Shakib Ahmed's Padlet by Shakib Ahmed https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2 Made to show a story en-us 2017-11-13 16:31:29 UTC 2017-11-13 21:35:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Send.png I thought Google Scholar was one of the best search engines to look for good sources as it's known for it's great academic resources and would hold a lot of the information I was hoping to find. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206378989 2017-11-13 17:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206378989 Firstly, I had chosen my subject area to be based on university tuition fees and how they have increased so much in comparison to the late 90's therefore I had searched for "university tuition fees increase England". shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206381140 2017-11-13 17:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206381140 I was finding it difficult to find a good source that was relatable to my topic however I could'nt find anything until I had come across a source that had caught my eye. However this wasn't related to my topic but instead was based on University rankings which I thought was a bit more interesting and went towards that topic instead. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206383757 2017-11-13 17:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206383757 I had a found a journal article which contained a short abstract and gave a good insight in terms of what the journal article will contain and the general topics that will be discussed. The link to the abstract will be inserted here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09645292.2012.729328?scroll=top&needAccess=true shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206386542 2017-11-13 17:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206386542 Searched Stijn Broecke to see whether what status he holds and whether he was a respectable and reliable person in terms of sharing information and what type of field of work he's in. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206416249 2017-11-13 18:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206416249 I was highly recommended to use NELSON as it's a great search engine to find highly reliable and relevant sources and seems to be a lot more academic. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206432457 2017-11-13 19:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206432457 Searched "University rankings UK" in the NELSON search bar and found the same article I had found on Google Scholar and it had mentioned it has been peer reviewed which instantly shows another professional person or institute has verified the information. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206433496 2017-11-13 19:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206433496 Found a source which intrigued me and it stated "UK universities get funding on basis of ranking" so I clicked on the link and an old newspaper article was revealed. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206449213 2017-11-13 19:31:44 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206449213 Found a very old journal article from 1993 which instantly gives a very strong indication that this information is out of date and holds no relevance. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206463084 2017-11-13 19:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206463084 I then went onto look for sources through a different type of search engine and thought of BBC News as they hold a lot of data from recent years and I thought something interesting may appear based on University rankings. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206472467 2017-11-13 20:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206472467 A lot of articles appeared however they were all mainly based on Oxford and Cambridge and how well they're progessing and maintaining their position which wasn't much use. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206473384 2017-11-13 20:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206473384 I then found an article after scrolling through which was about how a fair amount of Universities within the UK have made it into the world's top 200 institutions and how the UK are making such big progression. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206473941 2017-11-13 20:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206473941 Noticed that there was a lot of statistics which wasn't a surprise as the author wanted to back up what their points. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206475577 2017-11-13 20:22:20 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206475577 Did a further research to get more insight of my topic chosen so I went onto Google and searched "do university rankings matter?" and a link from the bbc appeared. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206476791 2017-11-13 20:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206476791 Had a read through and noticed that a lot of the information did get the message they were trying to get through across. The use of getting public comments also helped. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206477972 2017-11-13 20:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206477972 Searched for Dr Wendy Piatt shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206485331 2017-11-13 20:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206485331 I had been recommended by a friend to use Microsoft Academic as I was told it was simmilar to the first search engine I used and I thought it may provide sources similar to Google Scholar. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206491586 2017-11-13 21:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206491586 Typed in "University rankings" into the search bar and found a source instantly however I didn't find it very relevant and didn't understand what the author was trying to get across. The source title was "comparing University rankings" however I felt like the author didn't relate back to his origninal purpose of publication so I looked for another link. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206492551 2017-11-13 21:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206492551 I had found another source which I decided to use to discuss the reliability and relevance on. It was a short abstract but had given some useful points. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206498399 2017-11-13 21:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206498399 I went on to research a little bit about the author to get an indication of what his backgrounds like and whether he's written other articles however didn't find anything meaning he wasn't any sort of professional writer/journalist. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206499632 2017-11-13 21:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206499632 Researching the author in this way helped me get an indication of how he is as an author and made me realise his article isn't as reliable as I thought it seemed at first. shakibahmedd96 https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206500376 2017-11-13 21:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/shakibahmedd96/ay4ubl4m9nq2/wish/206500376