Matthew Johnson
Higher education outreach: examining key challenges for academics
Johnson, Matthew; Danvers, Emily; Hinton-Smith, Tamsin; Atkinson, Kate; Bowden, Gareth; Foster, John; Garner, Kristina; Garrud, Paul; Greaves, Sarah; Harris, Patricia; Hejmadi, Momna; Hill, David; Hughes, Gwen; Jackson, Louise; O�Sullivan, Angela; �Tuama, S�amus; Perez Brown, Pilar; Philipson, Pete; Ravenscroft, Simon; Rhys, Mirain; Ritchie, Tom; Talbot, Jon; Walker, David; Watson, Jon; Williams, Myfanwy; Williams, Sharon
Authors
Emily Danvers
Tamsin Hinton-Smith
Kate Atkinson
Gareth Bowden
John Foster
Kristina Garner
Paul Garrud
Sarah Greaves
Patricia Harris
Momna Hejmadi
David Hill
Dr GWEN HUGHES gwen.hughes@nottingham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
Louise Jackson
Angela O�Sullivan
S�amus �Tuama
Pilar Perez Brown
Pete Philipson
Simon Ravenscroft
Mirain Rhys
Tom Ritchie
Jon Talbot
David Walker
Jon Watson
Myfanwy Williams
Sharon Williams
Abstract
How 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.
Citation
Johnson, 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., ÓTuama, S., Perez Brown, P., Philipson, P., Ravenscroft, S., Rhys, M., …Williams, S. (2019). Higher education outreach: examining key challenges for academics. British Journal of Educational Studies, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2019.1572101
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 4, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 4, 2019 |
Publication Date | Feb 4, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Feb 7, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 5, 2020 |
Journal | British Journal of Educational Studies |
Print ISSN | 0007-1005 |
Electronic ISSN | 1467-8527 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 1-23 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2019.1572101 |
Keywords | Academic outreach; Higher education; Widening participation; Engagement |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1524774 |
Publisher URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00071005.2019.1572101 |
Additional Information | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in British Journal of Educational Studies on 04 February 2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00071005.2019.1572101 |
Contract Date | Feb 20, 2019 |
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