Dr Rille Raaper rille.raaper@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Assessment Policy and “Pockets of Freedom” in a Neoliberal University. A Foucauldian Perspective
Raaper, R.
Authors
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C. Manathunga
Editor
D. Bottrell
Editor
Abstract
Guided by a Foucauldian theorisation, this chapter conducts a discourse analysis of assessment policy documents in one neoliberalised UK university. Furthermore, it traces the ways in which academics and graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) as assessors negotiate this policy space. The findings demonstrate that the assessment policy has become increasingly restrictive but also ambiguous in the university. It includes a high number of policy documents, a wide range of assessment stakeholders and increasingly abstract language of instruction. However, the findings also suggest that this policy ambiguity is not utterly negative but can be exploited by academics and GTAs, allowing them to have some ownership over assessment processes and their own subjectivities as assessors.
Citation
Raaper, R. (2019). Assessment Policy and “Pockets of Freedom” in a Neoliberal University. A Foucauldian Perspective. In C. Manathunga, & D. Bottrell (Eds.), Resisting neoliberalism in higher education. Volume II. Prising open the cracks (155--175). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95834-7_8
Acceptance Date | Nov 22, 2017 |
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Online Publication Date | Dec 19, 2019 |
Publication Date | 2019 |
Deposit Date | Dec 5, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 19, 2020 |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 155--175 |
Series Title | Palgrave critical University studies |
Edition | 1st |
Book Title | Resisting neoliberalism in higher education. Volume II. Prising open the cracks. |
ISBN | 9783319958330 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95834-7_8 |
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Raaper, R. (2019). Assessment Policy and “Pockets of Freedom” in a Neoliberal University. A Foucauldian Perspective. In Resisting Neoliberalism in Higher Education. Volume II - Prising Open the Cracks. Manathunga, C. & Bottrell, D. Palgrave Macmillan. II: 155-175 reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan. This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95834-7_8
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