Barriers and opportunities for research in publishing studies

Abstract

ABSTRACT. This paper reports fi ndings from an international survey into the research involvement and support of university teaching staff in a relatively new profession-orientated discipline, publishing studies (PS). It uses these fi ndings to consider barriers and

Degrees of (Self‐)Exploitation: Learning to Labour in the Neoliberal University

“…Namely, who are the staff producing this course and how do their respective professional backgrounds inform its content and structure? Baverstock and Steinitz () report and inverse statistical relationship between levels of research activity and industry practice amongst publishing educators in general—their expertise tends to be either vocational or academic, rarely both. As for teaching provision for the Self‐Publishing MA specifically, UCLan's website lists three names under the heading of “Academic Expertise”: Debbie Williams, Wayne Noble, and Helen Day (“Self‐Publishing MA” ) .…”