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Researching ‘Quality Work’ in Higher Education

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Quality Work in Higher Education

Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics ((HEDY,volume 54))

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This introductory chapter lays out ‘quality work’ as the overarching concept for the entire book. The chapter discusses the current state of the art in the literature regarding quality in higher education and argues for the necessity of a new concept that connects research on organisational and pedagogical dimensions of quality in higher education. These two strands of research have contributed many relevant insights regarding quality in higher education, but limited linkages between the two traditions have been created. The chapter concludes with an overview of the remaining chapters in the book.

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    The project’s two central partners were NIFU and the Department of Education at the University of Oslo (IPED/UiO), with NIFU as the formal project owner. The international partners included the Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy at Århus University, Denmark, and the Centre for Research and Development of Higher Education at the University of Helsinki, Finland. In addition, contributions were made to the project by researchers from University of Tromsø–Arctic University of Norway and Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.

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    Mari Elken

  2. Department of Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Bjørn Stensaker

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    Peter Maassen

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    Monika Nerland

  4. NIFU, Oslo, Norway

    Tine S. Prøitz

  5. IPED, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Bjørn Stensaker

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    Agnete Vabø

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Elken, M., Stensaker, B. (2020). Researching ‘Quality Work’ in Higher Education. In: Elken, M., Maassen, P., Nerland, M., Prøitz, T., Stensaker, B., Vabø, A. (eds) Quality Work in Higher Education. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 54. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41757-4_1

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