id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt doi-org-1331 Occupying a ‘third space’: research trained professional staff in Australian universities | SpringerLink .html text/html 1300 193 49 Occupying a 'third space': research trained professional staff in Australian universities | SpringerLink Despite the expansion and professionalisation of university administration over the past 20 years there has been no scholarly study on the extent to which universities, which promote the value of generic skills from research degrees to prospective research students and their employers, capitalize on the research and transferable skills of PhD graduates later employed in the university sector as professional staff. Findings from this study of research-trained professional staff at one research-intensive Australian university suggests that these professionals are using their research and generic skills in management roles, to the benefit of the university. The capacity of public universities to meet Australia's higher education needs, Submission to Senate employment, workplace relations, small business and education references committee, 1–4. Occupying a 'third space': research trained professional staff in Australian universities. Occupying a 'third space': research trained professional staff in Australian universities. ./cache/doi-org-1331.html ./txt/doi-org-1331.txt