Higher education outreach: examining key challenges for academics

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dc.check.date2020-08-04
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dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorDanvers, Emily
dc.contributor.authorHinton-Smith, Tamsin
dc.contributor.authorAtkinson, Kate
dc.contributor.authorBowden, Gareth
dc.contributor.authorFoster, John
dc.contributor.authorGarner, Kristina
dc.contributor.authorGarrud, Paul
dc.contributor.authorGreaves, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorHejmadi, Momna
dc.contributor.authorHill, David
dc.contributor.authorHughes, Gwen
dc.contributor.authorJackson, Louise
dc.contributor.authorO'Sullivan, Angela
dc.contributor.authorÓ Tuama, Séamus
dc.contributor.authorPerez Brown, Pilar
dc.contributor.authorPhilipson, Pete
dc.contributor.authorRavenscroft, Simon
dc.contributor.authorRhys, Mirain
dc.contributor.authorRitchie, Tom
dc.contributor.authorTalbot, Jon
dc.contributor.authorWalker, David
dc.contributor.authorWatson, Jon
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Myfanwy
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Sharon
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-21T09:40:02Z
dc.date.available2019-02-21T09:40:02Z
dc.date.issued2019-02-04
dc.date.updated2019-02-21T09:25:43Z
dc.description.abstractHow should academic staff engage in outreach with communities outside of the university? The need of academics to answer this question has intensified in the UK given the changing priorities of academic job roles, shaped by increasing institutional concern for widening participation, graduate employability and research impact in an era of austerity and high tuition fees. While university outreach professionals, such as those in widening participation, have access to a range of networks, resources and support mechanisms for outreach activity, academics often face a series of profession-specific pressures that make engagement in outreach complex and contingent. This article draws upon the experience of 25 academics from 18 different subject areas and 18 institutions to examine and provide responses to key challenges faced by academics involved in outreach in the UK. We examine such issues as: the conceptualisation of outreach; funding; recognition and management of workload; nurturing relationships with internal and external partners; capacity-building; commercial interests, payment and responsibility; pedagogical style and content; integration of outreach into curricula, and evaluation of programmes. The examination offered is not all encompassing, but acts as a series of reference points to consider the challenges faced by UK academics in an evolving outreach sector.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationJohnson, M., Danvers, E., Hinton-Smith, T., Atkinson, K., Bowden, G., Foster, J., Garner, K., Garrud, P., Greaves, S., Harris, P., Hejmadi, M., Hill, D., Hughes, G., Jackson, L., O’Sullivan, A., Ó Tuama, S., Perez Brown, P., Philipson, P., Ravenscroft, S., Rhys, M., Ritchie, T., Talbot, J., Walker, D., Watson, J., Williams, M. and Williams, S. (2019) 'Higher education outreach: examining key challenges for academics', British Journal of Educational Studies. doi:10.1080/00071005.2019.1572101en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00071005.2019.1572101
dc.identifier.endpage23en
dc.identifier.issn0007-1005
dc.identifier.issn1467-8527
dc.identifier.journaltitleBritish Journal of Educational Studiesen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7528
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Groupen
dc.rights© 2019, Society for Educational Studies. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in British Journal of Educational Studies on 4 February 2019, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00071005.2019.1572101en
dc.subjectAcademic outreachen
dc.subjectHigher educationen
dc.subjectWidening participationen
dc.subjectEngagementen
dc.titleHigher education outreach: examining key challenges for academicsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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