Professor Chris Ennew OBE – Provost, University of Warwick, kindly agreed to answer our questions on her career progression in the Higher Education sector. Please can you talk us through your career to date? I started my career (post PhD) with traditional academic roles at Newcastle and Nottingham; at Nottingham I started to involve myself…>
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Three key tips for successful grant-writing
There’s one tool every academic needs, and that’s research funding. Every academic needs to write grant proposals – and, of course, they ought to be successful ones. Grant writing is a craft, and because it’s a different craft from other kinds of writing, it can seem like a daunting challenge.
Using storytelling in teaching
Our personalities play a significant part in determining how comfortable we are with sharing anecdotes or using storytelling in teaching.
Moving PhD research forward while navigating a new normal
Reflect on the pandemic, give yourself the opportunity to learn from the experience, and move your research forward.
Jackie Thompson – Marketing and Communications Manager
Jackie Thompson is currently a Marketing and Communications Manager for one of our colleges. The University of Edinburgh has three colleges, and I am the manager for the college of arts, humanities and social science.
Karen Frost – Student Experience Marketing
Karen Frosts role is to promote and market Durham’s wider student experience, everything outside of student’s studies. All the fun stuff…
Joys in academic careers: Noticing, nurturing and spreading joy in academic careers
I’m not saying we can simply wake up and decide today will be joyful, and repeat this every day. I am saying it is useful to think about joy as something we can influence.
Joy in academic careers: What can I expect?
There are many reasons why you might want an academic career. In this post, I reflect on the kinds of joy you might experience over a career as an academic.