the 1980 (No. 2) Education Bill, has paid in part or in full the fees of several thousand pupils who are receiving their schooling in the private sector. This article sets out the varying objectives of the scheme and evaluates its impact in terms of: (a) the policy goals of its twin proponents (the independent sector institutions and the Conservative party); (b) the schools ‐‐ both in the ma…
Exploring Frontiers and Settling Territory: Shaping the Sociology of Education
Elite Ideologies in Higher Education: A Reply to McCormick
Political Education and Stability
Political Education and Stability
Young People and Society
The Politics of Governance in Higher Education: The Case of Quality Assurance
The politics of governance in higher education is dominated by a discourse of quality assurance which assumes the external regulation of academic activity to be the natural state of affairs. This article analyses the ideological origins of that discourse and its resonance with more general trends in the public management of welfare, the nature of the opposition from traditional university values, the stages in the translation of ideological advan…
The world-class league tables and the sustaining of international reputations in higher education
The purpose of this exploratory article is to broaden our understanding of institutional reputation. It argues that it is vital to understand how prestigious institutions of higher education evaluate the basis of their own reputations. While accepting the importance of institutional research outputs, which are so critical to the current 'world‐class' ranking lists, it puts forward alternative criteria that elite institutions are likely to embrace…
The State and the Quality Agenda: A Theoretical Approach
The Assisted Places Scheme: A policy evaluation
Since 1981 the Assisted Places Scheme (APS), enacted by the 1980 (No. 2) Education Bill, has paid in part or in full the fees of several thousand pupils who are receiving their schooling in the private sector. This article sets out the varying objectives of the scheme and evaluates its impact in terms of: (a) the policy goals of its twin proponents (the independent sector institutions and the Conservative party); (b) the schools ‐‐ both in the ma…
Exploring Frontiers and Settling Territory: Shaping the Sociology of Education
Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Thinking Beyond the English Experience
Elite Ideologies in Higher Education: A Reply to McCormick
Young People and Society
Young People and Society
Political Education and Stability
Political Education and Stability
Elite Ideologies in Higher Education: A Reply to McCormick
Exploring Frontiers and Settling Territory: Shaping the Sociology of Education
The Assisted Places Scheme: A policy evaluation
Since 1981 the Assisted Places Scheme (APS), enacted by the 1980 (No. 2) Education Bill, has paid in part or in full the fees of several thousand pupils who are receiving their schooling in the private sector. This article sets out the varying objectives of the scheme and evaluates its impact in terms of: (a) the policy goals of its twin proponents (the independent sector institutions and the Conservative party); (b) the schools ‐‐ both in the ma…
The application of science and scientific autonomy in Great Britain: A case study of the Science and Engineering Research Council
Oxford, Cambridge and the Changing Idea of the University. The Challenge to Donnish Domination
This examines the changing model of the university as represented by Oxford and Cambridge. It is the first in-depth study of the two universities since Rose and Ziman's Camford Observed (1964). While British universities have developed different structures and procedures it is also true that they have many of the same values and many of these core values have been influenced by the Oxbridge model. In particular, the traditions of university auton…
The Politics of Governance in Higher Education: The Case of Quality Assurance
The politics of governance in higher education is dominated by a discourse of quality assurance which assumes the external regulation of academic activity to be the natural state of affairs. This article analyses the ideological origins of that discourse and its resonance with more general trends in the public management of welfare, the nature of the opposition from traditional university values, the stages in the translation of ideological advan…
Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Thinking Beyond the English Experience
The world-class league tables and the sustaining of international reputations in higher education
The purpose of this exploratory article is to broaden our understanding of institutional reputation. It argues that it is vital to understand how prestigious institutions of higher education evaluate the basis of their own reputations. While accepting the importance of institutional research outputs, which are so critical to the current 'world‐class' ranking lists, it puts forward alternative criteria that elite institutions are likely to embrace…
The State and the Quality Agenda: A Theoretical Approach
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Economics (5 works) · Higher education (5 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (5 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Elite (3 works)