Lyn I like this a lot but am sorry to say that I have obviously reached this lofty pinnacle at an earlier stage in my career than you - all the very best for your retirement
Jim Bethel
I joined academia so that I could develop my skills in obscuring poor reasoning, inflating weak ideas, inhibit clarity. It has taken me 41 years of devotion to academia to reach the point of excellence in my obfuscation where I now feel satisfied to retire.
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Subject: Entering Academia – Why do people become academics? Why did you.....
Calling on the collective wisdom of colleagues [Collective noun of EEs – ‘an insight of Externals’ J?].
Penning a book chapter: Entering Academia – Why do people become academics?
Please:
I came in via a series of solo, project officer, jobs; then did research masters p/t at Newcastle uni alongside day job….that enabled me to gain p/t teaching in HE and in process realised that (on a good day!) I could/ can enthuse and encourage many more people to make a difference, than I was able through the project-lone working
And here we all are J
James
James Derounian BSc (Hons) MPhil MRTPI FHEA FILCM
Principal Lecturer in Community Engagement and Local Governance,
Course Leader Applied Social Sciences,
National Teaching Fellow,
University of Gloucestershire,
Cheltenham
GL50 4AZ
Tel. 01242-714562
Visiting Fellow Edge Hill University Institute for Public Policy and Professional Practice
Honorary Fellow Birmingham University (Third Sector Research Centre)
Silver
rating for teaching excellence
Source:
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2017
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