Wolf, A;
Jenkins, A;
(2021)
Managers and academics in a centralising sector: The new staffing patterns of UK higher education.
The Policy Institute, King's College London (KCL): London, UK.
![[thumbnail of managers-and-academics-in-a-centralising-sector.pdf]](https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/style/images/fileicons/text.png) |
Text
managers-and-academics-in-a-centralising-sector.pdf Access restricted to UCL open access staff Download (1MB) |
Abstract
UK universities have expanded considerably in the last two decades, which have seen strong growth in numbers of both home and international students. Some universities now enrol over 40,000 students, and numbers in the high 20,000s and 30,000s are widespread among the major research universities and some new universities. What impact has the transformation of our universities had on their internal operation and particularly staffing patterns and practices? Commentators, including those within academia, the media, and trade unions, have suggested that there may have been substantial changes in the university workforce, with knock-on effects for both their quality and operational efficiency. Yet in-depth analysis of this topic has been lacking until now. Our research provides new information on staffing trends in the higher education sector and their underlying causes. We address two of the most widely discussed workforce issues – firstly, changes in the nature of non-academic staffing, and secondly, the perceived decline of ‘traditional’ permanent academic jobs which carry both teaching and research responsibilities, and the consequent growth of part-time and teaching-only academic staff.
| Type: | Report |
|---|---|
| Title: | Managers and academics in a centralising sector: The new staffing patterns of UK higher education |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/report-reveals-big-chan... |
| 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, academics, managers |
| UCL classification: | UCL 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/10140119 |
Loading...
Loading...Loading...Loading...Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
