- Title
- Sessional employment and quality in universities: a risky business
- Creator
- Ryan, Suzanne; Groen, Egbert; McNeil, Karen; Nadolny, Andrew; Bhattacharyya, Asit
- Relation
- HERDSA Annual Conference 2011 Research and Development in Higher Education: Reshaping Higher EducationHERDSA Annual Conference 2011: Research and Development in Higher Education: Reshaping Higher Education. Research and Development in Higher Education: Reshaping Higher Education Volume 34: Refereed papers from the 34th HERDSA Annual International Conference (Gold Coast, Qld. 4-7 July, 2011) p. 275-284
- Publisher
- Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2011
- Description
- The international higher education sector is increasingly reliant on precariously employed academic staff who deliver a significant proportion of teaching load. Although this is increasingly viewed as a risk to the quality of teaching and learning, there is little research that tests the proposition. We take up this challenge by analysing and comparing student course evaluations and the results of an online survey of sessional academics. Results show that the risk derives not from the sessionals themselves nor their teaching but from inadequate institutional support for and management of sessional academics.
- Subject
- precarious academic employment; quality of teaching; quality assurance
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1325307
- Identifier
- uon:25233
- Identifier
- ISBN:090855785X
- Identifier
- ISSN:1441-001X
- Language
- eng
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