Academic Mobility by Tight, Malcolm; Maadad, Nina;

Series: International Perspectives on Higher Education Research; 11;

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Edition number and title 11
Publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Date of Publication 28 May 2014

ISBN 9781783508532
Binding Hardback
No. of pages280 pages
Size 229x152x25 mm
Weight 558 g
Language English

Short description:

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.

Long description:

Academic mobility promotes the development of joint research activities, broadens the horizons of researchers, lecturers and professors, and promotes knowledge flows between institutions. This book offers a contemporary perspective on the mobility of academics across the globe with contributions by authors based in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. With a focus on the context for and experience of academic mobility in Africa, Australia, Europe, the Gulf and the United States, issues such as historical perspectives and contemporary reflections, the impact of English as the 'lingua franca' of academe in South Africa, the motivations and experiences of international academics working in the United Arab Emirates, the integration of foreign-born faculty within Israeli academia, academic mobility within the US, and, the legal status of academic mobility, this volume is both comprehensive and relevant.

Being an international academic: A phenomenological study of academic migrants adjusting to working and living in Scotland.
Editorial introduction.
Copyright page.
Academic mobility.
International Perspectives on Higher Education Research.
Academic mobility.
Mobilised by mobility? determinants of international mobility plans among doctoral candidates in Germany.
Beyond Diaspora: The Lived Experiences of Academic Mobility for educational researchers in the European higher education area.
The impact of mobility on the lives and careers of female and male academics in higher education.
Patterns and persistence in academic migration: 40 years of Australian academic migration.
Academic mobility and migration: Reflections of international academics in Australia.
Global academics moving down under: Living and learning a new academic culture.
English and the academy for African skilled migrants: The impact of English as an ?Academic lingua franca?.
Academic expatriation: Experiences from within the United Arab Emirates.
Insights into the successful integration of foreign-born faculty in Israeli academia: The empowering effect of in-group ethno-cultural similarity.
?Sensitive Fences?: The im/mobility of working-class academics.
The protection of the right to academic mobility under international human rights law.
List of Contributors.
Being an international academic: A phenomenological study of academic migrants adjusting to working and living in Scotland.
Editorial introduction.
Copyright page.
Academic mobility.
International Perspectives on Higher Education Research.
Academic mobility.
Mobilised by mobility? determinants of international mobility plans among doctoral candidates in Germany.
Beyond Diaspora: The Lived Experiences of Academic Mobility for educational researchers in the European higher education area.
The impact of mobility on the lives and careers of female and male academics in higher education.
Patterns and persistence in academic migration: 40 years of Australian academic migration.
Academic mobility and migration: Reflections of international academics in Australia.
Global academics moving down under: Living and learning a new academic culture.
English and the academy for African skilled migrants: The impact of English as an ?Academic lingua franca?.
Academic expatriation: Experiences from within the United Arab Emirates.
Insights into the successful integration of foreign-born faculty in Israeli academia: The empowering effect of in-group ethno-cultural similarity.
?Sensitive Fences?: The im/mobility of working-class academics.
The protection of the right to academic mobility under international human rights law.
List of Contributors.