The tension between marketisation and academisation in higher education

Ek, Anne-Charlotte; Ideland, Malin; Jönsson, Sandra; Malmberg, Claes

doi:10.1080/03075079.2011.619656

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“…While research into staff experiences and student expectations found limited changes in the early stages of the higher fees regime Kaye 2014a, 2014b), universities have since allocated considerable resources to support and improve the experiences of students, who are "at the heart of the higher education system" (BIS 2011). A growing number of studies have found how students are now figuratively treated by higher education institutions as consumers with customer expectations and satisfactions (Ek et al 2013;Brown and Carasso 2013). With the imminent rollout of the Teaching Excellence Framework 1 (TEF), which effectively governs tuition fee rates, universities are further incentivised to strengthen their position in TEF data metrics such as student enrolment, retention, attainment, employment rates after graduation, as well as student satisfaction (BIS 2016a).…”

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Let me entertain you: the ambivalent role of university lecturers as educators and performers

Wong

Chiu

2017

Educational Review

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In England, higher education is more marketised than ever before as the difference between students and consumers is increasingly blurred, propelled by the rise in tuition fees. With students demanding more for their money, the role of university lecturers continues to change. This study explores the ways in which lecturers re-evaluate and reconstruct their roles and responsibilities in light of heightened student expectations. We draw on 30 in-depth interviews with lecturers from the social sciences, across two post-1992 universities in England, where tuition fees have tripled since 2012. We focus on lecturers' views and experiences of student expectations, as well as the support available to students as we shift towards a more consumerist approach in higher education. We find examples of tension between academic values and consumeristic student expectations as lecturers discuss their precarious positions as an educator as well as an entertainer. We believe that the expanding role of lecturers merits an urgent review at the institutional and national level, to promote and ensure clarity of the boundaries and expectations of teaching staff.

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Let me entertain you: the ambivalent role of university lecturers as educators and performers

Wong

Chiu

2017

Educational Review

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“…At the same time different political reforms such as the Bologna process and the ever-increasing new public management ideology in the form of marketisation have brought about fundamental changes in the higher education sector (Ek et al, 2013). These changes have resulted in high workload for the teaching staff.…”

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Exploring gender harassment among university teachers and researchers

Muhonen

2016

Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education

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Purpose -The study examined the prevalence of gender harassment and how it was related to different organisational factors, ill-health and job satisfaction among women and men working as university teachers and researchers. Methodology -A Web questionnaire was conducted in a university college in South Sweden. The final sample consisted of 322 participants, 186 women and 136 men. Findings -The results showed that gender harassment was more prevalent among women than men, and among senior lecturers and professors than lecturers. Gender harassment was associated with high job demands, less fair leadership style of the immediate manager, and job dissatisfaction for both women and men. For women, there was also an association between gender harassment, ill-health and gender of the immediate manager. For men, poorer social organisational climate was related to gender harassment, but contrary to women, gender harassment was not related to the gender of the immediate manager. Research limitations/implications -Even though the research was conducted only in one university, the results imply that gender harassment can have negative consequences for teachers and researchers. As the immediate manager's leadership style seems to be associated with the occurrence of gender harassment, universities should take this into consideration in their leadership programs. Originality/Value -The paper highlights gender harassment, a subtle form of sexual harassment, among university teachers and researchers.

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“…The same happens with Britain and few other countries which are known as countries and regions which have some of the top universities in the world. This affects their nation or regional branding, something that attracts not only students and academic staff, but also it is a factor which attracts many top firms which want to be close to the research centers of the universities (Ek et al, 2011). Of course, the countries which have invested into nation branding for education and research are few, if any exist.…”

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Nation branding for education and research: Could Greece become a beacon?

Belias¹,

Kyriakou²,

Κουστέλιος³

et al. 2017

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The aim of this paper is to examine the concept of Nation branding for education and research in Greece. The concept of nation branding for education and research is a brand new concept, therefore there is a need for further research on this topic. The authors have produced a critical discussion, based on the existing literature but also on personal comments, on whether Nation branding for education and research can apply in Greece. There are many obstacles, such as the legal framework, the lack of entrepreneurial culture among the academics but also a hesitation to allow the operation of private universities in Greece. However, a future empirical research may produce the necessary data which help us to understand what can be the potentials of this concept in Greece.

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The tension between marketisation and academisation in higher education

Cited by 89 publications

References 12 publications

Let me entertain you: the ambivalent role of university lecturers as educators and performers

Let me entertain you: the ambivalent role of university lecturers as educators and performers

Exploring gender harassment among university teachers and researchers

Nation branding for education and research: Could Greece become a beacon?

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