In an open-access article for Teaching in Higher Ed, Collins Fleischner (Australian Catholic University), Karen Maras (University of New South Wales), and Stephen Marshall (UNSW) summarize the scholarship on education-focused academic roles. The authors write that these roles, which are focused on teaching and educational leadership, have emerged as part of a broader international trend towards academic role specialization, particularly in countries facing pressures such as declining funding and increasing participation rates. The literature review outlines the conceptual framework for these roles; covers some of the emerging consensus around the roles’ qualities, including workload and career progression; and the questions remaining around how and why these roles develop in an institution.
