Bundled or unbundled? A multi-text corpus-assisted discourse analysis of the relationship between teaching and research in UK universities

Creating and disseminating knowledge through research and teaching has long been regarded as the hallmark of the modern university. However, new university business models have called into question the ‘bundling’ of teaching and research, and sustained research on the relationship between teaching and research has found little evidence of an insoluble connection between the two activities. In this article, we explore the relationship between teaching and research from the perspective of universities’ institutional discourse. We use corpus-assisted discourse analysis to examine the relationship between research and teaching as presented in two sets of institutional texts currently influential in UK Higher Education: Research Excellence Framework environment statements and Teaching Excellence Framework provider submissions (a total of 2143 documents and 12,492,071 words). Our findings show that, while universities emphasise the value of research to their teaching, they do not always emphasise (or sometimes even decry) the influence of teaching on their research. We empirically evidence that, according to what universities themselves write in institutional texts, teaching and research are not always in a mutually beneficial entanglement, but often rather a one-way relationship in which research expertise and institutional prestige are used to bolster claims of teaching excellence. This has implications for the communication of both the vision and the purpose of a university in regulatory exercises and wider policy, but also speaks to the broader idea and practice of being a university in the twenty-first century.     

二次曲线拟合算法的统计性能分析与改进

传统的二次曲线拟合使用标准特征值分析算法。通过统计分析技术 ,可知该技术在拟合数字二次曲线时 ,存在估计偏差大、均方误差大的缺点。其产生原因是数据噪声的有色性和自相关函数矩阵的条件数过大 ,因此白化数据噪声和正则化变换是提高曲线拟合的有效措施。这从理论上有力地支持了Hartley提出的正则化算法。通过理论分析和计算机仿真实验 ,表明了降维EVD技术固有地同时具备噪声预白化功能和数据正则化功能 ,因此它能给出均方误差相当小的无偏估计。由于它无须进行预白化变换或正则化变换 ,并把最优化过程的维数从 6降为 2 ,所以它还具有计算快速、实现简单方便的优点。     

浅谈高校如何改善教师健康状况

目前,我国高等院校教师的身体素质普遍偏低,影响到教师各项教学科研活动,而影响教师身体素质的因素很多,作为学校来说,应该切实关心教师的健康状况,通过改善教师生活条件,充分发挥健身场地和人才的优势。促进教师身体素质的提高。     

排球课中进行不同类型准备活动学生的心理状态浅析

排球课的准备活动对顺利完成课的目标有不可低估的作用.将准备活动按其活动形式分成徒手、带球、游戏、综合四大类型进行单组实验,结合问卷调查,对不同类型准备活动中学生的心理状态进行分析比较,认为排球课的准备活动,以有球的组织活动形式最好.     

对改革篮球运球技术教学的探讨

篮球运球技术是比赛和训练中的重要技术之一。熟练掌握好运球技术 ,是高校篮球教学中一个重要的环节。通过教学实验证明 :采用诱导性练习法 ,能加快学生熟练掌握技术的程度 ,对篮球教学起极其重要的作用。     

Hydraulic pressure inducing renal tubular epithelial-myofibroblast transdifferentiation in vitro

EMT in a pressure magnitude- and duration-dependent manner, and that this TEMT is accompanied by TGF-β1 secretion.     

软式排球运动特点的初步研究

通过文献资料、数理统计和教学实验等方法对软式排球的教学效果、竞赛规则、项目特点进行了分析研究 ,并愿以此文的研究结论为我国普及排球运动 ,推动全民健身和提高排球运动水平服务。     

媒介对谁更有效?--"第三者效果"理论述略

(一) 一个股民看见报纸上有关某种股票的利好(或利空)消息后,赶快冲到交易厅。他心想:别人看见这消息以后,肯定会争相购买(或抛售)该股票,从而引起股价上涨(或下跌),我得赶在他们前面…… 反对某项提案的人抱怨说:关于它的正面报道太多了,人们不像我,对此有全面的了解,肯定要受到影响,会赞成这一提案,从而最终让它得以通过     

中国大陆海外华人研究文献(1994—2001年)的分析与评介

以中国大陆三大学术期刊全文数据库为调查对象 ,采用文献计量学的方法 ,对 1994年—2 0 0 1年期间中国大陆海外华人研究文献的发文数量、研究领域、主题分布、文献源、活跃作者群及载文地区分布等进行研究分析 ,从文献学的角度对中国大陆海外华人研究的基本现状、学术方向和存在问题进行一次较为全面的梳理。