The academic career handbook

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The academic career handbook

Loraine Blaxter, Christina Hughes and Malcolm Tight

Open University Press, 1998

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Bibliography: p. [220]-227

Includes index

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780335198276

Description

Are you: * planning a career in higher education? * an academic whose career could and should develop? * wondering how you can realize your potential across institutions, departments and disciplines? * looking for a career strategy? Then this timely book has been written for you. Designed for those working, or hoping to work, within the higher education system, this handbook will also be of value to those in more established positions who want to develop their own careers or want to support younger colleagues. With an emphasis on supporting staff development, this timely handbook offers guidance on the craft of performing five key tasks - networking, teaching, researching, writing and managing. Additionally, issues such as getting published, networking, obtaining research funding, principles of teaching and assessment, and seeking promotion are discussed. The handbook is designed to be accessible, illuminating and entertaining, with useful advice and critical viewpoints juxtaposed. So if you want a successfully planned career instead of just 'letting it happen', then this handbook's for you.

Table of Contents

Introduction Academic careers Starting an academic career Networking Teaching Researching Writing Managing Developing an academic career Organizations and journals References Index.
Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780335198283

Description

Designed for those working, or seeking to work within the higher education system, this handbook has a particular relevance for those who are just starting, or even, those seeking to start, an academic career. It also has much to say to those in more established positions who want to think about their career or want to support younger colleagues in their career decisions. The text offers guidance on the craft of performing five key tasks: networking, teaching, researching, writing and managing. The book is designed to be accessible, and entertaining with useful advice and critical viewpoints juxtaposed.

Table of Contents

  • Academic careers
  • starting an academic career
  • networking
  • teaching
  • researching
  • writing
  • managing
  • developing an academic career
  • organizations and journals.

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