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Academic labour is increasingly undertaken by a diverse and hierarchical workforce where not all perspectives are heard. Professors comprise only 20% of tenured academics - of which only 20% are women and most of the able bodies working in universities are white and straight. An estimated 50 to 60%...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vicars, Mark
Otros Autores: Austin, Jon, Sikes, Patricia J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bradford : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015.
Colección:Qualitative Research Journal: Volume 15, Issue 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Academic labour is increasingly undertaken by a diverse and hierarchical workforce where not all perspectives are heard. Professors comprise only 20% of tenured academics - of which only 20% are women and most of the able bodies working in universities are white and straight. An estimated 50 to 60% of academic work (teaching and research) is undertaken by a casual and disposable workforce employed on short-term teaching or research contracts with little or no job security. This eBook is a collection of peer-reviewed papers from the Discourse, Power, Resistance (DPR) conference that articulate.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (144 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781784418526
1784418528