Postgraduate students, researchers and lecturers all have the skills necessary to make an excellent private tutor. While it is not possible to teach in state schools in the UK without a PGCE qualification, you can offer your services as a personal tutor – someone who offers in-depth one-to-one tuition to…>
Academic Careers
Challenges in Overseas Student Recruitment
by Shola Adenekan It may be mid-way through the current academic year for many universities across the globe, but in the boom-and-bust world of international student recruitment, everyday brings new and unpredictable challenges. For international student recruiters, the quest is to find a rich vein of students from across the…>
Working in Higher Education FAQ
University students often fail to realize that it requires an enormous number of employees working in a huge range of jobs to enable a Higher Education institution to function. More than 300,000 people currently work in HE in the UK across more than 170 institutions. Some of these workers are…>
The Challenges Facing Academic Staff in UK Universities
by Sarah Marten Everyone who has featured as a case study in our Career Development pages agrees on one thing – they really enjoy their jobs, and have no plans to move on from the university sector in the foreseeable future! Most echo the feelings of Professor Martin Shepperd from…>
Life After Redundancy
This article is about people and life after redundancy, how they have fared since being made redundant and the advice they would give to anyone in the same position. Interviewing people who have come through redundancy has reinforced my opinion that there really is no best way to deal with…>
Tips for Time Management and Balancing a Busy Workload
Here’s a no-nonsense guide to time management – the process that will help you to keep balance even when you are extremely busy (which is probably most of the time) – along with a concise tips section to show you how to make a more effective schedule (who has time…>
Long Term Academic Career Planning
by Dr Catherine Armstrong Many of the articles on this website are concerned with getting your first academic job or the transition from student to member of staff. But it’s important to remember that career development does not end there. If you have got a permanent position you need to…>
Academic Jobs: How to Complete an Application Form
It sounds a little odd that highly qualified applicants might need advice on filling in application forms, but according to feedback from employers including academics and human resources staff, applicants often overlook even the most obvious points when applying for a job, and therefore can do with all the help…>
Transferable Skills: The Secret of Success
Can you put over your point of view effectively? Would you be able to utilise your transferable skills to explain a complex technical point to someone with only basic English skills? Have you any idea what to do if a colleague trips over and knocks himself out? Are you any…>