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New PDF release: The Work Situation of the Academic Profession in Europe:

By Ulrich Teichler, Ester Ava Höhle

ISBN-10: 9400759762

ISBN-13: 9789400759763

ISBN-10: 9400759770

ISBN-13: 9789400759770

This booklet provides the research of the consultant survey in regards to the educational occupation in twelve eu international locations. greater schooling in Europe has skilled a considerable switch in recent times: enlargement progresses additional, the expectancy to convey beneficial contributions of data to the “knowledge society” is at the upward thrust, and efforts to lead educational paintings via exterior forces and powerful foreign administration are extra frequent than ever. consultant surveys of the tutorial occupation in twelve ecu nations convey how professors and junior employees at universities and different associations of upper schooling view the position of upper schooling in society and their expert scenario and the way they really form their specialist projects. lecturers fluctuate throughout Europe considerably of their employment and dealing stipulations, their perspectives and their actions. such a lot of them favour the protection of an in depth hyperlink among instructing and examine and suppose accountable for either concept and perform. so much reflect on efforts to augment educational caliber and social relevance as appropriate. the final delight with their expert state of affairs is very high.

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Assessments are by and large most positive in Finland, Norway, Switzerland, the UK and the Netherlands. Self-declared hours spent on academic work vary as well between European countries, between junior and senior academics and between academics at universities and academics at other higher education institutions. The longest hours spent at work in higher education institutions (when classes are in session) are reported, on average, by all academics in Ireland, Italy and Poland and the shortest in the M.

Similarly, the top quartile of junior academics at other higher education institutions earns about 45% more than the bottom quartile in Portugal and more than 35% more in Germany and Switzerland. In contrast, all junior academics in Poland seem to have more or less the same income. In comparing the bottom quartiles of income with the poverty level for a household of two adults and two children under the age of 14, we note that most junior academic staff and the bottom quarter of senior academics in Norway can be considered as being close to income poor, based on their average annual income.

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