Title: Hard labour? : academic work and the changing landscape of higher education /
Authors: Fitzgerald, Tanya, 1960-; Gunter, Helen.; White, Julie.
Publisher: Emerald Group,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Universities and colleges Administration; Communication in learning and scholarship.; College teachers Workload.
Abstract: Drawing on data from Australia, England and New Zealand, the book addresses how neoliberal policies of successive governments have decreased autonomy of academics and increased regimes of surveillance, radically altering how academics think about and engage in their intellectual work.
Contents: Tracing the fault lines / Tanya Fitzgerald -- Intellectual work and knowledge production / Helen M. Gunter -- Scholarly identity / Julie White -- Academic work and performance / Helen M. Gunter -- Turning a scholarly blind eye / Julie White -- Ivory basements and ivory towers / Tanya Fitzgerald -- Scholarly work in a globalised world / Tanya Fitzgerald -- Continuing challenges / Tanya Fitzgerald.