Games played on Australian university alliance websites as they collaborate and compete
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Date
2010
Authors
Luzeckyj, Ann
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Australian Association for Research in
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Abstract
As competition for funding, staff
and students increases and the game becomes more complex, universities across the sector are
required to identify new and more elaborate ways of competing. The development of
university ranking systems has encouraged this competitive game. The relevance of university
rankings is discussed. The paper concludes with a
reflection on why, despite their apparent importance as capital these international and national
rankings are predominantly absent from the alliances’ websites. These explorations provide
an insight into the complex games universities play in order to collaborate and to compete for
government, private and research funding and for staff and students.
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Higher education, University, Ranking systems, Funding
Citation
Luzeckyj, Ann. 2010. Games played on Australian university alliance websites as they collaborate and compete. In Peter Jeffery (Ed.), Proceedings of the AARE International Education Research Conference, 2009 (1-14). Canberra: Australian Association for Research in Education.