@inproceedings{57a383d0a3964ef4b5f1e8dc7c5171b8,
title = "The weight of time: challenges of ageing in Higher Education",
abstract = "This working in progress aims to clarify what the ageing academy means, what practical contributions can be drawn from existing studies on the subject, with a view to mapping the main effects that academics identify due to ageing, especially in engineering. By presenting the existing studies on the ageing academy, and the effects and measures to address this issue, it can be assumed that tackling the problem of the ageing academy is a complex endeavour that requires policy and institutional measures sensible to a diversity of variables that represent the productivity of academics and researchers, as well as the sustainability of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).",
keywords = "academia, ageing, engineering, higher education, research, science, time",
author = "Rosa Vasconcelos and M{\'a}rcia Silva and Em{\'i}lia Ara{\'u}jo and Paula Urze",
note = "Funding Information: In any case, and as we can see from the typology of measures that have been defined, ageing in higher education cannot only be seen as an issue related to negative effects and the consequences of age, even in technological and engineering areas. First and foremost, age in the academia is usually associated with the possession of international research networks that should be taken advantage of at all stages of the life cycle of institutions. As me [36, p. 59] state: {"}Retired professors have a wealth of experience and wisdom important to younger professors, as well as being more freed from the responsibilities of academic life. they are an untapped resource in higher education. When mentoring relationships are established between emeriti and younger faculty members, there are benefits for all involved.{"} ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work was financed by Portuguese funds through FCT - financing of the UIDB/00264/2020-Centre for Textile Science and Technology and the Project UIDB/00736/2020) - Centre for Communication and Society Studies and CIUHCT -Interuniversity Center for the History of Science and Technology (UIDB/00286/2020). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 IEEE.; 7th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference, EDUNINE 2023 ; Conference date: 12-03-2023 Through 15-03-2023",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1109/EDUNINE57531.2023.10102891",
language = "English",
isbn = "979-8-3503-2051-0",
series = "IEEE World Engineering Education Conference (EDUNINE)",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)",
editor = "{da Rocha Brito}, Claudio and Ciampi, {Melany M.}",
booktitle = "EDUNINE 2023 - 7th IEEE World Engineering Education Conference",
address = "United States",
}