Academic mobility / edited by Nina Maadad, Malcolm Tight.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maadad, Nina.

Tight, Malcolm.

Series:

International perspectives on higher education research ; v. 11.

International perspectives on higher education research, 1479-3628 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teacher mobility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers a contemporary perspective on the mobility of academics across the globe. With contributions from authors based across 4 continents focusing on the experience of academic mobility in Africa, Australia, Europe, the Gulf and the United States, the volume is both comprehensive and relevant.

Contents:

Editorial Introduction / Nina Maadad, Malcolm Tight

Being an international academic : a phenomenological study of academic migrants adjusting to working and living in Scotland / Carolin Kreber, Jenny Hounsell

Mobilised by mobility? Determinants of international mobility plans among doctoral candidates in Germany / Nicolai Netz, Steffen Jaksztat

Beyond diaspora : the lived experiences of academic mobility for educational researchers in the European higher education area / Fiona Hallett, Mustafa Yunus Eryaman

The impact of mobility on the lives and careers of female and male academics in higher education / Magdalena Suárez-Ortega, Angelica Risquez

Patterns and persistence in academic migration : 40 Years of Australian academic migration / Anthony Potts

Academic mobility and migration : reflections of international academics in Australia / Chinthaka Balasooriya ... [et al.]

Global academics moving down under : living and learning a new academic culture / Nina Maadad

English and the academy for African skilled migrants : the impact of English as an 'academic lingua franca' / Ellen Hurst

Academic expatriation : experiences from within the United Arab Emirates / Kay Sanderson

Insights into the successful integration of foreign-born faculty in Israeli academia : the empowering effect of in-group ethno-cultural similarity / Ya'arit Bokek-Cohen, Nitza Davidovitch

"Sensitive fences" : the im/mobility of working-class academics / Signe M. Kastberg

The protection of the right to academic mobility under International Human Rights Law / Klaus Beiter.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781783508549

178350854X

OCLC:

884586022