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.     

Olfaction and emotion: The quest for olfactory restoration in two speech communities

ABSTRACT

Olfaction has been described as one of the least studied of the senses. This has certainly proven true in Communication. This project applies Ethnography of Communication and Cultural Discourse Analysis to examine the role that olfaction plays in the cultural meaning systems of two speech communities: residents surrounding the Gowanus Canal and bereaved parents. The cultural hub used to explore the cultural significance of olfaction in both speech communities is feeling. The analyses illustrate how emotions are tied to associated sensations and further become activated through radiants of dwelling, relating and acting. The analysis also shows how olfaction may serve to unify and separate members of a community. The significance of this research encourages stretching the boundaries of communication studies by examining the less studied physical senses and the boundaries of Cultural Discourse Analysis by providing distinctions that others can incorporate when examining feelings.     

新时代我国少数民族地区体育公共服务分层治理研究

采用文献资料法等研究方法对新时代我国少数民族地区体育公共服务分层治理进行研究，旨在为提高我国少数民族地区体育公共服务质量和建设体育强国提供建议。研究认为，少数民族地区体育公共服务分层治理是基于我国社会分层的现状以及各阶层体育需求和参与特征存在的差异而采取的差异性治理方式，分层治理有"因层制宜"的意蕴，有利于促进我国少数民族地区体育公共服务均等化和改变少数民族地区体育公共服务"供给不足"和"供非所需"的困境。现阶段我国少数民族地区体育公共服务分层治理的思路包括明确少数民族地区体育公共服务分层治理主体责任、完善少数民族地区体育公共服务分层治理资金保障机制、积极探索少数民族地区体育公共服务分层供给方式、构建少数民族地区体育公共服务分层治理协商机制、建立少数民族地区体育公共服务分层供给绩效评价体系。     

公共卫生综合信息管理

以现行的卫生行业标准、规范为依据,采用FOXPRO关系数据库开发出了新的公卫生综合信息管理系统.该系统具有投入低,能提高工作效率;动态掌握各种信息,并提供信息发布功能;可进行网络化管理实现数据共享;通用性广、安全实用、操作性强、应用范围宽、使用前景广泛等特点.是实现公共卫生规范化、标准化、法制化、快节奏的较好的管理模式,具有显著的经济效益及社会效益.     

资金·瓶颈·效率--市场经济条件下政府体育投资行为的理性分析(二)

采用文献资料法和逻辑分析方法。讨论和分析了在市场经济中政府体育投资行为动机和体育投资过程中常见的行为偏差。主要结论 :政府体育投资的主要动机是 ,满足社会对体育的公共需要 ;维护社会公平 ,实现社会大众参与体育的机会相对均等以及确保体育与经济社会的协调发展等。体育投资行为偏差是 ,社会功利性过强 ;投资稳定性不够以及投资的随意性和盲目性等。纠正体育投资行为偏差的措施是 ,加强体育投资的立法 ;提高体育投资的透明度 ;完善体育投资管理体制和加强社会监督等     

民营企业发展所遇瓶颈分析

目前我国民营企业在发展道路上不断上演着“创立、崛起、衰败”的三部曲，针对民营企业发展所遇瓶颈问题从五个方面加以分析，从而说明中国民营企业只有突破瓶颈才能走向成熟。     

典权与不动产质权之比较研究

本文通过对典权与不动产质权中几个主要问题的比较分析,认为它们作为两种基于不动产而建立的法律制度,虽各具特色,却具有功能上的一致性和替代性.并且认为从其演变史看,二者皆为农业社会的产物,在工业化和市场经济高度发达的现代社会,其作用呈不断消退之势.     

Tall Stories: The Metaphorical Nature of Everyday Talk

This article questions some popular cultural assumptions about the nature of everyday discourse. It claims that such discourse is in fact richly metaphorical and that, through the operation of metaphor, we fictionalise ourselves as we talk. Because literary writing has dominated our culture and curriculum, English teachers have not been encouraged to explore an aspect of language that is at the core of how we think and behave.     

“with+复合结构”的语篇意义探析

文章通过对“with+复合结构”外延逻辑关系的分析,认为该结构的语篇意义在于能调动读者的成像、感应、直觉等心理机能,让读者深深体味到英语语言的魅力之所在。     

网络传播媒介对当代美术批评方法论的拓展

从建构传统美术批评体系中的批评家与批评话语权之间的关系入手,就当下社会生活中的网络传播媒介对传统美术批评体系的解构现象进行了初步探讨,并从网络美术批评语言的重构、批评话语权的平民化方式、批评的学理完整性和依据以及批评的思维方式等方面对当代美术批评方法论的拓展进行了思考性阐述。