Olsen, J, Griffiths, M orcid.org/0000-0003-2592-0869, Soorenian, A et al. (1 more author) (2020) Reporting from the Margins: Disabled Academics Reflections on Higher Education. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 22 (1). pp. 265-274. ISSN 1501-7419
Abstract
This article is rooted in the narratives of four disabled people with obvious impairments within higher education institutions (HEI). Their lived experiences highlight how the adoption of the neoliberal agenda by HEIs has ensured the continued exclusion of disabled academics. This article shares how the implementation of mainstream business structures, and the business ethos, has been experienced by disabled academics seeking equality of education and professional academic opportunities. It demonstrates the personal impacts that can occur when institutions vehemently value income over inclusion and when academic staff adhere to these standards. If the doors to academia were closed to disabled people in the past, neoliberalism has surely locked them.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | higher education institutions, disability, academia, disabled, neoliberalism, academic |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2020 12:13 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:26 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Stockholm University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.16993/sjdr.670 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:166259 |