Research into the relationship between research and teaching in higher education has
flourished over several decades, and the most recent research phase has focused …

This paper demonstrates that while ideals of close linkages between research and teaching
are widely embraced in research-oriented universities, a practice of division of labour …

The qualifications of academics to teach students are often left unquestioned. Current
accreditation standards, for an academic to teach, are typically determined by courses taken …

This study investigates how graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) differ from regular
graduates in terms of input characteristics (ie, who they are), process characteristics (ie, how …

Professional identities shape the way the members of a profession interact with their clients
and society. As librarians are service-oriented professionals, a discursively informed …

This article aims to provide a historical perspective of neoliberalism and new public
management practices in the Australian higher education system from the early 1980s to …

No quadro atual de reforma do ensino superior na Europa, a qualidade do ensino é uma
das prioridades da agenda das instituições. Contudo, o ensino continua a ocupar um lugar …

This chapter explores the use of critical discourse analysis (CDA) within higher education
research. CDA is an approach to studying language and its relation to power, ideology and …

In academic discourse about teaching it has been argued that teaching only makes sense if
it generates learning (Freire, 1972, 1974). In fact, this idea is the basis of criticism of …

The aim of this investigation was to gain an insight into how the curriculum of a Psychology
School at a research-intensive university could be enhanced based on cross-sectional …