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Theme:

Education and Research

Category:

Education and Research This activity is for Research active staff and would be particularly useful to Early Career Researchers.

This session will be DELIVERED IN-PERSON.

About this course:

When academics are appointed as a lecturer, they are thrown so far into the deep end from the (very different) world of postdoc or PhD student that it?s such a jarring change of pace and direction which totally derails people during these important years.

It is becoming apparent to universities that staying afloat during the first years as a lecturer is something that junior academics really do need support with.

Yet, beyond internal mentoring schemes, there is little formal provision for this support.

This workshop will cover issues relating to workload, managing a lab group, and maintaining the balance of research, teaching, and administrative duties to help you thrive in your first years as a lecturer.

Tailored for early-career researchers who are approaching, or in their first few years of, an open-ended (permanent) academic job, this half-day (3.5hr) workshop will be a mixture of delivered content, Q&A, and facilitated discussions.

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If you want to get a flavour of the workshop, please do have a look through some of Gavin's blog posts: https://gavinbuckingham.wordpress.com/ .

Learning outcomes:

As a result of attending this course, you will be able to: - Better navigate the teaching, research, and administrative aspects of the role of a lecturer.

- Understand the drivers of the sector, better positioning you to be a successful applicant.

- Better understand what the job of a UK lecturer actually looks like.

- Manage (or understand) workload, and engage in a bit of longer-term career strategy.

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Who should attend this course:

The course is specifically designed Research active staff and would be particularly useful to Early Career Researchers, Postdocs and Research Fellows.

If you have accessibility requirements, please contact researcherdevelopment@exeter.ac.uk in advance to discuss further.

Presenter(s):

This session is delivered by Gavin Buckingham.

Gavin is a cognitive psychologist interested how humans perceive and act upon their environment with their hands.

He was awarded his PhD in Psychology from the University of Aberdeen in 2008, and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health and Sport Sciences at the University of Exeter.

Before the course:

No preparation is required for this course.

Learning provider:

This course is administered by Researcher Development; please contact researcherdevelopment@exeter.ac.uk for more details.

If you register for any of our sessions, it is expected that you will attend.

If you are not able to attend please log in to the `iTrent' online system to remove your name from the relevant activity before it is due to take place.

You will be expected you to attend for the whole session and for ease of administration, attendance registers will be taken at the end of each session.

Should you need to leave a session early or you experience ongoing technical issues, please email ResearcherDevelopment@exeter.ac.uk.

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