Ernest Rudd
Biographic Data
| ID | 3660412 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ernest Rudd |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ernest |
| FAMILY NAME | Rudd |
| SIGNATURE | RUDD E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Essex |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The evaluation of the quality of research
This article discusses the contexts in which it is necessary to evaluate the quality of research, the determinants of quality, and how quality can be evaluated. This is a field in which there is now a very substantial literature, and most of the article summarises and discusses some of the main books and articles in the English language reporting research in this field, published up to October 1986, especially those which themselves summarise the…
Reply to Clarke
Students and social class
Statistics published by the Universities Central Council on Admissions (UCCA) show that one of the reasons why a relatively high proportion of British university students come from middle-class homes is that the grades gained in school-leaving examinations by university applicants are related to social class. A postal survey of a 10% sample of undergraduates entering British universities in 1986 was carried out to check the accuracy of UCCA's sta…
The Drop‐outs and the Dilatory on the Road to the Doctorate
1986). THE DROP‐OUTS AND THE DILATORY ON THE ROAD TO THE DOCTORATE. Higher Education in Europe: Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 31-36
A reply to Bradley
A comparison between the results achieved by women and men studying for first degrees in British universities
The pattern of honours degrees awarded to women and to men by British universities in 1967, 1978 and 1979 is examined. Women gained lower percentages than the men of both first class degrees and the weakest honours degrees. Various explanations for the smaller percentage of women gaining firsts are considered. The only explanation that seems to fit all the facts is that this difference is linked to differences in the distribution of ability as me…
Halls of Residence for Students
The Effect of Alphabetical Order of Author Listing on the Careers of Scientists
The Highest Education
Originally published in 1975 The Highest Education is the first thorough study of the growth of students at British universities from the 1940s to 1975, particularly in the field of postgraduate study. The book reviews the history of graduate education in Britain and evaluates the purpose of postgraduate study. It looks at research students in the context of university, and the world at large, and discusses the different needs of full-time and pa…
Contemporary Problems in Higher Education
Graduates
Residence and student life, a sociological enquiry into residence in higher education
Six Years After
Culture and British Economic Growth
Graduate Study and after
The rate of economic growth, technology and the Ph.D
A comparison between the results achieved by women and men studying for first degrees in British universities
The pattern of honours degrees awarded to women and to men by British universities in 1967, 1978 and 1979 is examined. Women gained lower percentages than the men of both first class degrees and the weakest honours degrees. Various explanations for the smaller percentage of women gaining firsts are considered. The only explanation that seems to fit all the facts is that this difference is linked to differences in the distribution of ability as me…
The Drop‐outs and the Dilatory on the Road to the Doctorate
1986). THE DROP‐OUTS AND THE DILATORY ON THE ROAD TO THE DOCTORATE. Higher Education in Europe: Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 31-36
Graduate Study and after
Halls of Residence for Students
The rate of economic growth, technology and the Ph.D
Culture and British Economic Growth
Graduate Study and after
Six Years After
Graduates
Residence and student life, a sociological enquiry into residence in higher education
Contemporary Problems in Higher Education
The Highest Education
Originally published in 1975 The Highest Education is the first thorough study of the growth of students at British universities from the 1940s to 1975, particularly in the field of postgraduate study. The book reviews the history of graduate education in Britain and evaluates the purpose of postgraduate study. It looks at research students in the context of university, and the world at large, and discusses the different needs of full-time and pa…
The Effect of Alphabetical Order of Author Listing on the Careers of Scientists
Halls of Residence for Students
A comparison between the results achieved by women and men studying for first degrees in British universities
The pattern of honours degrees awarded to women and to men by British universities in 1967, 1978 and 1979 is examined. Women gained lower percentages than the men of both first class degrees and the weakest honours degrees. Various explanations for the smaller percentage of women gaining firsts are considered. The only explanation that seems to fit all the facts is that this difference is linked to differences in the distribution of ability as me…
A reply to Bradley
The Drop‐outs and the Dilatory on the Road to the Doctorate
1986). THE DROP‐OUTS AND THE DILATORY ON THE ROAD TO THE DOCTORATE. Higher Education in Europe: Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 31-36
Students and social class
Statistics published by the Universities Central Council on Admissions (UCCA) show that one of the reasons why a relatively high proportion of British university students come from middle-class homes is that the grades gained in school-leaving examinations by university applicants are related to social class. A postal survey of a 10% sample of undergraduates entering British universities in 1986 was carried out to check the accuracy of UCCA's sta…
The evaluation of the quality of research
This article discusses the contexts in which it is necessary to evaluate the quality of research, the determinants of quality, and how quality can be evaluated. This is a field in which there is now a very substantial literature, and most of the article summarises and discusses some of the main books and articles in the English language reporting research in this field, published up to October 1986, especially those which themselves summarise the…
Reply to Clarke
Sociology (12 works) · Higher education (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Demography (3 works)