Academic Working Lives: Experience, Practice and Change

Review

“A moment reflection reminds us why academic working lives have become dominated by the focus on visible effects. ‘Work' is the most general word in English for something done or for doing something. This book reminds of the nature and purpose of academic work and performs a timely, critical, and important function. And the most important message of this book is that life is about what we practice, what we do, and how what we do is experienced by others and by ourselves. This volume shows the ways in which lecturers and their roles have developed in the contemporary academic workplace; it offers information on institutions, adaptations around mobile and flexible working in everyday professional life; explores impact of policy changes, of leadership styles and management, and of the academic development aspects, more. Written by experts, this book reflects situations from across UK and internationally.” ―Wonderpedia

Product Description

Academic Working Lives: Experience, Practice and Change examines the ways in which lecturers and their roles have developed in the modern academic workplace. The book offers insights into changing occupational roles, institutions and the adaptations around flexible and mobile working in everyday professional life. The editors have drawn together an impressive range of research perspectives and themed topics that cover the key aspects of academic professional identity and relationships, as well as reflecting experiences of learning and development at work in today's academy.

The contributors explore lecturers' everyday working experiences in the light of the impact of policy changes, and the modes of academic leadership and management in contemporary higher education. Contributions reflect situations and contexts from across the UK and internationally, in taking account of the changing workforce, evolving pedagogies and new technologies in the working lives of today's educational professionals.

About the Author

Lynne Gornall is Leader of the Working Lives Research Team at the University of South Wales, UK.

Caryn Cook is Senior Lecturer in the Business School at the University of Wales, Newport, UK.

Lyn Daunton is Deputy Head of the Glamorgan Business School at the University of Glamorgan, UK, where she is Head of the Division for Organizational Leadership, Learning & Management.

Jane Salisbury is Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Education, Education Policy and Qualitative Research Methods at Cardiff University, UK, where she is Director of PGCE programmes for the School of Social Sciences.

Brychan Thomas is Research Fellow at the Glamorgan Business School and Deputy Leader of the Welsh Enterprise Institute at University of South Wales, UK.