Dear Colleagues
Academic Career Development
School of Public Policy, University College London, WC1H 9QU
Friday 23 April 2010
A one-day conference for Early Career Academics working in the social sciences. The event is designed to support academics in tackling the specific challenges that confront them in the first years of their post / posts.
9.00-9.15 Registration
9.15-9.30 Welcome and Opening address
9.30-11.00 Session One: Funding opportunities and grant-writing
Ms Rachel Tyrrell, ESRC, Training and Development Team
Dr Balázs Kiss, European Science Foundation
Prof Andrew Jordan, University of East Anglia
11.00-11.20 Coffee break
11.20-12.40 Session Two: Early career development – Job applications and publishing
Prof Michael Smith, Loughborough University
Prof Michelle Cini, University of Bristol
Dr David Galbreath, University of Aberdeen
12.40-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.00 Session Three: Surviving academia
Dr Helen Drake, Loughborough University
Dr John Canning, University of Southampton
Prof Helen Bicknell, Hochschule Fresenius University of Applied Sciences
15.00-15.20 Coffee break
15.20-16.00 Networking Session
16.00-16.15 Concluding remarks
UACES Members £25.00, Non-Members £40.00 - please see www.uaces.org/career<http://www.uaces.org/career>.
Kind regards
Sue Davis
Executive Director
UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies)
School of Public Policy
University College London
29-30 Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9QU
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