"
Reconstructing Identities in Higher Education: The Rise of Third
Space Professionals" draws on studies conducted in Australia, the
United Kingdom and the United States to explore the roles and
identities of a growing number of staff associated with broadly
based institutional projects such as student life and welfare,
widening participation, learning support, community partnership,
research and business partnership, and institutional research.
Thus, at the same time as professional staff are acquiring academic
credentials, some academic staff are moving in a more
project-oriented direction. This has effectively created a "Third
Space" between professional and academic spheres in which lateral
interactions, involving teams and networks, occur in parallel with
formal institutional structures and processes, and give rise to new
forms of management and leadership. Yet such developments have
tended to occur under the radar, and have not been fully
articulated.
The concept of "Third Space" is offered as a way of exploring
the knowledges, relationships, legitimacies and languages that
characterise those who work in less boundaried roles, and the
implications of these developments for both individuals and
institutions. The ability to problematise and accommodate a series
of paradoxes and tensions, for instance between formal and more
open-ended structures and relationships, would appear to be at the
heart of working in "Third Space." Individuals also grapple with
the fact that "Third Space" can, at one and the same time, be a
safe haven for experimentation and creativity, and also a risky
space in which there is likely to be contestation and
uncertainty.
The text is addressed to professional and academic staff who, by
design or default, for long or short periods, find themselves
working in "Third Space" environments; to those to whom such staff
may be responsible, including senior management teams; and also to
researchers interested in changing identities in higher
education.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Research into Higher Education |
Release date: |
October 2012 |
First published: |
2012 |
Authors: |
Celia Whitchurch
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
Pages: |
184 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-56466-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Higher & further education >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-56466-2 |
Barcode: |
9780415564663 |
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