The birth and death of academic development?

Abstract

In this article, the authors use their own collective half century’s experience of academic development to review the nature and evolution of the profession. They argue that, having risen from a peripheral and largely individual activity to a sometimes central and sometimes highly valued activity, academic development may achieve its apotheosis, as innovating in their practice and policy becomes central to every teacher, every course, every department, every school, every faculty and every university.

Keywords:

• academic development
• experience
• future trajectory