Managing Your Academic Career [Paperback]

This book provides recent entrants to academic jobs in the humanities and social sciences with a guide to success in their chosen career. It covers how to get a job, time management, relations with colleagues, effective teaching, PhD supervision and examining, getting published and career development.Introduction.- Getting a Job.- Success in Your Job.- Effective Teaching.- PhD Supervision and Examining.- Getting Published.- Obtaining and Managing Research Grants.- Conclusions.- Index.WYN GRANT is Chair of the Political Studies Association of the UK (2002-5).

PHILIPPA SHERRINGTON was one of the first recipients of a new University of Warwick prize for excellence in teaching. She was the Warwick nominee for a National Teaching Fellowship in November 2003, awarded by the Institute of Learning and Teaching/National Academy for Teaching.Draws on interviews with a crosssection of new entrants, and addresses the key issues they have identified
Written in a user friendly style
Thorough treatment of the job hunting process and job interviews
Offers clear guidance on first steps in obtaining research grants