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Universities are considered to be those institutions where the key staff, the academic profession, is expected to strike a balance between teaching and research. The two functions are considered to cross-fertilize each other, but the balance seems to be constantly endangered. This does not come as a surprise in the wake of an unequal regulatory system, which puts a stronger emphasis on teaching, and the unequal reward system, which puts a stronger emphasis on research. Starting with a discussion of the relationships between teaching and research the work presented here aims to show how academics themselves characterize the relationships between teaching and research. Data from the recent survey “The Changing Academic Profession (CAP)” suggest that academics at European universities continue to emphasise the virtues of a close link between teaching and research.
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Teichler, U. (2017). Teaching Versus Research: An Endangered Balance?. In: Machado-Taylor, M., Soares, V., Teichler, U. (eds) Challenges and Options: The Academic Profession in Europe. The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective, vol 18. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45844-1_2
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