As far as I know, the only people in the UK who have tenure are those who have been in post a very long time... I don&#39;t think it&#39;s a viable part of university life here, any more....<div><br></div><div>Our pensions at the moment are very good but they are under threat (hence the working to contract and possible strike action).</div>

<div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 November 2011 09:39, Noah Gardiner <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]"><a href="/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind1111%26L%3DACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D1595490%26B%3D--90e6ba21219b11790a04b13615ab%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DISO-8859-1%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">


  
    
  
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    In a perfect world issues of job/retirement security are supposed to
    be resolved by academic tenure which, at least in the US,
    traditionally amounts to a quite livable retirement pension as well.
    Tenure seems to be an endangered institution, however, and it very
    much remains to be seen how these things will shake out in the
    coming years.<br>
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    As for publishing popular works alongside academic ones, this can be
    actually be harmful to one&#39;s career in some academic fields, insofar
    as it&#39;s sometimes looked down upon.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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    - N</font></span></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Dr. Janet Goodall<br>Research Fellow<br>Institute of Education<br>University of Warwick<div>Review of Best Practice in Parental Engagement:<br><a href="https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/RSG/AllPublications/Page1/DFE-RR156" target="_blank">https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/RSG/AllPublications/Page1/DFE-RR156</a></div>

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