Full Description
This innovative book provides clarity, guidance and support for educators seeking to develop professional skills in what can be a deeply rewarding and impactful career. Drawing on the experiences of academics at different stages of their journey, the book explores methods to enhance student learning, revolutionise teaching approaches and shape the future of higher education.
Contributors provide clarity around key promotion criteria and outline effective advancement strategies, enabling educators to enhance their visibility, networking skills and innovation for progression. Instead of a singular path to success, chapters present practical frameworks and real-world insights to inspire, motivate and support education-focused academics in their career development. This includes crucial perspectives into sector-wide challenges and inequities, alongside timely coverage of generative AI and shifting demographics among both home and international students.
How to Become an Education-Focused Professor is a valuable resource for academics on an education-focused pathway across all disciplines. It will benefit those preparing for professorship, mid-career academics seeking promotion and mentors and senior leaders interested in new paths for pedagogical innovation.
Contents
Contents
1 Introduction to How to Become an Education-Focused
Professor 1
Rushana Khusainova and Sally Everett
2 The rise of education-focused staff in UK higher education 12
Helen Marie Williams
3 Creating connections, shaping futures: Building professional
networks as an education-focused academic 25
Rachael Lamb
4 Making the most of leadership roles 37
Wayne Holland
5 The what, why and how of upshifting: When to say 'yes' and
when to say 'no' 50
Nicki Newman and Sarah Montano
6 Creating your promotion pathways: Navigating the
unconventional path to success 61
Nicki Newman and Sarah Montano
7 Reflections of an engineer turned education-focused
professor: Practical actions to get promoted 77
James Norman
8 Visibility and personal brand for career development 90
Rushana Khusainova
9 A different kind of north: Developing an education-focused
academic portfolio with intention 103
Christine Rivers and Anna Holland
10 Innovative education: How failure, unlearning, and paradoxes
drive pedagogical change 119
Chahna Gonsalves
11 From boardroom to classroom: Leveraging your business
background 132
Lloyd Fletcher
12 Being a good teacher is not enough 146
Kathy Daniels
13 Fostering an inclusive path to professorship: Championing
equity, diversity and inclusion in business education 158
Sally Everett
14 Strategic use of GenAI in education-focused academic careers 174
Marios Dominikos Kremantzis and Xue Zhou
15 How it works in other parts of the world: A global perspective
on academic pathways 192
Rushana Khusainova and Sally Everett
16 Conclusion to How to Become an Education-Focused
Professor 203
Sally Everett and Rushana Khusainova
