Putting the university to work: The subsumption of academic labour in UK's shift to digital higher education

Ivancheva, Mariya; Garvey, Brian

doi:10.1111/ntwe.12237

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“…The new global knowledge, powered by information and communication technology (ICT), is not limited to universities. The erosion of universities' effective monopoly on knowledge creation and curation is an underappreciated aspect of the Internet's impact (Ivancheva & Garvey, 2022). As digital transformation trends become increasingly sophisticated, service delivery and economic analysis improve across all sectors, including educational institutions.…”

Section: Education Adaptation During the Digital Eramentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review of Educational Adaptation During the COVID-19 Pandemic via Online Learning

Siripipatthanakul,

Kaewpuang,

Sitthipon

et al. 2023

IJCSR

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Purpose -This study explains how the educational sector adapts to become more effective in the long run regarding the COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant hardship for families, children, educators, and teachers. Learning has been adapting to the digital economy. 1515Method -The researchers employed the documentary method in this review article. Random sampling from reliable and valid sources was utilised in the first step and was analysed using content analysis from the selected papers adopting purposive sampling in the second step.Results -The findings reveal that in most countries, the COVID-19 lockdowns have produced a blended learning model that combines face-to-face education with e-learning. This means that class sizes have been reduced, students and teachers must maintain social distance, and learning schedules are staggered. Moreover, students can continue their education using online resources such as language apps, video conferencing tools, and virtual tutoring.Conclusion -Teachers have had to adapt to the educational world in distance education. Most teachers in schools and universities face this challenge, even though teachers lack the skills and equipment to provide adequate distance education in many developing nations. As governments consider reopening schools following the easing of quarantine restrictions, the safety of students and teachers should take precedence, and social isolation of students, access to personal protective equipment, and routine virus testing will be crucial.Recommendations -The role of instructors must shift from knowledge educator to learning motivator and progress manager. Additionally, the investment in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure of the education service to improve educational outcomes should be considered.Research Implications -The internet and technology in the classroom should be given serious consideration to becoming more competent. The government must improve and alter teachers' perceptions of educational technology integration. As teachers play a crucial role in ensuring that any new policy is implemented effectively and efficiently, they are essential in implementing any new initiative.

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Section: Education Adaptation During the Digital Eramentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review of Educational Adaptation During the COVID-19 Pandemic via Online Learning

Siripipatthanakul,

Kaewpuang,

Sitthipon

et al. 2023

IJCSR

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“…Scholars of HE and labour have started to discuss the processes of formal and real subsumption in academic labour (Szadkowski, 2016;Harvie et al, 2022;Ivancheva and Garvey, 2022). Subsumption designates the process described by Karl Marx as the subordination of labour to the valorisation of capital, that is the creation of surplus value from labour (Marx, 1864).…”

Section: Technologically Mediated Formal and Real Subsumption Of Acad...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While Szadkowski (2016) explains these two processes in relation to research, namely the productive function of academic labour, Ivancheva and Garvey (2022) advocate for a greater focus on the social reproduction function of HE, that is to say teaching and related tasks. They insist that this is where real subsumption and transformation of the academic profession is currently taking place, drawing on social reproduction theory and, particularly, on feminist critiques of classical Marxism.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Following Harvie and colleagues (2022), Ivancheva and Garvey (2022) warn against the hierarchical division of research and teaching constitutive of processes of rampant transformation of public HE. This process has been widely discussed in the critical HE literature as connected to New Public Management (NPM) and the 'optimisation' of the labour force through cost-cutting and the separation of research and teaching (e.g.…”

Section: Technologically Mediated Formal and Real Subsumption Of Acad...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In what follows, we build on new works that link classical Marxist theory of formal and real subsumption of labour and feminist social reproduction theory (Harvie et al, 2022;Ivancheva & Garvey, 2022) to further develop this framework in the context of contemporary academic labour and apply it to the analysis of the impact of platformmediated programmes. The article draws on our own professional observations and experiences with such models in the UK context (including programmes linked to UK universities that we experienced while located elsewhere) as a starting point to discuss the impact of these programmes on academic labour.…”

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Putting the university to work: The subsumption of academic labour in UK's shift to digital higher education

Cited by 23 publications

References 32 publications

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A Review of Educational Adaptation During the COVID-19 Pandemic via Online Learning

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