Government research evaluations and academic freedom: a UK and Australian comparison

Performance management systems have been an inevitable consequence of the development of government research evaluations (GREs) of university research, and have also inevitably affected the working life of academics. The aim of this paper is to track the development of GREs over the past 25 years, by critically evaluating their adoption in the UK and Australian higher education sector and their contribution to the commodification of academic labour, and to highlight the resultant tensions between GREs and academic freedom. The paper employs a literature-based analysis, relying on publicly available policy documents and academic studies over the period 1985–2010. GREs are a global phenomenon emanating from new public management reforms and while assessments of university research have been welcomed, they have attracted critique based on their design, the manner in which they have been applied, and the unintended consequences of their implementation on academic freedom in particular. Consistent with international research on the impact of GREs, Australian research assessments appear to be undoing the academic freedom that is central to successful research. Further empirical research on the impact of GREs on academics is urgently needed.     

关于COSO报告内部控制框架的一种理论修正

COSO报告虽然对内部控制理论做出了巨大贡献,但同时由于视角上的差异,它对控制目标与控制要素的阐述仍有一些不当之处,有必要进行理论修正;创立“一个目标”和“四个要素”的新框架,可以使内部控制的整体框架更技术化、逻辑化和科学化。     

企业风险管理发展的新趋势

在分析了当今企业所处动荡环境及风险管理实践历程的基础上，本文指出了企业集成风险管理是企业风险管理发展的新方向，指出了集成风险管理的特点并研究提出了企业集成风险管理的框架。     

大学学科运行与学科发展战略中若干问题的理论分析

学科实体运行的基础是资源,运行的目的是通过对资源的合理运用获得学科竞争力。借鉴相关理论,将学科资源按其资产特性区分为通用性资源与独特性资源,将学科竞争活动按其系统机能区分为输出性竞争与输入性竞争,将学科竞争力按其发生场域区分为学术竞争力与市场竞争力,将学科发展架构按其战略意图区分为传统优势学科与新兴拓展学科,有利于深度分析大学学科发展战略中的重大实质性问题。     

A new age for child protection--General Comment 13: why it is important, how it was constructed, and what it intends?

Children continue to be subjected to high levels of violence (i.e., physical, psychological and sexual maltreatment) throughout the world. International concern about violence against children has increased significantly during the last decade. A Study on Violence Against Children, encouraged by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, conducted under the auspices of the United Nations Secretary General and reported in 2006, has become a rallying call to improve child protection. Child protection practices and systems have been judged to be generally inadequate and, in some cases, destructive. It is widely recognized that business as usual—more of the same—will not do. A General Comment (guide to fulfilling obligations) for Article 19, the central conceptualization of child protection of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, has the potential to promote a worldwide reformulation of child protection priorities, policies, and practices by virtue of the infusion of a child rights approach. It can be a mechanism for framing and promoting the transformational change needed – for a genuine paradigm shift. Here, explication is given for the historical context, rationale, centrality of child rights, process of development, holistic nature, and primary elements of General Comment 13 (GC13): The child's right to freedom from all forms of violence. GC13 embodies and champions a child rights approach to child protection entailing strong support for proactive primary prevention, promotion of good child care, and a commitment to secure the rights and well-being of all children. A child rights-based, comprehensive coordinating framework is recommended for the implementation of GC13.     

论我国成人高等教育系统互通机制的构建——兼谈学分制改革和综合性高等教育学历资格框架体系的建立

本文系统梳理了以高等职业院校教育、成人高等院校教育、网络远程高等教育、高等教育自学考试为主要形式的我国成人高等教育大系统所存在的体制不畅等问题,指出解决问题的关键在于实施完全的学分制改革和建立综合性高等教育学历资格框架体系。针对学分制等体制的现状,作者又进一步给出了实施学分制改革和建立综合性高等教育学历资格框架体系的具体建议。     

Do altmetrics assess societal impact in a comparable way to case studies? An empirical test of the convergent validity of altmetrics based on data from the UK research excellence framework (REF)

Altmetrics have been proposed as a way to assess the societal impact of research. Although altmetrics are already in use as impact or attention metrics in different contexts, it is still not clear whether they really capture or reflect societal impact. This study is based on altmetrics, citation counts, research output and case study data from the UK Research Excellence Framework (REF), and peers’ REF assessments of research output and societal impact. We investigated the convergent validity of altmetrics by using two REF datasets: publications submitted as research output (PRO) to the REF and publications referenced in case studies (PCS). Case studies, which are intended to demonstrate societal impact, should cite the most relevant research papers. We used the MHq’ indicator for assessing impact – an indicator which has been introduced for count data with many zeros. The results of the first part of the analysis show that news media as well as mentions on Facebook, in blogs, in Wikipedia, and in policy-related documents have higher MHq’ values for PCS than for PRO. Thus, the altmetric indicators seem to have convergent validity for these data. In the second part of the analysis, altmetrics have been correlated with REF reviewers’ average scores on PCS. The negative or close to zero correlations question the convergent validity of altmetrics in that context. We suggest that they may capture a different aspect of societal impact (which can be called unknown attention) to that seen by reviewers (who are interested in the causal link between research and action in society).     

利用基于Mashup的轻量级应用集成框架构建数字图书馆门户

设计并实现一个基于Mashup技术的轻量级应用集成框架,该框架采用前端MVC模式以及服务组件架构,具有轻量级、易扩展以及松耦合集成的特点。在该框架的基础上构建数字图书馆门户,实际测试表明该门户系统运行效率高,能快速、低代价地整合各类分布环境下的异构资源。对于中小型图书馆,该解决方案具有较为普遍的适用性。     

层累制分类表的SKOS化转换研究评介

介绍分类表在数据共享格式描述中的研究进展,重点分析其在数据描述格式转换中面临的难点以及可能的解决措施,在此基础上展望未来的研究方向,以期为国内分类表用于数据交换服务提供参考。     

基于教育心理学的课程知识本体模型研究

介绍教育心理学在课程设计中的重要性及理论。利用教育心理学的理论,对传统的E-learning系统课程体系结构进行细化,提出方法单元和媒体片段的新概念。设计出基于教育心理学角度的E-learning课程本体表达模型,它将使基于该模型构建的E-learning系统具有智能的学习指导和满足个性化需求的能力。