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Bojko, Marta; Kowalczyk, Barbara – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
In the highly competitive research sector, performance pressure is leading to the stratification of the academic profession, and to difficulties for early-career researchers. Support is therefore vital for talent retention, and to avoid 'brain drain'. However, limited research has distinguished varying models of professional support in research…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Scientists, Scientific Research
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Adiningrum, Tatum S.; Budiono, Tri A.; Lappalainen, Harri – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
This study attempts to explore changes in teaching conceptions after a transnational project to introduce new pedagogical methods in Indonesia. The project involved a consortium of European universities as mentors and Indonesian universities as mentees, piloting methods based on a student-centred learning approach. We analysed vignettes from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Mentors, Student Centered Learning
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Saroyan, Alenoush – International Journal for Academic Development, 2014
The paper provides an analysis of the concepts of agency, compliance, and resistance, drawing on evidence provided in the Belgian, Norwegian, and Polish cases in this Special Issue, as well as the Canadian context. Using the Cultural Historical Activity Theory framework as a lens, it highlights conditions that foster agency, those that may invoke…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Universities, Compliance (Psychology)
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Szkudlarek, Tomasz; Stankiewicz, Lukasz – International Journal for Academic Development, 2014
The paper is based on an analysis of interviews with individuals engaged in systemic reform of higher education (HE) in Poland. The reform is perceived as controversial: it is supported by the media and claimed to be in line with the expectations of external stakeholders of HE, as well as being congruent with Poland's international commitments; at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Conflict