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‘Risking the University? Learning to be a Manager-Academic in UK Universities’

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  • Rosemary Deem
  • Rachel Johnson

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The paper explores the extent to which Heads of Department and Pro-Vice Chancellors, or manager-academics, in UK universities are aware of and prepared for the so-called ‘risk society’. It draws on a research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council concerned with the management of UK universities and the extent of permeation within universities of recent ideologies about new practices for managing public services. Recent debates in social theory about the concept of a risk society and risk cultures, and how these might be applied to higher education, are considered. Key features of a rapidly changing environment for the conduct and management of academic work are also outlined. The focus and methodology of the ESRC research project are explained. Interview data from Head of Department and Pro-Vice Chancellors are then used to illustrate a range of responses to notions of risk made by manager-academics. Finally, the paper examines how the learning of manager-academics could be better supported, in order that post-holders can acquire the flexibility and reflexivity which living in a risk society and culture seems to demand.

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  • Rosemary Deem & Rachel Johnson, 2003. "‘Risking the University? Learning to be a Manager-Academic in UK Universities’," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 8(3), pages 17-31, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:8:y:2003:i:3:p:17-31
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.819
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    1. Archibugi, Daniele & Lundvall, Bengt-Ake (ed.), 2001. "The Globalizing Learning Economy," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199241095.
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