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The purpose of this chapter is to act as a partial continuation of Chapter 3 and to discuss the work of Irish academics and researchers and their subse- quent ‘outputs’. I will start by considering the role and scope of academic labour and then move on to consider the ‘products’ of their work. This will include the traditional outputs such as journal articles and research funding and also some of the key markers emanating from so-called third mission: patents, invention disclosures and industry-higher education (HE) collabo- rations. Lastly I will weave into this a discussion around the performativity of Irish HE institutions vis-à-vis global and European ranking systems. Due to space constraints this chapter excludes any detailed treatment of these three areas here, though my intention my intention is essentially to map out their main characteristics in relation to that of Irish HE.
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Loxley, A. (2014). Measures and Metrics and Academic Labour. In: Loxley, A., Seery, A., Walsh, J. (eds) Higher Education in Ireland. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137289889_8
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