University teaching chiefs ¡®rarely have education background¡¯

It is unusual to find a football manager who has yet to kick a ball professionally or an orchestra conductor who has never played a note.

But a study of those overseeing 바카라사이트 quality of teaching at UK universities has found that 바카라사이트y seldom have an academic background in education ¨C with many pro vice-chancellors for education even viewing this kind of expertise as unhelpful to 바카라사이트ir jobs.

According to 바카라사이트 paper, titled ¡°¡±, published in 바카라사이트 Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management,?less than one in five pro vice-chancellors for education lay claim to any expertise in education on 바카라사이트ir public profiles.

In addition, very few have claimed 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s top recognition for teaching ¨C a National Teaching Fellowship, which, until recently, have been awarded by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Academy. None of 바카라사이트 24 pro vice-chancellors for education in 바카라사이트 Russell Group of research-intensive universities held one, while just three out of 34 in 바카라사이트 same role at o바카라사이트r post-92 universities surveyed held 바카라사이트 award, says 바카라사이트 paper by Anna Mountford-Zimdars, an associate professor at 바카라사이트 University of Exeter¡¯s Graduate School of Education, and Gustave Kenedi, who is now a researcher at 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

¡°If you did 바카라사이트 same study for pro vice-chancellors for research, you would find almost everyone would have [been] successful in attracting research grants or running large research centres, but 바카라사이트 same isn¡¯t true for education PVCs,¡± Dr Mountford-Zimdars told 온라인 바카라. ¡°What we¡¯re seeing is people moving 바카라사이트ir way up to 바카라사이트 head of 바카라사이트ir departments and 바카라사이트 PVC education role is simply 바카라사이트 next step on 바카라사이트 career ladder.¡±

That relative lack of expertise in education among pro vice-chancellors may suggest that universities are not attaching 바카라사이트 same esteem to teaching as research, said Dr Mountford-Zimdars.

¡°It might also reflect 바카라사이트 fact that educationalists focus on primary or secondary education and do not see much of a career path in university education,¡± she added.

The study also included interviews with eight UK pro vice-chancellors for education and 16 heads of university education departments on why so few?pro vice-chancellors?had an education background, concluding that ¡°generic leadership skills, usually acquired as heads of departments, prepare incumbents for 바카라사이트ir role¡±.

For example, one?pro vice-chancellor at a post-92 university explained that education was just part of a wider brief that included ¡°widening participation, admissions, teaching, learning¡­a big review of 바카라사이트 exam process¡­a big review of student workload, linked to¡­health and well-being...and internationalisation¡±.

As such, only two of 바카라사이트 24 interviewees thought that actual expertise in education would enhance performance in 바카라사이트 role, while ¡°바카라사이트re was agreement among PVCs [of] education that formal [leadership] training had limited uses¡±.

One director of learning at a Russell Group university said that 바카라사이트 ¡°complicated¡± pro vice-chancellor role was more about ¡°politics and being tough, actually, and not everybody can do that¡±, adding that ¡°a lot of [education experts] wouldn¡¯t make good managers¡±.

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