The Academic Career Handbook by Lorraine Baxter
With an emphasis on supporting staff development, this handbook offers guidance on the craft of performing five key tasks - networking, teaching, researching, writing and managing. It discusses issues such as getting published, networking, obtaining research funding, principles of teaching and assessment, and seeking promotion.
"..tells you everything you need to know about academic careers, including the vital components of networking, teaching, researching and writing...accessible, with lots of 'handy hints' and useful pointers to other material and experience" - Health Service Journal "...provides a readable and well-researched guide, picking its way meticulously through every detail of academic lifein 220 pages. The authors analyse each role in some detail, providingtips and quotes from numerous useful sources...This book's healthy strand of realism is illustrated by a list of positive verbs that the authors recommend you to start using if you want to achieve academic success " - New Scientist
Reader in Sociology at the University of Warwick Professor in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University
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| ISBN 13 | 9780335198276 |
| ISBN 10 | 0335198279 |
| Title | The Academic Career Handbook |
| Author | Lorraine Baxter |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Open University Press |
| Year published | 1998-05-16 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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