Elwick, A;
(2018)
The Values of English Universities: Questioning the Role of Value Statements and Mapping Their Current Focus.
Higher Education Policy
10.1057/s41307-018-0112-x.
(In press).
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Abstract
Universities now routinely promote value statements in order to express their beliefs and moral principles—adopting the practice of many commercial organisations. However, such value statements have rarely been collated or studied across the sector, which is what this paper sets out to do. Focusing on English universities, current value statements were collected and thematically analysed in order to assess what values universities in England claim to embrace; whether there are patterns in these value statements; and how these values are used to characterise the ‘business’ of higher education. A small number of key themes are used to typify value statements across a majority of institutions and differences between sub-groups of universities are identified. The paper concludes by questioning why universities adopt and publicise value statements and what role they might play in universities’ projections of themselves.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | The Values of English Universities: Questioning the Role of Value Statements and Mapping Their Current Focus |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1057/s41307-018-0112-x |
Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-018-0112-x |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10065439 |
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