Being an Early Career Feminist Academic: Global Perspectives, Experiences and...
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Being an Early Career Feminist Academic: Global Perspectives, Experiences and Challenges (Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education) [Dec 01, 2016] Thwaites, Rachel and Pressland, Amy\n\nProduct Overview\nThis book highlights the experiences of feminist early career researchers and\nteachers from an international perspective in an increasingly neoliberal\nacademy. It offers a new angle on a significant and increasingly important\ndiscussion on the ethos of higher education and the sector's place in society.\nHigher education is fast-changing, increasingly market-driven, and precarious.\nIn this context entering the academy as an early career academic presents both\nchallenges and opportunities. Early career academics frequently face the\nprospect of working on fixed term contracts, with little security and no\ncertain prospect of advancement, while constantly looking for the next role.\nBeing a feminist academic adds a further layer of complexity: the ethos of the\nmarketising univers-
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