Building capacity in institutional research: collaboration and complementarity?

Botha, Jan and Webber, Karen and Williams, James J. and Woodfield, Steve (2024) Building capacity in institutional research: collaboration and complementarity? Tertiary Education and Management, 30 (2). pp. 129-145. ISSN 1358-3883

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Abstract

Institutional Research associations across the world are re-imagining and redesigning their professional development and capacity building activities. This paper outlines the professional development activities of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) in the United States (est. 1966), the European Association for Institutional Research (EAIR) (est. 1978), the Southern African Association for Institutional Research (SAAIR) (est. 1994) and the United Kingdom and Ireland Higher Education Institutional Research Network (HEIR) (est. 2008) and argues that a more sophisticated approach to IR is needed, informed by systems thinking, aimed at proactive engagement with policy-makers and managers, organisational learning, direct links to institutional strategy (‘a seat at the table’), and the analysis and use of larger volumes of data.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1007/s11233-024-09139-0
Dates:	Date Event 2 September 2024 Accepted 17 September 2024 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	management, planning, institutional research, professional development
Subjects:	CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-02 - sociology
Divisions:	Law and Social Sciences > Criminology and Sociology > Sociology
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	20 Aug 2025 14:06
Last Modified:	20 Aug 2025 14:06
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16615

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