Successful Research Careers: A Practical Guide - A Practical Guide

Klappentext It is not hard to be a research active academic! or to build a research group! or to create a research culture. Here are sensible strategies available to everyone! and that empower everyone in higher education. Seizing the opportunities! refusing to be a victim! and - most importantly - learning how the system works! are among the strategies available to anyone motivated to succeed. This book takes a radical! unstuffy look at higher education. It is of interest and relevance to anyone working in the higher education sector. Based on the authors' research on research groups! and on their experience as Head of Department! Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor! the book provides advice for younger academics making their way in the system! and for more senior people who need to mentor research staff! build research groups and shape research-led careers. The book provides practical advice on key aspects of research activity: getting research grants! publishing in peer-reviewed journals! and writing books. The current climate of research activity is discussed in the context of Research Assessment! and the context of 'glittering prizes'. Zusammenfassung Based on the authors' research on research groups! and on their experience as Head of Department! Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor! this book provides advice for younger academics making their way in the system! and for more senior people who need to mentor research staff! build research groups and shape research-led careers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and acknowledgements Introduction: 'plain words by a truth-telling friend' Building a research culture and a research group: 'holding their place' Supervising and mentoring: 'taken under the wing' Research funding: 'the maieutic instinct' Writing: 'superogatory contributions to scholarship' Publishing journal papers: 'some marvellous things to say' Publishing books: 'a kind of apocalyptic romance' Other dissemination: 'expeditious diffusions' Research assessment exercises: 'the susceptibilities of scholars' Conclusions: 'stoking a modest imagination' Appendix 1: Further reading on writing and publication Appendix 2: CVCP publication categories Appendix 3: Book proposal References Index. ...

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• Authors: Paul Atkinson, Delamont, Ms Sara Delamont, Ms Sara Atkinson Delamont, Sara Delamont, Sara Atkinson Delamont
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2004
• EAN: 9780335212019
• ISBN: 978-0-335-21201-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Society for Research Into High; Society for Research Into High
• Subjects: Guides; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science