Evans, L (2014) A changing role for university professors? Professorial academic leadership as it is perceived by ‘the led’. British Educational Research Journal. ISSN 0141-1926
Abstract
This article examines the academic leadership role of university professors in the UK (a grade title which in that national context generally refers only to the most distinguished, senior academics, who equate to the North American full professor). Drawing on theoretical interpretations of professionalism and applying these to professors, it analyses selected preliminary findings from a funded study that explored the nature of professorial academic leadership by gathering data from academics, teachers and researchers who are not themselves professors and who thus constitute ‘the led’. The findings revealed an unclearly defined professorial academic leadership role that seems to reflect expectations that professors should be all things to all people, and within which three key features of professorial practice were highlighted: distinction, knowledge, and relationality. The article considers the extent to which this represents a changed or changing role for professors in the UK, and concludes that the notion of the UK-based professor – in the singular – is very elusive.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: A changing role for university professors? Professorial academic leadership as it is perceived by ‘the led’ Evans, L , which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/berj.3163. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving. |
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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 Education (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2015 12:32 |
Last Modified: | 20 Nov 2016 17:35 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/berj.3163 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/berj.3163 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:83098 |