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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957213503321

Titolo

Academic identities in higher education : the changing European landscape / / edited by Linda Evans and Jon Nixon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2015

ISBN

9781472579515

1472579518

9781350011038

1350011037

9781474220040

1474220045

9781472579522

1472579526

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Classificazione

EDU000000EDU015000EDU043000

Disciplina

379.121

378.4

Soggetti

Education, Higher

Identity (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

one. Frameworks and perspecives -- two. Academic trajectories -- three. Formations and re-formations.

Sommario/riassunto

"Academic identity is continually being formed and reformed by the institutional, socio-cultural and political contexts within which academic practitioners operate. In Europe the impact of the 2008 economic crisis and its continuing aftermath accounts for many of these changes, but the diverse cultures and histories of different regions are also significant factors, influencing how institutions adapt and resist, and how identities are shaped. Academic Identities in Higher Education highlights the multiple influences acting upon academic practitioners and documents some of the ways in which they are positioning themselves in relation to these often competing pressures. At a time when higher education is undergoing huge structural and



systemic change there is increasing uncertainty regarding the nature of academic identity. Traditional notions compete with new and emergent ones, which are still in the process of formation and articulation. Academic Identities in Higher Education explores this process of formation and articulation and addresses the question: what does it mean to be an academic in 21st century Europe?"--Bloomsbury Publishing.