Innovation in UK higher education: A panel data analysis of undergraduate degree programmes |
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Authors: | Nola Hewitt-Dundas Stephen Roper |
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Institution: | 1. Enterprise Research Centre and Queen’s Management School, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5EE, United Kingdom;2. Enterprise Research Centre and Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | In the UK, higher education is increasingly a marketised service sharing many characteristics with other professional services such as legal, medical or financial services. With marketisation comes competition, and the need for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to develop and maintain strong programmes to attract and retain high-class faculty and fee-paying students. Here, we consider the drivers of programme innovation ? i.e. the introduction of new programmes and the withdrawal of existing programmes ? in UK universities. Our focus is on undergraduate programmes as these account for three-quarters of all student enrolments. Using panel data for UK universities we identify significant resource, internationalisation and business engagement effects. Financial stringency and more extensive international market engagement both encourage programme introduction. Collaboration with businesses has offsetting effects depending on the nature of the interaction. The results have both strategic and systemic implications. |
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Keywords: | O39 I23 I25 Higher education Under-graduate: innovation Globalisation Business engagement |
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