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The 'Insider Guides to Success in Academia' offers support and
practical advice to doctoral students and early-career researchers.
Covering the topics that really matter, but which often get
overlooked, this indispensable series provides practical and
realistic guidance to address many of the needs and challenges of
trying to operate, and remain, in academia. These neat pocket
guides fill specific and significant gaps in current literature.
Each book offers insider perspectives on the often implicit rules
of the game - the things you need to know but usually aren't told
by institutional postgraduate support, researcher development
units, or supervisors - and will address a practical topic that is
key to career progression. They are essential reading for doctoral
students, early-career researchers, supervisors, mentors, or anyone
looking to launch or maintain their career in academia. Thriving in
Part-Time Doctoral Study is a practical guide, designed to support
part-time doctoral researchers in navigating their learning
experience and providing them with the tools they need to succeed
in academia, alongside the work and life challenges they may be
facing. Featuring eight highly practical chapters, this book covers
every aspect of the part-time doctoral journey from initial
planning right through to completion. Easy to dip in and out of
with realistic advice, learning points and reflective activities
based on real experiences, this book: Reflects a diversity of
voices across academic disciplines Features real world examples
from doctoral researchers Can be referred to throughout the
doctoral journey This key resource will support the reader in
considering how best to access and draw on the communities of
support available, get the most from a supervisory team, and build
professional networks. It recognises that each student's learning
pathway is different and offers support to allow each individual to
take control and make it their part time doctorate.
The 'Insider Guides to Success in Academia' offers support and
practical advice to doctoral students and early-career researchers.
Covering the topics that really matter, but which often get
overlooked, this indispensable series provides practical and
realistic guidance to address many of the needs and challenges of
trying to operate, and remain, in academia. These neat pocket
guides fill specific and significant gaps in current literature.
Each book offers insider perspectives on the often implicit rules
of the game - the things you need to know but usually aren't told
by institutional postgraduate support, researcher development
units, or supervisors - and will address a practical topic that is
key to career progression. They are essential reading for doctoral
students, early-career researchers, supervisors, mentors, or anyone
looking to launch or maintain their career in academia. Thriving in
Part-Time Doctoral Study is a practical guide, designed to support
part-time doctoral researchers in navigating their learning
experience and providing them with the tools they need to succeed
in academia, alongside the work and life challenges they may be
facing. Featuring eight highly practical chapters, this book covers
every aspect of the part-time doctoral journey from initial
planning right through to completion. Easy to dip in and out of
with realistic advice, learning points and reflective activities
based on real experiences, this book: Reflects a diversity of
voices across academic disciplines Features real world examples
from doctoral researchers Can be referred to throughout the
doctoral journey This key resource will support the reader in
considering how best to access and draw on the communities of
support available, get the most from a supervisory team, and build
professional networks. It recognises that each student's learning
pathway is different and offers support to allow each individual to
take control and make it their part time doctorate.
This book explores the concept of the 'hidden curriculum' within
doctoral education. It highlights the unofficial channels of
genuine learning typically acquired by doctoral students
independent of the physical and metaphorical walls of academia. The
doctorate is a huge and complex undertaking which requires a range
of support beyond academic foundations. The exchange between
official and hidden curricula is therefore key, not just for
achieving the qualification, but to also achieve transformative
growth. This book offers a framework for a 'doctoral learning
ecology model' to scaffold learning and sustain wellbeing by
leveraging both formal and hidden curricula. This illuminating book
will be of interest and value to doctoral researchers, supervisors,
and mentors.
Learning through dialogue brings a powerful opportunity for
individuals to connect to colleagues, navigate professional
demands, and meet the challenges posed by a turbulent world.
Written for all who mentor or coach in universities, this book
addresses a critical question: how can mentoring and coaching
conversations be effective and accessible ways to support
researcher and academic development? Drawing on their wide range of
experiences of coaching and mentoring, and designing and leading
institutional programmes and policy, Guccione and Hutchinson
provide an insight into the founding principles of reflective
ethical practice, as well as a pragmatic and easy to navigate
toolkit supporting you to understand the needs of the people you
want to develop. Including bite-sized chapters packed full of
applied solutions, the authors help you to design, re-design, or
troubleshoot your mentoring or coaching approach, and offer up
go-to guidance for building and enhancing a culture of
developmental dialogue at the individual, programme and
organisational level.
This book explores the concept of the 'hidden curriculum' within
doctoral education. It highlights the unofficial channels of
genuine learning typically acquired by doctoral students
independent of the physical and metaphorical walls of academia. The
doctorate is a huge and complex undertaking which requires a range
of support beyond academic foundations. The exchange between
official and hidden curricula is therefore key, not just for
achieving the qualification, but to also achieve transformative
growth. This book offers a framework for a 'doctoral learning
ecology model' to scaffold learning and sustain wellbeing by
leveraging both formal and hidden curricula. This illuminating book
will be of interest and value to doctoral researchers, supervisors,
and mentors.
As the result of recent changes in the research landscape,
researchers are now commonly required to do more than just
research. For example, they are often expected to take
responsibility for post-research activities, including engagement
with government, business, and the public. To meet these
expectations, an array of skills is required, including
communication, networking, leadership, and the management of
stakeholders. The need to develop such skills in researchers
presents a challenge to those responsible for their development.
These include researcher developers, principal investigators,
research supervisors, staff developers, careers professionals,
research office staff, and research centre managers. These
developers face additional demands from the need to help
researchers develop their careers and employability. 53 solutions,
each tested in practice, for meeting these challenges are presented
here, accompanied by practical advice on their implementation and
the potential pitfalls involved.This book's 45 contributors provide
practical strategies, drawn from experience across several
continents, to enhance the practices and policies of researcher
development. Designed for dipping into, the book enables researcher
developers, supervisors and academic developers to: enrich their
approaches; innovate to enhance and embed educational value; and do
more with limited resources.
Taking Control of Writing Your Thesis offers a clear account of the
how, what, why and who of working together so that you can produce,
finish and submit a successful thesis. Guccione is a Thesis Coach
and Thesis Mentoring Programme Designer and is currently
researching the barriers to thesis completion; Wellington has
supervised and examined numerous dissertations at MA and doctoral
level. They draw on these experiences throughout in providing you
with expert guidance for your thesis, informed by real student
testimonies and with 'Points to Ponder' and a wealth of online
resources to support you along the way. Guccione and Wellington
show that planning, writing and support for thesis writers is a
collaborative venture but also one which you can take ownership of
and manage. They show that there are ways to become more connected
to what and who you need, and explore the collegial and
peer-support structures that are there to be utilised. They situate
the student within an educational context viewing them not as the
lone researcher able or not able, skilled or unskilled, but as the
navigator of the writing process. The authors draw on their
experience to provide ways of thinking, and tools for empowering
students to feel more in control of the practices of writing about
research.
Taking Control of Writing Your Thesis offers a clear account of the
how, what, why and who of working together to produce, finish and
submit a successful thesis. Guccione is a Thesis Coach and Thesis
Mentoring Programme Designer and is currently researching the
barriers to thesis completion; Wellington has supervised and
examined numerous dissertations at MA and doctoral level. They draw
on these experiences throughout. They show that planning, writing,
and support for thesis writers is a collaborative venture but also
one which students can take ownership of and manage. They show that
there are ways for students to become more connected to what and
who they need, and explore the collegial and peer-support
structures that are there to be utilised. They situate the student
within an educational context viewing them not as the lone
researcher able or not able, skilled or unskilled, but as the
navigator of the writing process. The authors draw on their
experience to provide ways of thinking, and tools for empowering
students to feel more in control of the practices of writing about
research. The book explores every aspect of the research journey,
including the emotional side of writing, the ground rules of
supervision and the use of coaching and mentoring support systems.
The inclusion of student voice brings the student perspective to
life, making the content especially accessible.
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