Academic career handbook (UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Higher Education OUP)

Academic career handbook (UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Higher Education OUP)

by . Blaxter (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 01 May 1998

ISBN 10: 0335198279
ISBN 13: 9780335198276

Media Reviews
...tells you everything you need to know about academic careers, including the vital components of networking, teaching, researching and writing...accessible, with lots of 'handy hints' and useful pointers to other material and experience - Health Service Journal ...provides a readable and well-researched guide, picking its way meticulously through every detail of academic lifein 220 pages. The authors analyse each role in some detail, providingtips and quotes from numerous useful sources...This book's healthy strand of realism is illustrated by a list of positive verbs that the authors recommend you to start using if you want to achieve academic success - New Scientist
Author Bio
Professor in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University Reader in Sociology at the University of Warwick