Academic Working Lives: Experience, Practice and Change

Lynne Gornall; Caryn Cook; L. Daunton; J. Sailsury; B. Thomas

Academic Working Lives: Experience, Practice and Change

Lynne Gornall, Caryn Cook, L. Daunton, J. Sailsury, B. Thomas

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Abstract

At a time of deep institutional and professional institutional and professional divisions within and across the higher education sector, any book that reminds us of the nature and purpose of academic work performs an important, timely and critical function. This book drills down into the experience and practice of academic work, and in doing so helps us understand some of the seismic shifts that are currently shaping further and higher education, locally, nationally and globally. Through its insights into academic working lives, their experiences and practices, it enables us to understand some of the deep codes of educational and social change operating across society. This is an important book that speaks to academic workers, institutional mangers and policy-makers - and which will undoubtedly impact upon their work at the level of practice, organisational ethos and strategic planning.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Bloomsbury
Number of pages	385
ISBN (Print)	9781441185341
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

Keywords

academic practice
research
working lives
higher education
further education

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Bloomsbury (Publisher)
Caryn Cook (Editor), Lynne Gornall (Editor), Lyn Daunton (Editor), Jane Salisbury (Editor) & Brychan Thomas (Editor)
2014
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Society for Research in Higher Education 2012
Caryn Cook (Speaker), Lynne Gornall (Speaker), Sally Fincher (Speaker), Lynn McAlpine (Speaker), Janice malcolm (Speaker) & Monica Van Winkel (Speaker)
2012
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference

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