The precarious academic : professional development and academic identity in the neoliberal university

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Daddow, Angela, Owens, Alison Rhona, Clarkson, Georgia Lynne and Fredericks, Vanessa. (2023). The precarious academic : professional development and academic identity in the neoliberal university. International Journal for Academic Development. 29(3), pp. 308-321. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2023.2246443
AuthorsDaddow, Angela, Owens, Alison Rhona, Clarkson, Georgia Lynne and Fredericks, Vanessa
Abstract

Academics are constantly undergoing identity shifts in response to globalisation, marketisation and the impact of technology on academic work. This study investigates the impact of a Graduate Certificate of Higher Education (GCHE) on academic identity development in an Australian University. GCHE graduates and their educators were interviewed to examine whether such extended and reflective professional development might support the negotiation of complex identity shifts. Findings indicated that academic identity development was enabled through this professional development by re-engaging individual academics in the diverse, traditional components of teaching, research and administration, working against the neoliberal trend of role-compartmentalisation for efficiency.

KeywordsAcademic identity; academic development; neoliberal university; higher education; Graduate Certificate in Higher Education
Year01 Jan 2023
JournalInternational Journal for Academic Development
Journal citation29 (3), pp. 308-321
PublisherRoutledge
ISSN1470-1324
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2023.2246443
Web address (URL)https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1360144X.2023.2246443
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Accepted06 Nov 2022
Deposited22 Nov 2024
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