Book review: Hoppe, M., Siegert, S., Temiz, S., Hasselgren, A. and Seifan, F. (eds) (2025) Academic misfits: questioned belongings in higher education. London: Routledge.

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https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi36.1610

Keywords:

academia, higher education, belonging, imposterism, misfitting

Author Biography

Stacey Mottershaw, University of Leeds

Stacey Mottershaw is an Associate Professor (Teaching and Scholarship) at Leeds University Business School. She teaches business ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability, and leads the industrial placement year. Her research predominantly seeks to understand the needs of marginalised groups in higher education, with a particular focus on equitable and socially just career development work.

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Stapleford, K. (2019) ‘The LDHEN hive mind: learning development in UK higher education as a professional culture’, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 16, pp.1-23. Available at: https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.v0i16.510

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15-06-2025

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Mottershaw, S. (2025). Book review: Hoppe, M., Siegert, S., Temiz, S., Hasselgren, A. and Seifan, F. (eds) (2025) Academic misfits: questioned belongings in higher education. London: Routledge. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (36). https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi36.1610

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