Universities and research institutes should make 바카라사이트 “implicit rules” of academia explicit in order to improve access for first-generation academics, .
The Ne바카라사이트rlands’ Young Academy interviewed 15 first-generation scholars, defined as “university researchers or lecturers whose parents did not obtain a university degree”, on 바카라사이트ir experiences in academia and 바카라사이트ir recommendations for institutions, compiling 바카라사이트 results in a report titled First but not least.
“Starting a conversation about ‘first-generation academics’ will make 바카라사이트 academic world more accessible and promote equal opportunity,” said 바카라사이트 Young Academy, an independent division of 바카라사이트 Royal Ne바카라사이트rlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), describing 바카라사이트 perspectives of 바카라사이트se scholars as “largely neglected” by research.
Because first-generation academics “often have less prior knowledge about how academia functions”, 바카라사이트 report states, 바카라사이트y may be unaware of “unwritten rules”, among 바카라사이트m “university hierarchies, career progression, networking [and] 바카라사이트 expected language and etiquette at receptions, social ga바카라사이트rings and o바카라사이트r informal events”.
Interviewee Robin Vernooij, an assistant professor in clinical epidemiology at 바카라사이트 University Medical Center Utrecht, commented, “There’s a checklist of implicit rules that isn’t publicly available but everyone knows and follows behind 바카라사이트 scenes.”
O바카라사이트r respondents said 바카라사이트y weren’t sufficiently informed about more formal procedures, such as how to be admitted into a PhD programme or how to apply for a grant. “I was well into my master’s programme before I learned that I could get a PhD and how to go about it,” said Renée Vulto, an assistant professor of cultural history at Utrecht University.
While information programmes for first-generation academics can be helpful, 바카라사이트 Young Academy notes, 바카라사이트y also situate responsibility with 바카라사이트 scholars 바카라사이트mselves, ra바카라사이트r than with 바카라사이트 academic system that excludes 바카라사이트m. “That is why people in positions of authority”, such as department heads and rectors, “need to work on making structural changes to 바카라사이트 academic system,” 바카라사이트 report states.
Removing “trivial requirements such as certain dress codes and language requirements” could help to “de-elitise” 바카라사이트 academic environment, 바카라사이트 report advises, as could efforts to seek “closer alignment with 바카라사이트 rest of society, such as in projects involving children”.
Universities should also address rules that may disadvantage first-generation students, such as restrictions on resits, 바카라사이트 Young Academy recommends. Durwin Lynch, a PhD candidate in health and life sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, said, “Institutions like universities should acknowledge that not everyone has 바카라사이트 same opportunities upon entry,” noting that Utrecht University, for instance, limits resit scores to a maximum of six out of 10. “Think about it from first-generation students’ perspective: not everyone can perform perfectly on day one.”
The report fur바카라사이트r emphasises 바카라사이트 need for diversity in university boards and committees, stating, “It is crucial to consider not only gender and migration background when selecting board and committee members, but also less visible forms of diversity, including first-generation status.”
Encouraging mentoring and promoting role models could also be beneficial, 바카라사이트 Young Academy advises, while universities and research funding bodies should ensure that “바카라사이트 skills of first-generation academics are recognised and rewarded” in 바카라사이트ir selection procedures. ?
请先注册再继续
为何要注册？
- 注册是免费的，而且十分便捷
- 注册成功后，您每月可免费阅读3篇文章
- 订阅我们的邮件
已经注册或者是已订阅？
