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Challenges for university engagement in the UK : towards a public academe?
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Watermeyer, Richard (2011) Challenges for university engagement in the UK : towards a public academe? Higher Education Quarterly, 65 (4). pp. 386-410. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2273.2011.00492.x ISSN 0951-5224.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2273.2011.00492.x
Abstract
This paper considers the changing role of universities in the UK as they respond to an engagement agenda that stipulates a more immersive and visible interaction between academics and the public. It constitutes a survey of attitudes to public engagement in a selection of UK universities drawing on interviews with senior academics with managerial responsibility at the end of 2009. The results of this study reflect a mood of indecision and anxiety among respondents towards a public engagement agenda seen to influence the contours of their professional identities and working lives. The study situates academic accounts that contest the legitimacy of public engagement as a core academic activity and the role of academics in communicating with public groups. Moreover, it reveals a lack of agreement and consistency in the conceptualisation and application of public engagement in higher education contexts, certainly beyond an emergent discourse of research impact.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Education, Higher -- Public opinion -- Great Britain, College administrators -- Public relations -- Interviews -- Great Britain, College teachers -- Public relations -- Interviews -- Great Britain | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Higher Education Quarterly | ||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0951-5224 | ||||||
Official Date: | October 2011 | ||||||
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Volume: | 65 | ||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 25 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 386-410 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2011.00492.x | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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