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Carers and careers: Career development and access to leadership positions among academic staff with caring responsibilities


Auteur(s) :  Marie-Pierre Moreau & Murray Robertson

Editeur(s) :  Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (LFHE)

Date :  11/2017

 

Ce rapport de recherche s'intéresse aux universitaires ayant des responsabilités familiales, il rend compte des travaux réalisés à l'université de Roehampton dans le cadre du projet éponyme (carers and careers).

Carers and careers: Career development and access to leadership positions among academic staff with caring responsibilities sheds light on the difficulties facing academic carers including time issues, emotional issues, ill-health, and a feeling of not belonging. These challenges meant that some academic carers might struggle to find the time to develop their research and many felt that leadership positions were out of reach for those with caring responsibilities. This poses a significant problem for the higher education sector who would potentially miss out on retaining and career progression of talented academics.

The report recommends raising awareness about care and carers by collecting data to evidence the issues faced by this group, providing clearer information to carers and their line managers and developing specific policies which target carers with clear guidelines. Dr Moreau is also calling for universities to review their generic policies which may seem neutral but are sometimes geared towards care-free academics, despite the fact that an increasing proportion of people are now juggling care and paid work.

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Télécharger le document :  https://www.lfhe.ac.uk/.../CarersinHE


mot(s) clé(s) :  enseignement supérieur, métiers de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche