"a constant white noise and static of demands that don’t seem connected to lecturers’ training or aims"- great post on the academic perspective. As this crisis inevitably deepens the PS/ac divide, how might TSPs, many also under threat, make their voices and identities heard?

A great episode to listen to for all interested in #HE #ThirdSpace

Have you listened to the Job Shadowing HE podcast yet? Fascinating interviews with #HE professionals, will be of interest for #ThirdSpace people, AHEP ALDinHE and LearnHigher. jobshadowinghe.podbean.com

🎖️ The RSE SIR WALTER SCOTT MEDAL has been awarded to Dr Iain Gordon Brown FSA FRSE for his contributions to the National Library of Scotland; a national institution that supports academic #research in vital ways.👏 rse.org.uk/2024-rse-medal…

Great arguments supporting teaching-focused (academic) HE careers. The third group here is #ThirdSpace professionals who teach, lead and research. This group is often on Professional Services contracts, invisible to HESA, with little to no progression routes.

Do you work in HE as a #ThirdSpaceProfessional? This survey looks at the impact & value of Advance HE #Fellowship on third space professionals. Please could you complete & share for my MA in Education Leadership & Management? Thank you. #PSF2023 forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

It's great to see an Advance HE project highlighting #ThirdSpace professionals.

Some new reading fresh off the press! Whitchurch makes a strong argument for building social and professional capital to allow people to thrive in the third space. #ThirdSpace #HigherEducation #careers

Have you read this report yet? Interesting case studies with examples of good practice, but not shying away from mentioning challenges. Reverse mentoring should really be a thing everywhere. #ThirdSpace

For #ThirdSpace #EAP practitioners - check out Michelle Joubert 's chapter ''Be more Pirate': Harnessing the Power of Liminal Spaces in Creating Academic Literacy Practitioner Identity and Agency' in this new volume rb.gy/fdu8cg

NEW on Wonkhe: Steve Briggs, Sally Everett, and Debbie Holley assess the evidence from Advance HE national teaching awards Dr Debbie Holley Prof Sally Everett 🏳️‍🌈🐶 wonkhe.com/blogs/traditio…

This will be of interest to #ThirdSpace colleagues - it's high time HE role classifications has been reviewed and third space professionals recognised more and supported more.

Professional #doctorates reconciling academic and professional knowledge: towards a diffractive re-reading @AzumahCarol, Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith, @Learnventurer et al, OU Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies 🔓→ doi.org/10.1080/072943… #HigherEd #AcademicKnowledge #ProfessionalKnowledge #ProfessionalDoctorates #PhDChat

Traditional HE role classifications create structural inequalities for third space professionals- new blog post

Three ways to recognize hidden labour in research “The function of research administrators is often misunderstood” ⁦UCC Research⁩ nature.com/articles/d4158…

"Third space" professionals have unique skills that are critical for impact (e.g. citizen science, film-making, audio editing, community engagement) but unseen and unrewarded in the space between academics and professional services. New Higher Education Policy Institute report hepi.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

Looking forward to reading this- from a quick look at the table of contents, I expect it will be of interest to third space and pracademic colleagues

Really glad to see that the enormous strain us Professional Services staff are under is getting some attention (at last). We don't have workload models, we don't get workload remission, we often cover several roles, and we have very limited options for promotion or progression.