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The Relevance of Academic Work in Comparative Perspective
This book is the first of two volumes that look at the changed landscape of higher education and the academic profession. This volume focuses on academic work, examining the significant changes that have taken place in the backgrounds, specialisations, expectations and work roles of academic staff. The academic profession is ageing, and becoming increasingly insecure, more accountable, more int…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-11767-6
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- X, 252, 16 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
- Series Title
- The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective
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Forming, Recruiting and Managing the Academic Profession
This book focuses on the changes in academic careers and their implications for job attachment and the management of academic work. Against the background of an ageing profession, with different demands on academic staff, increasing insecurity, accountability and internationalisation, it discusses important, common themes in detail. This book examines such aspects as the nature of academic care…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-16080-1
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- XIII, 328 pages
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