Impact Analysis of Applications to the Oxford Martin School
The Project
This project consisted of a detailed textual analysis (topic modelling and thematic analysis) of the successful applications and subsequent reports connected with the five open funding calls of the School since 2008, as well as of all the relevant call documentation.
Across the 34 projects funded, a total of 80 documents were analysed line-by-line. The findings encompass the following:
- The definition of impact and domains of impact evidenced in the documents analysed, with particular emphasis on the following key areas: academic impacts; policy impacts; public, health and cultural impacts; economic and commercial impacts; and practice-based impacts.
- The approached to enabling and demonstrating impacts that had been planned and/or implemented over the past decade, including the relationships between impact and attitudes toward risk and quality.
The report concluded with recommendation for future evaluation and monitoring.
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Project Details
Start date: March 2018
End date: June 2018
Funder: Oxford Martin School
Theme: Higher Education; Policy, Economy and Society
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Neurodivergent Education for Students, Teaching & Learning (NESTL)2024 - 2025This project supports neurodivergent-inclusive teaching and learning.
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Transnational Academic Mobility to Global South: An Exploratory Study of International Faculty in China2020 - 2022This project investigates the mobility of international academics to China and their engagement with Chinese higher education.
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The role of research in Higher Education and research assessment2020 - 2023This project aims to study the importance of the research function in understanding the wider dynamics of higher education.
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Understanding the ‘Value’ of Humanities DegreesFebruary 2019 - November 2019Debates over tuition fees, university finances, and the evaluation of teaching excellence have led to recent increased scrutiny on the potential value of Humanities degrees.