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Negotiating the Research Imperative: The Views of UK Academics on their Career Opportunities
Author(s) -
Court Stephen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
higher education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.976
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1468-2273
pISSN - 0951-5224
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2273.00113
Subject(s) - negotiation , promotion (chess) , career pathways , public relations , administration (probate law) , political science , career development , sociology , pedagogy , medical education , medicine , social science , law , politics
This article provides an analysis of the views of UK academic staff, given in response to a postal survey, on their opportunities for career progression through job appointments and promotion. The article investigates academics'opinions on the prominence of research, teaching and administration in determining career progression, and looks in particular at the effect of the Research Assessment Exercise on careers. There is consensus that the emphasis on research in determining careers has gone too far. The article considers the reasons for this, and looks at policy implications of this finding.