1. What do you really need to know? The importance of the third space in developing institutional CPD frameworks. Liz Marr and Rachel Forsyth HEA Conference 2011

3. What does it mean to be an academic in today’s universities? “ …how to be a proper academic is a moving goal; moreover one that is fraught with ambiguity.” (Clegg,2008) “ what it is to be an academic is by no means given but is a matter of dynamic relationships between social and epistemological interests and structures” (Barnett, 2000) HEA Conference 2011

4. How does one become an academic? HEA Conference 2011 ‘Refugee’ from practice? As an apprentice? Other?

5. What are the tensions in the academic role? Institutional role and disciplinary identity Internal and external activity Administration and academic work Research and enterprise Teaching and scholarship Quality assurance and quality enhancement Autonomy and accountability Development and judgement HEA Conference 2011

7. What is CPD for ? Personal development? Career enhancement? Institutional enhancement? Compliance? External validation? Skills and competencies? Knowledge – subject/teaching practice? HEA Conference 2011

8. What risks do we face? De-professionalising Fragmentation Reduced quality and standards HEA Conference 2011

9. Activity 2 What are the essential functional elements of a successful university? HEA Conference 2011

10. How should CPD respond? Academic Academic related Secretarial and clerical Services HEA Conference 2011

11. Will UKPSF do the job? Multiple pathways Multiple opportunities to gain credit Focus on context as well as content Cross disciplinary approach APEL/APL HEA Conference 2011

12. A CPD framework for blended professionals- the context The Higher Education context: – History and philosophy – Funding and governance The university context – Cross institutional functions (finance, estates, HR etc) – The management of teaching – The management of research – The student experience – External relations HEA Conference 2011

13. A CPD framework for blended professionals-teaching Teaching: – Designing and quality assuring courses – Delivering courses (lectures, seminars, labwork, tutorials) – Assessing students (design, administration, marking) – Working with diversity (disability, internationalisation) – Supervision (ug, pg, placements) HEA Conference 2011

14. A CPD framework for blended professionals-research and scholarship Bidding for funding Managing research projects Writing for publication Enterprise and community engagement HEA Conference 2011

15. A CPD framework for blended professionals-managing Leading teams Implementing strategy Resource management HEA Conference 2011

16. Conclusions Need to be more inclusive about CPD Mixed groups – Force clarification – Reduce jargon – Encourage collaborative solutions – Improve responsiveness But there are issues about accreditation: – UKPSF ‘licence to practice?’ HEA Conference 2011

17. References Barnett, R. (2000). Realizing the University in an age of Supercomplexity. Maidenhead, SRHE/OUP. Clegg, S. (2008). "Academic identities under threat?" British Educational Research Journal 34(3): 329 - 345. Whitchurch, C. (2008). "Shifting identities and blurring boundaries: the emergence of third space professionals in UK higher education." Higher Education Quarterly 62(4): 377-396. HEA Conference 2011

18. Acknowledgments Free cartoon by Kirk Luehrs Panic - photo by hufse (used under creative commons licence) Parachutes cartoon by Jana Cook Other photos © OU and MMU HEA Conference 2011