Challenges for university engagement in the UK: towards a public academe?

Watermeyer, Richard 2011. Challenges for university engagement in the UK: towards a public academe? Higher Education Quarterly 65 (4) , pp. 386-410. 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2011.00492.x

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Abstract

This paper considers the changing role of universities in the UK as they respond to an engagement agenda that stipulates a more immersive and visible interaction between academics and the public. It constitutes a survey of attitudes to public engagement in a selection of UK universities drawing on interviews with senior academics with managerial responsibility at the end of 2009. The results of this study reflect a mood of indecision and anxiety among respondents towards a public engagement agenda seen to influence the contours of their professional identities and working lives. The study situates academic accounts that contest the legitimacy of public engagement as a core academic activity and the role of academics in communicating with public groups. Moreover, it reveals a lack of agreement and consistency in the conceptualisation and application of public engagement in higher education contexts, certainly beyond an emergent discourse of research impact.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen) Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	0951-5224
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 23:19
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/46999

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