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Direct linkMcComb, Vivien; Eather, Narelle; Imig, Scott – International Journal for Academic Development, 2021
There has been extensive research conducted into the plight of casual academic staff, the precarious nature of their work, their limited academic development opportunities, and their heightened risk of being positioned on the periphery of the workforce in academia. Institutions have attempted to mitigate this risk through the provision of academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Temporary Employment
Hambley, Ann; Howard, Ursula – Adults Learning (England), 1995
A further education college for adults used Britain's Investors in People program to improve staff development opportunities for part-time staff. The process necessitated balancing the tension between academic culture and the language of adult education on the one hand and the business/enterprise ethos of the IP program on the other. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Labor Force Development
Forster, Fred, Comp.; Thompson, Sheila, Comp. – 1997
This publication presents 14 departmental case studies of the preparation and support provided to part-time teachers in Scottish institutions of higher education. The case studies are grouped in four sections according to the category of part-time staff involved: practicing professionals (professional teaching assistants, lawyers, artists, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Educational Practices, Faculty Development
Robson, Mary; And Others – Adults Learning (England), 1996
Flexibility of provision and support for part-time staff and students are being emphasized in British further education colleges. Legislated funding changes, guidance, and skill diagnosis are supporting students, and staff development, handbooks, newsletters, and induction programs assist part-time staff. (SK)
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Employment Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Part Time Faculty
Lee, Cliff – Teaching at a Distance, 1978
The author calls for the implementation of a formal structure of staff involvement of Open University (United Kingdom) part-time staff in the planning and implementation of staff development programs. Such a plan would help improve relations between the University and its part-time instructional staff. (JMD)
Descriptors: Extension Education, External Degree Programs, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
Forster, Fred, Ed.; Hounsell, Dai, Ed.; Thompson, Sheila, Ed. – 1995
This handbook, primarily for new part-time teaching staff at colleges and universities in the United Kingdom, focuses on tutoring and demonstrating teaching skills. Following an introductory chapter, six additional chapters provide an orientation to tutoring and demonstrating. Chapter 2 presents an overview of the roles and responsibilities of new…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, Demonstrations (Educational)
Smith, Calvin; Bath, Debra – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2004
In this article we report on the results of an evaluation of a two-tiered strategic approach to the development of sessional teaching staff in one Australian university. Analysis of the data reveals a tension between the institutional imperatives underpinning the strategy and its local implementations. This tension ultimately undermines the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Staff Development, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Implementation
Clapp, Patricia – 1987
In continuing education and college programs throughout Canada, the vast majority of teaching is done by part-time adjunct appointees, most of whom have other work that occupies a major portion of their work lives. Another simultaneously developing trend is that of the increasing efforts by a variety of organizations to encourage workers to assume…
Descriptors: Career Development, Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Download full textO'Banion, Terry, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1977
The staff of a college is its single greatest resource, and its most significant capital investment. It is the collective manager of the college mission and purpose. As the purpose changes, so must the staff have opportunities to change and develop. This sourcebook presents selected approaches to staff development in community colleges. It…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Bibliographies, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Walker, Elizabeth; Betts, Derek; Dominey, Jan; Goulding, Jeanne – 2000
The approaches to management of part-time lecturing staff in the United Kingdom's further education (FE) colleges were examined in a study that included the following research activities: review of relevant publications and Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) statistics; postal survey of 454 FE colleges in England and Wales that elicited 67…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Check Lists, College Faculty
Jackson, Ann, Ed.; Jones, David, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 43 papers from a conference on researching inclusion. The following are among the papers included: "Include Me Out: Critique and Contradiction in Thinking about Social Exclusion and Lifelong Learning" (Paul Armstrong); "The Linking of Work and Education To Enable Social Inclusion" (Dave Beck);…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Admission Criteria
