Monologue-ing Chris

This is a seminar presented by Dr. Claire Smetherham about the Leverhulme funded project 'Globalisation – the case of academic staff'. Her conclusions at that moment were: (i) globalisation is an elite phenomenon, (ii) there are two different kinds of academic markets - one where shortages are due to under-supply/recruitment in the UK (due to skills shortages and/or the attractiveness of commercial markets), consequently opening spaces for overseas people, and, another where the UK is simply seen as a good place to be, and (iii) alongside the concentration of funding argument, both forces are likely operating to some degree.

Her interpretations of globalisation in higher education were:

- Presence of overseas academic staff in research/teaching posts in UK universities
- Presence of overseas students on a global basis
- How academics, including non-overseas individuals, work

In the presentation she focuses on the first definition. Four groups of institutions were as the variable (4 way split) - Golden Triangle, Russell Group, Other Pre-92 and Post-92s. The 'GT Effect' was recognised so she said 'globalisation is not to be found to the same extent everywhere in the sector'.

Two main theoretical reasons of claiming 'globalisation is an elite phenomenon' were (1) the concentration of research funding in key institutions & (2) staff markets in HE.

所以，英國高教機構的全球化是種菁英現象，因為國際菁英級大學群像金三角（牛大、劍大、倫學院、倫政經、帝國、國王）和羅素集團（伯大、布大、卡大、愛大、哥大、曼大、紐大、諾大、里大、利大、雪大、南大、華大）擁有較多金援／源，且因為名聲響噹噹的國際菁英級大學原本就較吸引國際菁英級學者，不管是資深國際學者轉換職場的選擇，或是年輕國際學者進入學術市場的敲門磚（資歷將是多麼好看）。

「所以學術市場的全球化根本是個名與利的人力流動。」很淺汀自己說完，想起念英教博士那南京女生 Jessica 說的「學術就是假大空」和剛跟自殺博士書森說的「人生就是一場場騙局」。還有，自己咕噥了下，很多習以為常的想三下就覺得理所當然的「道理」，就是要用「假大空」的學術辭彙和研究過程來詐騙金援／源的，是吧？

這個計畫如果願意給很淺汀錢來做全球化的第二個定義（學生部分），結論我現在就可以呈報然後領薪水：

很淺汀報告：「英國大學的全球化是種菁英現象。因為國際菁英級大學群像金三角（牛大、劍大、倫學院、倫政經、帝國、國王）和羅素集團（伯大、布大、卡大、愛大、哥大、曼大、紐大、諾大、里大、利大、雪大、南大、華大）擁有較多金援／源來提供學習資源，所以國際菁英學生會首選國際菁英級大學，且因為名聲響噹噹的國際菁英級大學原本就較吸引國際菁英學生（因為資歷也將是多麼好看）。」

等一下，不理石頭教育學院是「出了名」國際學生多沒錯，但它實在也是「出了名」書少電腦少研究空間少啊～以上這報告很淺汀收回。

Note: The Leverhulme funded project 'focuses on examining the scale of, and processes at work in, the so-called globalisation of British academia. It explores the implications that this has for the careers and personal well-being of individuals. The methodology involves (i) statistical analysis of a number of years of Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) national staff data, (ii) analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from an on-line survey of overseas staff working at six research intensive universities in the UK and (iii) depth interviews with a sample, structured using key demographic and institutional variables (UoB Website, 2008)'.

PowerPoint file of the presentation can be downloaded from here.