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Transition - where to from the doctorate?

Transition - where to from the doctorate?. Associate Professor Peter Grootenboer. Agenda. Characteristics of academic work Teaching Community engagement and service Research Concluding comments. Characteristics of academic work. Academic practice has three main (inter-related) domains:

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Transition - where to from the doctorate?

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  1. Transition - where to from the doctorate? Associate Professor Peter Grootenboer

  2. Agenda • Characteristics of academic work • Teaching • Community engagement and service • Research • Concluding comments

  3. Characteristics of academic work Academic practice has three main (inter-related) domains: • Teaching • Community engagement / administration / service • Research It is worth developing in all thee domains as you work on your doctoral studies DON’T FORGET YOUR POSTION AS A PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS!

  4. Teaching • A significant part (at least 40%) of your work and identity as a university-based academic • Even outside the tertiary context, as a public intellectual part of your practice will involve ‘teaching’ in some form • Undertaking sessional teaching and marking • Looking at the nature of the positions you may want ‘post submission’. • lecturing positions in what? • research positions • supervision • Consultancy and in-service teaching

  5. Community Engagement / Service • What is your community of scholars? • What is your professional community? • Service in the university (e.g., committee work) • Engaging with the scholarly community: • Conferences (e.g., AARE, MERGA) • Research associations (e.g., AARE, MERGA) • Reviewing • Engaging with the professional community • Conferences (e.g., AAMT) • Professional associations (e.g., AAMT) • Community support (e.g., school events) • Public intellectual – engaging and contributing to debates and issues in the public interest

  6. Research • Conferences • Always present at least one paper • Consider presentation options (e.g., round table discussions) • Don’t have to go to ALL the sessions – make the most of opportunities to connect • Go to the social events (e.g., the conference dinner) • Apply for awards and seek out ECR sessions/support • Publish as you go • What’s your next project? • Post thesis slump! • Developing a research and publication program • What do you bring to a project team?

  7. Concluding Comments • Develop an on-line profile • Blog, twitter, etc • Networking, connecting, and getting your ideas ‘out there’ • Professor Chris Bigum is an expert here • Keeping a broad(ish) focus • Your thesis will be narrow but post-thesis your focus needs to be broader • Your Supervisors • Their role is not just to get your through your doctorate • They also are there to help with your ‘induction’ into academia • DON’T FORGET YOUR POSTION AS A PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS!

  8. Questions and discussion

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