Introduction: The editorial aims to revisit the field of academic development as it is being researched worldwide. The JLE editors analyse the notion, its origin, domains, and implementation trajectories in various countries.Overview of Global Research on Academic Development: A short overview of the previously published research on academic development shows that most publications date between 2000 and 2020, with a focus on teaching and learning, trajectories in higher education, trends in practices of academic developers, and research as part of academic development. The authors also dwell upon the research competencies and support to the researchers that have become an integral part of academic development programmes in many countries.Survey: To clarify the attitudes to academic development in the regions that took up academic development some ten years ago, a Survey on Perceptions of Academic Development was conducted among university staff in Russia. It found out the placement of academic development in higher education.Conclusion: Summing up the key issues relating to academic development, the JLE editors outline the research agenda on academic development for potential authors.

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研究重点的学术发展

简介：该社论旨在重新审视学术发展领域，因为它正在全球范围内进行研究。JLE 编辑分析了各个国家的概念、其起源、领域和实施轨迹。全球学术发展研究概述：对先前发表的学术发展研究的简短概述表明，大多数出版物的出版日期在 2000 年至 2020 年之间，专注于教学和学习、高等教育的轨迹、学术开发者的实践趋势以及作为学术发展一部分的研究。作者还详述了研究能力和对研究人员的支持，这已成为许多国家学术发展计划不可或缺的一部分。调查：为了阐明十年前开始学术发展的地区对学术发展的态度，在俄罗斯大学教职员工中进行了一项关于学术发展看法的调查。找出学术发展在高等教育中的定位。结论：JLE编辑总结了与学术发展相关的关键问题，为潜在作者概述了学术发展的研究议程。