Rank Hypocrisies: The Insult of the Ref

by Derek Sayer

"In crystalline text steeped in cold rage, Sayer takes aim at the REF's central claim, that it is a legitimate process of expert peer review. He critiques university and national-level REF processes against actual practices of scholarly review as found in academic journals, university presses, and North American tenure procedures. His analysis is damning. If the REF fails as scholarly review, how can academics and universities continue to participate?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473906563
• ISBN13: 9781473906563
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.3"