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Becoming an academic : international perspectives / Lynne McAlpine and Gerlese S. Åkerlind.

By:

McAlpine, Lynne [author.]

Contributor(s):

Åkerlind, Gerlese [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Universities into the 21st centuryPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Description: xiv, 206 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0230227910
9780230227910

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

378.12023 23

LOC classification:

LB1778 .M265 2010

Contents:

Academic practice in a changing international landscape / Lynn McAlpine and Gerlese S. Åkerlind -- Expectations and experiences of aspiring and early career academics / Ann E. Austin -- Developing as a researcher post-PhD / Gerlese S. Åkerlind -- Employment patterns in and beyond one's discipline / David Mills -- Doctoral students and a future in academe? / Sandra Acker and Eve Haque -- Living and imaging academic identities / Lynn McAlpine, Cheryl Amundsen and Marian Jazvac-Martek -- Rethinking preparation for academic careers / Gerlese S. Åkerlind and Lynn McAlpine -- Commentaries from early career academics, developers and administrators.

Summary: This title draws on research in Australia, Canada, UK, and US into the experiences of doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and new academics. Each chapter develops research-informed implications for policy and practice to support developing academics.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This title draws on research in Australia, Canada, UK, and US into the experiences of doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and new academics. Each chapter develops research-informed implications for policy and practice to support developing academics.

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