With the advent of much higher fees, there has been an increased interest in UK universities in the issue of student satisfaction, with many faculties and departments hiring specialists to perform student-facing support roles to supplement the pastoral work of academics and administrators. Why might this interest you? In many…>
Academic Careers
Academic Writing: How To Write A Textbook
This article explores an often neglected aspect of academic publishing: the student textbook. Many scholars regularly publish their research in journal articles or academic monographs but never consider writing a textbook. Why write a textbook? Many lecturers become frustrated because a course that they want to teach has no obvious…>
Teaching skills: Delivering an Effective Lecture
Even with the widespread use of e-learning and the creative use of new types of learning spaces, lecturing is still used to convey new knowledge or skills to a large number of students in a relatively short time. Often they are used to introduce key concepts which are then developed…>
What kind of academic do you want to be?
While competition for academic jobs is fierce and progression even to entry-level is not guaranteed to PhD graduates, once entered, a career in academia can take all sorts of twists and turns as different opportunities present themselves along the way.
How to use Guest Lecturer Jobs to Raise your Profile
As well as teaching at your own institution there are many ways that you can use your skills as a lecturer to enhance your reputation as a scholar, to help you to build your career profile and maybe even to earn more money as well. Why would I be…>
Visiting Lecturer Posts: How to get one & How they Benefit your Career
There are two sorts of visiting lecturer posts. One, common in the US, where a non-permanent member of staff who does not have a contract elsewhere is employed for a short time to deliver teaching or meet research agendas. This sort of lecturing is seen as one step above adjunct…>
Translating your Skills from Academia into Business
Transition your skills from Academia to Business with jobs.ac.uk Do you want to take your academic and research skills into the world of business? This article explores how you can adapt your skills from Academia and successfully use them in the business sector. You may be searching for an innovative…>
Academic Roles: What does an Admissions Tutor do?
Most academics in permanent positions are asked to take on an extra role within their department within the first few years. Depending on the size and structure of the department you may have to do this role indefinitely or for a fixed period of time. This article explores why you…>
Career Opportunities in Private Tutoring
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…>
Challenges in Overseas Student Recruitment
For international student recruiters, the quest is to find a rich vein of students from across the world, which will not only enhance campus diversity but also bring in much-needed tuition revenue and also burnish a university’s reputation abroad.