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Doing the dirty work of academia? Ancillary staff in higher education

SRHE

The highest levels of work-life balance were found among those in catering role employed by the studentsunion (so outsourced but with very different contractual conditions compared with staff outsourced via a private firm, with the former benefiting from a work timetable built around their teaching timetable). She blogs here.

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Understanding the student experience better

SRHE

Thirty years ago, students were a marginal, barely visible interest relative to the concerns of ‘management’ and ‘governance’ which were brought about by the changes by Jarrett, Sir Keith Joseph, Kenneth Baker and onwards. Hence the growth in the research into the student experience.

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” As the AAUP puts it: “US faculty are steadily losing the rights of tenure, but far less from bombastic politicians weakening their protections than from universities quietly refusing to grant them.” Within the Cal State system, the share of faculty who are in tenured or tenure track positions fell from 66.6

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The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 4: Student Issues

The Change Leader, Inc.

So, between 2008 and 2010, the total fertility rate fell by about ten percent, and then since then it’s drifted down even further. Show Me the (Future Money) Student issues facing Higher Ed are, not surprisingly, students (and their parents) increased concerns about their financial outlook and the ROI of higher education.