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Director International Centre for Higher Education Management
I have held a range of faculty and management positions in the UK and South Africa including in an innovative institution which aimed to transform higher education in apartheid South Africa. I am a past Honorary Secretary of the Society for Research in Higher Education. Multi-national research projects have included transnational higher education, the academic profession and higher education and equity. I have keynoted conferences in many countries including Mexico, Finland, Ireland, Denmark, England, Trinidad and South Africa. Other contributions have included executive development programmes for university leaders. I am on the editorial Boards of the British Journal of Sociology of Education, Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education and the International Journal of Sociology of Education. I sit on the Research and Development Committee of the European Foundation for Management Development. I co-edit the book series Global Higher Education (Palgrave/Macmillan) and African Higher Education Dynamics (African Minds).
My research interests include :
- Public Sector Markets and New Public Management
- The Changing Academic Profession and Academic Identities
- Global Commodification and the Student as Consumer
- Transnational Higher Education and Global Governance
- Knowledge Innovation and Developing Societies
- Imperialism and Higher Education in the 21st Century
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Projects
- 5 Finished
Future Research Leaders Incubator Scheme - Berenice Scandone
1/03/16 → 30/06/16
Project: Research-related funding
Accelerating International Research Collaboration Scheme - Business Schools, Social Responsibility and Inclusive Development
1/02/16 → 30/03/17
Project: Research-related funding
Student Engagement in Quality Assurance and Enhancement
Naidoo, R. & Van Der Velden, G.
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
19/12/12 → 18/09/13
Project: UK charity
IMPLEMENTING QUALITY EDUCATION IN LOW INCOME COUNTRIES
Lowe, J. A., Bishop, K. N., Denley, P. & Naidoo, R.
Department for International Development
1/09/05 → 31/03/08
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
Research Output
Audit-market Intermediaries: Doing Institutional Work in British Research Intensive Universities
Enders, J. & Naidoo, R., 2019, In : Studies in Higher Education. 44, 7, p. 1290-1301 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Constructing a national higher education brand for the UK: positional competition and promised capitals
Lomer, S., Papatsiba, V. & Naidoo, R., 2018, In : Studies in Higher Education. 43, 1, p. 134-153 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
17
Citations
(Scopus)
The competition fetish in higher education: Shamans, mind snares and consequences
Naidoo, R., 1 Sep 2018, In : European Educational Research Journal. 17, 5, p. 605-620 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The Teaching Excellence Framework: Symbolic Violence and the Measured Market in Higher Education
Tomlinson, M., Enders, J. & Naidoo, R., 12 Dec 2018, In : Critical Studies in Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2
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Colombia: how universities can help to build lasting peace
Restrepo, J. & Naidoo, R., 14 Nov 2017, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
Open Access
Thesis
Becoming an Intrapreneurial University: The Role of the External Entrepreneur in the Academic Heartland of Art and Design.
Author: Hunt, E., 27 Oct 2017Supervisor: Naidoo, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Business (DBA)
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Faculty Perception Of Branding: A Multi-case Qualitative Study
Author: Pringle, J., 10 Dec 2014Supervisor: Naidoo, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Business (DBA)
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Higher Education Marketisation in Ghana: Intentions and Implications for Equity and Widening Participation
Author: Bondzie, G. K., 15 Jan 2020Supervisor: Enders, J. (Supervisor) & Naidoo, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Business (DBA)
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Managerial Causes and Consequences of the Introduction of Credit Frameworks: The case of Colombian Universities
Author: Restrepo, J., 22 May 2015Supervisor: Naidoo, R. (Supervisor) & Dale, R. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Business (DBA)
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Managing Professional Development of Academic Staff to Enhance University Performance
Author: Murphy, J., 25 Jun 2014Supervisor: Jamieson, I. (Supervisor) & Naidoo, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Business (DBA)
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