Working in Higher Education - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335197213 ISBN 13: 9780335197217

Publisher: Open Univ Pr

Synopsis

Many people work in higher education; few pause to examine their experience. This book offers a unique range of fresh perspectives on higher education work. It analyses who are the workers in higher education, their patterns of employment, and what motivates them. It looks at the changing nature of higher education work, not only teaching and research work by academics but also the growing role of others such as professional librarians and information scientists. And it examines the context for higher education work, by looking at changing patterns of academic culture, professionalism and control. Leading academics, managers and practitioners provide analysis, reflections on experience, case studies and more light-hearted contributions. This book is for anyone who wants to reflect on their experience of working in higher education, for all who study higher education, and for anyone who works with higher education and wants to understand it better.

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Review

"...interesting to read and makes a significant contribution to the literature on work in general and higher education in particular...well worth reading-indeed buying." - Higher Education 35 "There is a wealth of material on academic careers in this volume...an interesting and informative foray into the world of higher education in the United Kingdom" - Harvard Educational Review "...the chapters are extremely readable, well laid out, interesting and, in some cases, humorous." - The New Academic "The essays in this collection constitutean important contribution to the debate on the changes taking place in higher education, and deserve to be widely read." - Teaching in Higher Education

Edition details

• Publisher: Open Univ Pr
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335197213
• ISBN 13: 9780335197217
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 225
• Editor: Cuthbert Robert E.