Overcoming gender bias in university careers Did you attend jobs.ac.uk’s and Women-Space’s live webinar on navigating the barriers and challenges in higher education? With guidance from Professor Christina Hughes and an expert panel, our session discussed the underrepresentation of women leaders in higher education and solutions for helping women to achieve their career aspirations. Our…>
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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…
Anna Reader
Anna Reader talks to us about her current role, which is predominantly to support the development of key aspects of the University’s equality and diversity agenda
Dr Dominik Jackson-Cole
Dr Dominik Jackson-Cole, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Learning Adviser at SOAS University of London talks to us about his career in the HE sector.
Richard Billingham – Executive Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development
I’m Executive Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development here at Aston University. So, what does that mean? I’m responsible for the human resources function, which looks after all aspects of people and people management here in the University.
Why I keep a 37-page version of my CV
I have a 37-page version of my CV, and it’s the most boring document in the world.
Why “boring”? Well, my CV hasn’t reached 37 pages because I’m impressive. I’m not. Instead, my CV has reached 37 pages because I put everything on it – and oh boy, do I mean everything.
ECRs: Sharpening your virtual networking strategies
If like most Early Career Researchers (ECRs), you have relied on traditional face-to-face conference schmoozing, and the academic’s own ‘art of the deal’ to grow your network, then 2020 was nothing short of a nightmare.