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Publication Date: 2016
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Globalisation of Researcher Mobility within the UK Higher Education: Explaining the Presence of Overseas Academics in the UK Academia
Khattab, Nabil; Fenton, Steve
Globalisation, Societies and Education, v14 n4 p528-542 2016
In this paper, we argue that the power structure that lies within the UK elite universities dictates a division of labour through which the inflows of overseas academics into the UK academic labour markets are skewed towards these elite academic institutions where they are employed primarily in research-only posts. These posts, are less valued and are difficult to fill by UK academics. This explains the over-concentration non-UK academics within these posts and suggests that it is not a coincidence, but a result of a division of labour in which they are 'used' as a replacement labour.
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Selective Admission, Universities, Researchers, Professional Recognition, Foreign Nationals, Global Approach, Labor, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Multivariate Analysis, Human Capital, Intellectual Disciplines, Role
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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