Our personalities play a significant part in determining how comfortable we are with sharing anecdotes or using storytelling in teaching.
Written by Melissa Jogie
Completed her PhD at the Australian National University (2017) and during her candidacy was awarded a Visiting Fellowship at the University of Oxford at the Center for Comparative International Education (2015). She is the recipient of two international awards for her research from Hong Kong University (2013) and RMIT Melbourne (2014). Her current research funding and projects can be found at www.melissajogie.com
Changes to Academic Research
The following insights relate specifically to challenges facing academic researchers due to changes in the sector and highlight areas of disruption or change to the UK research landscape.
Academics, A Few Tips To Know Before The ‘New Normal’
The disruption caused by Covid-19 has opened our eyes to the new possibilities of working through a hybrid digital-physical regime. And while many academics may have developed mixed feelings about the ‘domestic’ model of work as the pandemic crept along, a strict reversion to ‘on site’ working would also feel unnatural and fraught with its own complications.
Balancing Academic Research and Teaching
Many Early Career Researchers (ECRs) working in higher education institutions (HEIs) might tell you that simply running the gauntlet between research and teaching did not adequately prepare them for a career in academia.
ECRs: Sharpening your virtual networking strategies
If like most Early Career Researchers (ECRs), you have relied on traditional face-to-face conference schmoozing, and the academic’s own ‘art of the deal’ to grow your network, then 2020 was nothing short of a nightmare.