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REF, TEF, and KEF; and the “Research-Informed” Teaching and Co-Production Traditions in Local History: Analysing Provincial Newspapers.

Authors :
Jackson, Andrew J.H.
Source :
International Journal of Regional & Local History. May2018, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p68-85. 18p.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

In the present universities are facing the introduction of a revised Research Excellence Framework, the extension of the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework to subject-level assessment, and the emergence of a Knowledge Exchange Framework. Against this background are particular interests in, or imperatives surrounding, the development of research-informed activity involving undergraduate students, and in university public engagement. The practice of local history has a long and proud tradition of internally and externally collaborative and enquiry-led co-production in higher education and more broadly, and is now a fitting reference point and a timely source of inspiration. This research discusses the development of, and relationships between, REF, TEF and KEF, the place of research-informed teaching, and the contemporary significance of local history. The study also reports on some of the results of a student-engagement activity involving the indexing, analysis and interpretation of a provincial newspaper, for Ilfracombe, in Devon. Such a choice of primary source is particularly apt, not least because its demanding material format invites group reading and collective scrutiny. In addition, provincial-press publications yield and test knowledge of what the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries brought to districts and communities; they also demand an appreciation of conceptual and critical understanding; and, in addition, support diverse and advanced methodological experimentation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20514530
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
International Journal of Regional & Local History
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
129037837
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/20514530.2018.1451447