Institutionalizing public engagement through research in UK universities: perceptions, predictions and paradoxes concerning the state of the art
基于英国大学公众参与专业服务人员的调查反馈，分析了公众参与的现状与未来，揭示了大学使命的收缩与同质化，以及公众参与仅在被视为提升机构竞争力时才获支持的悖论。
In this article, we draw on open-text responses taken from an online attitudinal survey provided by public engagement (PE) professional service staff working across universities in the United Kingdom (UK). These are individuals employed to support and sometimes lead academic staff, principally research active academics, in PE activities. Their responses provide an insight into the current and future status of PE in UK higher education (HE) and shed light on the working lives of PE support staff and the various ‘professional’ and organizational challenges they face in attempting to embed and ameliorate PE activity within UK universities. More significantly, these accounts intimate the contraction and homogenization of the university mission, where the efficacy attributed to and investment made in PE is only guaranteed, when it is perceived as an undertaking that supports and ameliorates institutional competitiveness.