Wolf, A;
Jenkins, A;
(2020)
Why have universities transformed their staffing practices? An investigation of changing resource allocation
and priorities in higher education.
King’s College: London, UK.
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Abstract
Recent decades have seen enormous growth in higher education worldwide, including in the UK. Many observers, notably academics, media commentators and staff unions, have argued that during this same period there have been major associated changes in the university workforce, with consequences for both quality and efficiency ; but there has been little in-depth analysis of these. This project provided extensive data on staffing developments in UK universities since 2000, with new information on both numerical trends and their underlying causes. The research focused on the two most discussed issues. The first is the perceived decline of ‘traditional’ permanent academic jobs which carry both teaching and research responsibilities, and the growing prevalence of part-time and teaching-only academic staff. The second is changes in the nature of non-academic staffing, with a perceived growth in administrative numbers, and the research focused in particular on changes in senior managerial and non-academic professional posts.
| Type: | Report |
|---|---|
| Title: | Why have universities transformed their staffing practices? An investigation of changing resource allocation and priorities in higher education |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/project/why-hav... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | higher education, staffing, academic staff, managers, professional services staff |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10118762 |
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