University Audit Cultures and Feminist Praxis: An Institutional Ethnography

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Órla Meadhbh Murray (new: Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship, Imperial College London University of Edinburgh)

University Audit Cultures and Feminist Praxis

An Institutional Ethnography

Órla Meadhbh Murray (new: Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship, Imperial College London University of Edinburgh)

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English

Bristol University Press
23 April 2025

Research methods: general; Sociology: customs & traditions; Social & cultural anthropology; Organisation & management of education; Higher & further education, tertiary education

Series: Gender and Sociology

Being 'REF-able'. The impact agenda. The student experience. University audit culture has infiltrated academic life, but how should we respond?

Drawing on a five-year Institutional Ethnography of UK universities, the author provides a feminist take on the neoliberal university and abolitionist reflections on audit culture.

For feminist and other critical academics, the interpretative power involved in audit processes provides an opportunity to collectively challenge and subvert, re-read and re-write institutions. This book challenges the myths and misinterpretations around how academic audit processes work, arguing that if we are complicit then we have agency to do them differently.

By: Órla Meadhbh Murray (new: Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship Imperial College London University of Edinburgh)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529214321
ISBN 10: 1529214327
Series: Gender and Sociology
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 23 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Further / Higher Education , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Órla Meadhbh Murray is Assistant Professor of Criminology and Sociology at Northumbria University, and Fellow at the Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University. They are also co-founder of the Institutional Ethnography Network.

Reviews for University Audit Cultures and Feminist Praxis: An Institutional Ethnography

“This canny and liberating book is a must-read for anyone working in Higher Education. Órla Meadhbh Murray offers an unflinching, evidence-based critique of the neoliberal university, highlighting the gap between audit and accountability. Yet, refusing the gloom, the book also equips readers with concrete tools to create solidarity and real change. Murray’s abolitionist academia is a game-changer and one we desperately need to envision a liveable future for education.” Ashley Barnwell, University of Melbourne