英国高等教育中长期休研究人员的系统边缘化
1School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Frontiers in sociology
|October 24, 2025
概括
长期研究人员 (LTRs) 在休的学术角色面临系统边缘化和缺乏进步,尽管有重大贡献. 这项研究呼吁改变政策,以承认LTR并解决对不稳定的学术劳动力的剥削问题.
科学领域:
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
- 劳动研究 劳动研究
背景情况:
- 学术界的随机化往往忽视了长期不稳定的研究人员,而是专注于早期职业研究人员 (ECR).
- 长期研究人员 (LTRs) 被定义为那些在休角色中工作了8年以上的人,在政策和学术话语中被边缘化.
- 不稳定性往往被视为一个学术上的"过渡仪式",掩盖系统性问题.
研究的目的:
- 通过专注于LTRs的经验,挑战以ECR为中心的随意化的叙述.
- 检查英国大学LTR的职业发展轨迹,贡献和进步障碍.
- 揭露边缘化和隐形化LTRs的系统和结构机制.
主要方法:
- 一项混合方法研究,利用英国大学179名LTR的调查.
- 整合定性和定量数据来分析职业道路和障碍.
- 分析影响LTRs的大学和资助机构内的系统性问题.
主要成果:
- 由于排斥性的职业框架,剥削性的层次结构和缺乏指导,LTRs面临边缘化.
- 在LTRs的有价值的贡献 (奖学金,连续性,教学) 和他们缺乏认可或进步之间存在着显著的脱节.
- 40%的LTR经历了欺凌和歧视 (年龄歧视,性别,照顾责任),加上轨迹主义和感知到的功利主义,巩固了不平等.
结论:
- 需要采取可行的政策干预措施,包括正式承认LTR作为一个独立的类别.
- 对学术休程度和职业机会的提高透明度至关重要.
- 全行业的结构性改革对于拆除剥削系统和结束长期的学术不安全是必不可少的.
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