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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819260703321

Autore

Boden Rebecca <1958->

Titolo

Building your academic career / / Rebecca Boden, Debbie Epstein, Jane Kenway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage, 2005

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Sage, , 2005

ISBN

9786612020766

9781473946118

1473946115

9781282020764

1282020765

9781849208710

1849208719

9781849202152

184920215X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 122 p.)

Collana

Academic's support kit

Altri autori (Persone)

EpsteinDebbie <1945->

KenwayJane

Disciplina

378.0023

Soggetti

College teaching - Vocational guidance

College teachers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-118) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 - Who should use this book and how?; 2 - Why have an academic career?; 3 - Shaping up: academic anatomies; 4 - Presenting Yourself: Vita Statistics; 5 - Getting a job, getting promoted; 6 - Balancing Acts: between work and life; Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book encourages you to take a proactive approach to getting what you want out of academic work whilst being a good colleague. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of such a career, the routes in and the various elements that shape current academic working lives.