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  • Casualisation, the Gig Economy, and Piece Work in Education

    Dilemmas for Leaders in Times of Increasing Precarity

    This book examines a range of ethical complexities associated with precarious work across educational sectors internationally.Our aim is to examine the experiences of the increasing reliance on casual and temporary employment in education settings for all educators. This volume brings together academic chapters, focused on the affective, ethical, and practical challenges faced by all educators ... Read more

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  • Community Matters

    The Complex Links Between Community and Young People's Aspirations for Higher Education

    Series series Local/Global Issues in Education
    Working towards equity of access to higher education remains a fundamental issue of social justice. Despite substantial efforts to redress historical exclusions via a wealth of government and institutional policies, longstanding enrolment patterns persist and new forms of inequality have emerged in a deeply stratified system.Community Matters: The Complex Links Between Community and Young People’s ... Read more

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  • 'Making It' as a Contract Researcher

    A Pragmatic Look at Precarious Work

    Series series Insider Guides to Success in Academia
    ‘Making It’ as a Contract Researcher examines the contemporary experience of research employment in universities from the perspective of a significant yet often invisible group: temporary or contract researchers, who make up a substantial, and ever-growing, proportion of the academic research workforce. A critical, pragmatic and international account of the contemporary research career, this book ... Read more

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  • Promoting Equity in Schools

    Collaboration, Inquiry and Ethical Leadership

    Around the world, countries are searching for ways of making their schools more effective for all children and young people. This book offers a new way of thinking about how to address this challenge. It sees improvement as requiring a collective effort that involves contributions from all members of a school community. Crucial to this is the idea of ethical leadership.Promoting Equity in Schools ... Read more

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    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This important book offers practical advice for using evidence and research in policymaking. The book has two aims. First, it builds a case for ethics and global values in research and knowledge exchange, and second, it examines specific policy areas and how evidence can guide practice.The book covers important policy areas including ... Read more

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