Academic Case Studies

  Dr Richard Freeman is presently Research Fellow at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Hanse Institute for Advanced Study), an independent foundation in Delmenhorst, north-west Germany, where he is working with a research team at the University of Bremen on health policy in advanced industrial countries. He is a Senior Lecturer in the School…>

  Find out more about UAE Dr Eugenie Samier is a Senior Lecturer at The British University in Dubai, and is coordinator of the EdD programme. She has worked there for just less than a year, having moved from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver where she held the post of…>

  by Sarah Marten Dr. James Ebdon Dr James Ebdon’s role as senior lecturer at the University of Brighton combines an interesting mix of teaching, research, international workshop facilitation, and conference presentations. His ground-breaking research has helped to discover a bacterium in sewage which can be used to develop simple…>

  by Sarah Marten Professor Adrian Bone Professor Adrian Bone is Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology and Head of Research at the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences (PABS) at the University of Brighton. The pharmacy school is one of the oldest accredited pharmacy schools in the UK. Adrian’s…>

  by Sarah Marten Dr Rebecca Arnold has been in post at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, for just two months, bringing a wealth of experience in teaching, research and writing to this prestigious institution. Her particular interest is the development of ready-to-wear fashion in the twentieth…>

  by Dr Catherine Armstrong Deborah Toner is in the final stages of finishing her PhD and wants to go into university lecturing. Below she describes her academic journey from student to jobseeker and explains how she manages to remain positive in the face of stiff career challenges. What was…>

  by Sarah Marten Dr Gary Brickley Dr Gary Brickley combines a busy job as a Senior Lecturer within the University of Brighton’s popular and successful Sports and Exercise Department with an exciting role training Great Britain’s Paralympic cycling team. At the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games he coached three cyclists…>

  by Sarah Marten Dr Susan Speer is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Manchester’s School of Psychological Sciences. As well as teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students, Susan’s research interests focus on gender identity and analysing conversations in everyday settings such as doctor/patient interactions. She has an…>

  by Sarah Marten Dr Nik Morton Dr Nik Morton is a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, who last year established his own laboratory, Molecular Metabolism at the University of Edinburgh Centre for Cardiovascular Science. His research is of interest to many people: what are the genetic factors that contribute…>

  by Sarah Marten Dr Jerome de Groot is a lecturer in Renaissance Literature and Culture at Manchester University in the English and American Studies department, based in the school of Arts, Histories and Cultures within the Humanities Faculty. What does your job involve?  There are three strands to my…>