Academic career advice

Tips and resources to help you build a successful career in academia. From skills development during your PhD to preparing for a role in university administration, all academic career steps are covered. Here, you will find advice on promoting your work, growing your professional reputation and developing collegiate networks to support your academic career progression - or to help you move into industry.

By sara.custer, 14 December, 2023

It’s time to fully support promotions on the education pathway

More people should be promoted through teaching pathways
Specialist teaching roles such as librarians and learning designers may not map perfectly on to criteria for professorial posts, but they make significant contributions to the student experience and should be rewarded as such, argues Harriet Dunbar-Morris
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3minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 21 November, 2023

How to engage your staff in just 15 minutes

Illustration of internal communication
You need to get updates and other messages to faculty and staff, but they don’t have much time for internal communications. Here, Kelly Hibbs offers tips to reach a busy audience in a quick, engaging, accessible way
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3minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 20 November, 2023

Don’t keep your distance learners at a distance

African American man at a laptop
Tailored communication, supervision and technology can give distance-learning postgraduate researchers the same sense of belonging as their on-campus counterparts. Here, Richard Thomas offers ways to close the gap
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 15 November, 2023

How to help postdocs take a holistic look at career choices

Choosing paths concept
After their terminal degrees, many postdocs find themselves at a career crossroads. Here, Karena Nguyen offers four key considerations across background, skills, values and interests to help determine what’s next
Academic career advice