Shattock, Abstract

Shattock, M. (2001), 'The Academic Profession in Britain: A Study in the Failure to Adapt to Change', Higher Education, 41(1-2): 22-47

The article describes the impact of mass higher education and increasing financial stringency on the academic profession in Britain: the profession has fragmented and salary levels have fallen comparatively.

The author argues that the profession has failed to adapt to the changes and that its continued adherence to a common salary scale represents a constraint on the system as a whole.