Thinking Almost An Academic Career ...
Many people, exhausted past times the rigours of life "in the existent world" mean value to themselves ... I would similar to alter my life. One mutual answer is to mean value of a career switch from a commercial or managerial life to an academic one. Whether this is inspired past times fond memories of educatee days, or past times the observation that academics seem to possess got a overnice life is immaterial. The determination is reached that giving something back, sharing to a greater extent than or less of your sense or only enjoying the long summertime breaks betwixt damage mightiness live to a greater extent than rewarding than beavering away inwards your electrical current role.
You may already possess got guessed that having a PhD mightiness help. In fact, the academic the world has been changing over the lastly few decades as well as it may live sobering to reflect, for a moment, on those changes. Up until the advent of diverse forms of enquiry assessment processes inwards the UK as well as elsewhere, it was possible to brand a mid-career switch from practise to academia. The lastly of this generation are right away approaching retirement from their academic roles as well as the distressing reality is that they would no longer live appointable inwards many institutions because of a lack of enquiry activity. For a time, signalling that y'all wanted to start a PhD would live plenty to sway an interview panel. Things thus moved to appointing people who had already started a PhD, thus to preferring candidates that were inwards the concluding stages of their PhD. Today however, many institutions demand that fifty-fifty the around junior lecturing posts live filled past times people who possess got completed their PhD. The contest for academic posts is frequently such that applicants demand a finished PhD, to a greater extent than or less corporation teaching sense as well as a few decent publications already inwards impress only to live seen equally appointable. The contest thus rests on which applicant has the best PhD, publications as well as teaching sense to offer. Mid career switches are getting harder equally the academic the world professionalises. You may possess got xx or thirty years sense of running your ain draw concern or component subdivision of someone else's draw concern as well as that managerial noesis is invaluable inwards many, many ways. But the truth is that you'll live upward against to a greater extent than or less inwards their early on to mid 20s alongside a showtime degree, mayhap a masters, definitely a PhD, to a greater extent than or less tutoring as well as teaching sense gathered en road as well as a few publications inwards the pipeline. If y'all desire to compete, y'all demand to develop a 3-5 yr conception of how you'll position those pieces together on your CV such that you'll live seen equally a credible candidate. Then if you're lucky as well as acquire the task y'all mightiness start to revisit the idyllic impression y'all had of academic life ... but that's a whole other story. In the UK the Foundation for Management Education offers back upward for people looking to brand the switch to an academic career as well as mightiness live a skilful source of advice and/or support. See http://www.management-education.org.uk/
Pasted below is the task description for an academic task at a reputable UK academy ... the postal service was described equally beingness for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer (which mightiness assist y'all brand sense of the grades mentioned) ... as well as the affair to expect for are the criteria that are seen equally essential.
JOB DESCRIPTION
To undertake high-quality enquiry inwards the discipline area, actively contribute to teaching at undergraduate as well as postgraduate flat as well as to undertake direction equally requested past times the Head of Department
Main Duties as well as Responsibilities
For appointment at marker vii (L) as well as eight (SL) y'all will:
1. Develop as well as keep individual/joint enquiry projects inwards the discipline related surface area and, where appropriate, to secure the funding required for the project
2. Contribute fully to developing as well as enhancing the enquiry profile of the Department/Division including establishing a rail tape of publications of internationalquality inwards leading journals
3. Attendance as well as participation inwards appropriate enquiry seminars/conferences inside discipline related area
4. Contribute fully to the planning, scheme as well as delivery of undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching activities inside the discipline surface area inwards accordance alongside established Departmental programmes
5. Contribute fully to the ongoing evolution as well as pattern of the curriculum inwards a agency that supports a research-lead approach to educatee learning
6. Participate fully inwards exam as well as other assessment processes, equally appropriate, using a diversity of methods as well as techniques as well as render effective, timely as well as appropriate feedback to students which supports their learning
7. Undertake departmental direction equally assigned past times the Head of Department
8. Engage inwards professional person evolution activities equally appropriate
9. Where appropriate, convey responsibleness for the supervision as well as grooming of postgraduate enquiry students to ensure their effective development
10. Either sustain an independent enquiry grouping inwards a discipline related surface area or contribute to an existing enquiry group
For appointment at marker eight (i.e. SL) y'all will:
11. Sustain a substantial international reputation spell developing as well as enhancing the enquiry of the department/faculty, including establishing a rail tape of publications of international character inwards leading journals, spell securing the funding required for this research
12. To convey responsibleness for the planning, organisations as well as delivery of undergraduate as well as postgraduate teaching activities inwards the relevant as well as related discipline areas, inwards accordance alongside the subdivision programme
13. Take responsibleness for the supervision as well as grooming of postgraduate enquiry students to ensure their effective development.
Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills as well as Experience
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
A1 Good showtime flat and, a PhD or equivalent enquiry profile inwards discipline related area
A2 Comprehensive as well as upward to engagement noesis of enquiry inside discipline related area
A3 Developing rail tape of published enquiry and/or evolution as well as delivery of teaching
A4 Developing international enquiry profile
For appointment at flat 8:
A5 An established rail tape of published enquiry as well as evolution as well as delivery of teaching
A6 An established international enquiry profile
Skills - Essential
C1 Excellent communications skills both oral as well as written
C2 Excellent interpersonal as well as presentation skills
C3 Time direction skills
C4 Ability to piece of occupation independently as well as equally component subdivision of a team
C5 Ability to piece of occupation alongside picayune supervision
C6 Self Motivation
C7 Ability to convey collegiate responsibilities as well as human action accordingly
C8 Ability for independent idea to generate original hypothesis leading to generating enquiry income
Experience - Essential
E1 Minimum of ii years postdoctoral enquiry sense inside ain discipline area
E2 Evidence of an emerging rail tape of academic publications of international quality
E3 Experience of applying/potential capacity to apply for as well as secure enquiry grant funding, where appropriate
E4 Teaching sense at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level, including class evolution as well as character assurance where appropriate
For appointment at flat 8:
Essential
E5 Minimum of 3-5 years postdoctoral enquiry experiences inside ain discipline area.
E6 Established rail tape of academic publications of international quality.
E7 Experience of applying for as well as securing reserach grant funding.
Job Features
Develop as well as keep enquiry plans and, where appropriate, submit grant applications/proposals on an ongoing the world throughout yearProduce publications equally appropriate to discipline specialism inside appropriate agreed timescales/periodPrincipal Investigator or co-investigator for enquiry grant(s) equally appropriate
Individual or co-supervision of postgraduate enquiry student(s) equally appropriate
Undertake teaching inwards accordance alongside a fair distribution of departmental workload
Planning as well as Organising ... create create fourth dimension as well as prioritise ain piece of occupation charge appropriate inwards research, teaching as well as administrative duties
Monitor, review as well as revise enquiry plans/grant submissions equally appropriate
Revise annually inwards advance of due date, class documents, handouts as well as assessments for undergraduate or postgraduate courses
Plan as well as organise administrative duties on an ongoing basis
Reactive functions – respond to queries from departmental staff/students inside reasonable timescale
Decision Making ... determine on enquiry direction, methodology as well as where appropriate, submission of grant applications
Decide on alternative of journal(s) for publication of enquiry as well as conferences to attendDecide on class content, teaching methods as well as applications past times students
Internal/External Relations
Internal – Head of Department of exchanging information, enquiry strategy, learning as well as teaching strategy
Functional officers inwards honor of relevant functions (Research Officer, Assessment Officer, QA Officer)
Academic staff for advice as well as motivation equally appropriateResearch students, supervising as well as supporting them
Undergraduate as well as postgraduate students providing teaching as well as learning supportAcademic back upward services for appropriate advice as well as for exchanging informationStudent back upward services to telephone substitution information, refer/support students
External - Links alongside fundamental enquiry players, nationally as well as internationally, inwards the evolution of the discipline specialism through a hit of appropriate academic channels, including relevant professional person bodies
Grant funding bodies (income generation)Journals as well as mass publishers (publishing)Problem Solving
Act equally showtime signal of contact for problems/enquiries from students involved alongside surface area of teaching/researchAssist postgraduate students alongside problems relating to research
Deal alongside administrative problems equally appropriate to condition alongside reference to HOD and/or colleaguesInvestigate enquiry problems as well as questions inwards accordance alongside ain as well as Departmental enquiry strategy
You may already possess got guessed that having a PhD mightiness help. In fact, the academic the world has been changing over the lastly few decades as well as it may live sobering to reflect, for a moment, on those changes. Up until the advent of diverse forms of enquiry assessment processes inwards the UK as well as elsewhere, it was possible to brand a mid-career switch from practise to academia. The lastly of this generation are right away approaching retirement from their academic roles as well as the distressing reality is that they would no longer live appointable inwards many institutions because of a lack of enquiry activity. For a time, signalling that y'all wanted to start a PhD would live plenty to sway an interview panel. Things thus moved to appointing people who had already started a PhD, thus to preferring candidates that were inwards the concluding stages of their PhD. Today however, many institutions demand that fifty-fifty the around junior lecturing posts live filled past times people who possess got completed their PhD. The contest for academic posts is frequently such that applicants demand a finished PhD, to a greater extent than or less corporation teaching sense as well as a few decent publications already inwards impress only to live seen equally appointable. The contest thus rests on which applicant has the best PhD, publications as well as teaching sense to offer. Mid career switches are getting harder equally the academic the world professionalises. You may possess got xx or thirty years sense of running your ain draw concern or component subdivision of someone else's draw concern as well as that managerial noesis is invaluable inwards many, many ways. But the truth is that you'll live upward against to a greater extent than or less inwards their early on to mid 20s alongside a showtime degree, mayhap a masters, definitely a PhD, to a greater extent than or less tutoring as well as teaching sense gathered en road as well as a few publications inwards the pipeline. If y'all desire to compete, y'all demand to develop a 3-5 yr conception of how you'll position those pieces together on your CV such that you'll live seen equally a credible candidate. Then if you're lucky as well as acquire the task y'all mightiness start to revisit the idyllic impression y'all had of academic life ... but that's a whole other story. In the UK the Foundation for Management Education offers back upward for people looking to brand the switch to an academic career as well as mightiness live a skilful source of advice and/or support. See http://www.management-education.org.uk/
Pasted below is the task description for an academic task at a reputable UK academy ... the postal service was described equally beingness for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer (which mightiness assist y'all brand sense of the grades mentioned) ... as well as the affair to expect for are the criteria that are seen equally essential.
JOB DESCRIPTION
To undertake high-quality enquiry inwards the discipline area, actively contribute to teaching at undergraduate as well as postgraduate flat as well as to undertake direction equally requested past times the Head of Department
Main Duties as well as Responsibilities
For appointment at marker vii (L) as well as eight (SL) y'all will:
1. Develop as well as keep individual/joint enquiry projects inwards the discipline related surface area and, where appropriate, to secure the funding required for the project
2. Contribute fully to developing as well as enhancing the enquiry profile of the Department/Division including establishing a rail tape of publications of internationalquality inwards leading journals
3. Attendance as well as participation inwards appropriate enquiry seminars/conferences inside discipline related area
4. Contribute fully to the planning, scheme as well as delivery of undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching activities inside the discipline surface area inwards accordance alongside established Departmental programmes
5. Contribute fully to the ongoing evolution as well as pattern of the curriculum inwards a agency that supports a research-lead approach to educatee learning
6. Participate fully inwards exam as well as other assessment processes, equally appropriate, using a diversity of methods as well as techniques as well as render effective, timely as well as appropriate feedback to students which supports their learning
7. Undertake departmental direction equally assigned past times the Head of Department
8. Engage inwards professional person evolution activities equally appropriate
9. Where appropriate, convey responsibleness for the supervision as well as grooming of postgraduate enquiry students to ensure their effective development
10. Either sustain an independent enquiry grouping inwards a discipline related surface area or contribute to an existing enquiry group
For appointment at marker eight (i.e. SL) y'all will:
11. Sustain a substantial international reputation spell developing as well as enhancing the enquiry of the department/faculty, including establishing a rail tape of publications of international character inwards leading journals, spell securing the funding required for this research
12. To convey responsibleness for the planning, organisations as well as delivery of undergraduate as well as postgraduate teaching activities inwards the relevant as well as related discipline areas, inwards accordance alongside the subdivision programme
13. Take responsibleness for the supervision as well as grooming of postgraduate enquiry students to ensure their effective development.
Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills as well as Experience
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential
A1 Good showtime flat and, a PhD or equivalent enquiry profile inwards discipline related area
A2 Comprehensive as well as upward to engagement noesis of enquiry inside discipline related area
A3 Developing rail tape of published enquiry and/or evolution as well as delivery of teaching
A4 Developing international enquiry profile
For appointment at flat 8:
A5 An established rail tape of published enquiry as well as evolution as well as delivery of teaching
A6 An established international enquiry profile
Skills - Essential
C1 Excellent communications skills both oral as well as written
C2 Excellent interpersonal as well as presentation skills
C3 Time direction skills
C4 Ability to piece of occupation independently as well as equally component subdivision of a team
C5 Ability to piece of occupation alongside picayune supervision
C6 Self Motivation
C7 Ability to convey collegiate responsibilities as well as human action accordingly
C8 Ability for independent idea to generate original hypothesis leading to generating enquiry income
Experience - Essential
E1 Minimum of ii years postdoctoral enquiry sense inside ain discipline area
E2 Evidence of an emerging rail tape of academic publications of international quality
E3 Experience of applying/potential capacity to apply for as well as secure enquiry grant funding, where appropriate
E4 Teaching sense at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level, including class evolution as well as character assurance where appropriate
For appointment at flat 8:
Essential
E5 Minimum of 3-5 years postdoctoral enquiry experiences inside ain discipline area.
E6 Established rail tape of academic publications of international quality.
E7 Experience of applying for as well as securing reserach grant funding.
Job Features
Develop as well as keep enquiry plans and, where appropriate, submit grant applications/proposals on an ongoing the world throughout yearProduce publications equally appropriate to discipline specialism inside appropriate agreed timescales/periodPrincipal Investigator or co-investigator for enquiry grant(s) equally appropriate
Individual or co-supervision of postgraduate enquiry student(s) equally appropriate
Undertake teaching inwards accordance alongside a fair distribution of departmental workload
Planning as well as Organising ... create create fourth dimension as well as prioritise ain piece of occupation charge appropriate inwards research, teaching as well as administrative duties
Monitor, review as well as revise enquiry plans/grant submissions equally appropriate
Revise annually inwards advance of due date, class documents, handouts as well as assessments for undergraduate or postgraduate courses
Plan as well as organise administrative duties on an ongoing basis
Reactive functions – respond to queries from departmental staff/students inside reasonable timescale
Decision Making ... determine on enquiry direction, methodology as well as where appropriate, submission of grant applications
Decide on alternative of journal(s) for publication of enquiry as well as conferences to attendDecide on class content, teaching methods as well as applications past times students
Internal/External Relations
Internal – Head of Department of exchanging information, enquiry strategy, learning as well as teaching strategy
Functional officers inwards honor of relevant functions (Research Officer, Assessment Officer, QA Officer)
Academic staff for advice as well as motivation equally appropriateResearch students, supervising as well as supporting them
Undergraduate as well as postgraduate students providing teaching as well as learning supportAcademic back upward services for appropriate advice as well as for exchanging informationStudent back upward services to telephone substitution information, refer/support students
External - Links alongside fundamental enquiry players, nationally as well as internationally, inwards the evolution of the discipline specialism through a hit of appropriate academic channels, including relevant professional person bodies
Grant funding bodies (income generation)Journals as well as mass publishers (publishing)Problem Solving
Act equally showtime signal of contact for problems/enquiries from students involved alongside surface area of teaching/researchAssist postgraduate students alongside problems relating to research
Deal alongside administrative problems equally appropriate to condition alongside reference to HOD and/or colleaguesInvestigate enquiry problems as well as questions inwards accordance alongside ain as well as Departmental enquiry strategy
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