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Authored by: Rebecca Boden, Jane Kenway and Debbie Epstein
Publication year: 2005
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Abstract:
This academic support kit includes the following six titles:
- Getting Started on Research is for people in the earlier stages of development as a researcher. In contrast to the many books available on techniques of data collection and analysis, this volume deals with the many other practical considerations around actually doing research- such as good ways to frame research questions, how to plan your research projects effectively and how to undertake the various necessary tasks.
- Building Your Academic Career encourages you to take a proactive approach to getting what you want out of academic work whilst being a good colleague. Rebecca, Debbie and Jane discuss the advantages and disadvantages of such a career, the routes in and the various elements that shape current academic working lives. In the second half of the book they deal in considerable detail with how to write a really good CV(resume) and how best to approach securing an academic job or promotion.
- Writing for Publication deals with a number of generic issues around academic writing (including intellectual property rights) and then considers writing refereed journal articles, books and book chapters in detail as well as other, less common, forms of publication for academics. The aim is to demystify the process and to help you to become a confident, competent, successful and published writer.
- Building Networks addresses perhaps the most slippery of topics, but also one of the most fundamental. Despite the frequent isolation of academic work, it is done in the context of complex, multi-layered global, national, regional and local teaching of research networks. The book describes the kinds of networks that you might want to build across a range of settings, talk about the pros and cons involved and gives practical guidance on networking activities.
- Winning and Managing Research Funding explains how generic university research funding mechanisms work so that you will be better equipped to navigate your way through the financial maze associated with various funding sources. The pressure to win funding to do research is felt by nearly all academics world-wide. This book details strategies that you might want to adopt to get your research projects funded. IT also explains how to manage your research projects once they are funded.
- Teaching and Supervision looks at issues you might face in both teaching undergraduates and in the supervision of graduate research students. This book is not a pedagogical instruction manual - there are plenty of those around, both good and bad. Rather, the focus is on presenting explanations and possible strategies designed to make your teaching and supervision work less burdensome, more rewarding (for you and your students) and manageable.
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