Publisher Description

The Impact of the Integrated Practitioner in Higher Education highlights the importance of developing blended professionalism as a way of future-proofing Higher Education leadership, strategy, and outcomes.With carefully chosen international contributors, this book discusses the rationale for championing blended/integrated practitioners and uses a narrative case study approach to uncover the value, identities, and impact of these individuals who work across institutional boundaries, to promote interdisciplinarity as well as staff and student success. Divided into four key sections, this book explores: strategies, leadership, and theory; identities, boundaries, and ways of working; the impact of blended professionals/integrated practitioners; career trajectories and developing the integrated practitioner. The Impact of the Integrated Practitioner in Higher Education is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of higher education, including academic and professional staff, as well as postgraduate students in the field of Education.

Author Biography

Emily McIntosh is Director of Learning, Teaching and Student Experience at Middlesex University, London, UK.

Diane Nutt is an Independent Higher Education Consultant working in the UK.

Table of Contents

ContentsList of contributorsForeword- SALLY BROWNPrefaceThe Impact of the Integrated Practitioner in Higher EducationStudies in Third Space Professionalism: Introduction and Literature ReviewEMILY MCINTOSH AND DIANE NUTTSECTION ONEStrategies, Leadership and Theory Understanding and Debating The Third Space: Achieving strategyJULIE HALL Leadership in the Third Space SUSANNAH QUINSEE The emergence of the Newest "Professional Class" in US Higher EducationMATTHEW D. PISTILLI AND JOHN N. GARDNER Building Bridges and Connections – The language used to connect and define communities in The Third Space FIONA DENNEY The Viral Landscapes of Third Space Working: Debating and challenging the power dynamic of the new 'blended' approachSTELLA JONES-DEVITT SECTION TWO Exploring Identities, Boundaries and Ways of Working Exploring the Identities of Blended Professionals in Higher EducationFRAN BEATON AND JULIA HOPE Owned, Shared and Contested Spaces in Higher EducationDEBORAH LOCK Supporting and Developing Teaching-Focused Individuals to Professorial level : career progression across boundariesJULIE HULME The Blended Professional: Barriers and boundaries to collaborative institutional culturesSONYA CAMPBELL-PERRY Close Encounters of the Third KindKATIE AKERMAN What Do Blended/Integrated Practitioners Do? Insights into ways of working strategically and influencing policy and practiceDONNA MURRAY Working From the Centre: Influencing cross-departmental workingFIONA SHELTON SECTION THREE Exploring the Impact of Blended Professionals/Integrated Practitioners The Student Experience Transitions Model: Integrated Practice to Inspire Staff to Support StudentsMICHELLE MORGAN Purposeful Working: Authentic leadership to enhance the student experienceHARRIET DUNBAR-MORRIS Supporting the Development, Recognition and Impact of Third Space ProfessionalsHELEN WEBSTER Leading Collaborative Projects, Recognising Distinctive Voices and Empowering Others to CreateLUKE MILLARD AND GRAHAM LOWE The Importance of Integrated Practice: Impacting and enabling student success via student peer educationMARCIA ODY The Importance of Integrated Practice in Student Engagement and SuccessWILLIAM CAREY SECTION FOUR Exploring Career Trajectories and Developing the Integrated Practitioner Career Trajectories in The Third SpaceJENNY LAWRENCE Recognising and Developing Talent: Rewarding Integrated Practice Across BoundariesJASPER SHOTTS AND MICHAEL SHAW The Importance of a Mentor in Overcoming the 'Jack of All Trades, Master of None' SyndromeSUE BECKINGHAM Rewarding Blended Working and Integrated PracticeDIANE NUTTConclusion: Third Spaces and Integrated Practice - concluding reflectionsEMILY MCINTOSH AND DIANE NUTTGlossaryIndex

Review

"There is so much to recommend in this book. The individual contributions, augmented by the editors' careful synthesis throughout, are a revelation. And its timing is prescient: it makes a critical and welcome contribution to our sector's thinking and theorising as we dare to look hopefully towards a post-pandemic 'better normal'."- Professor Sally Kift PFHEA FAAL ALTF, President Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows and Visiting Professorial Fellow, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, Curtin University, Australia
"There is so much to recommend in this book. The individual contributions, augmented by the editors' careful synthesis throughout, are a revelation. And its timing is prescient: it makes a critical and welcome contribution to our sector's thinking and theorising as we dare to look hopefully towards a post-pandemic 'better normal'."- Professor Sally Kift PFHEA FAAL ALTF, President Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows and Visiting Professorial Fellow, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, Curtin University, Australia

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