Higher Education Career Narratives Podcast
Higher Education Career Narratives Podcast
Podcast Description
Higher Education Career Narratives is a podcast exploring the diverse career paths within the higher education sector. Through in-depth conversations, it highlights the roles, challenges, and rewards of professionals enhancing student learning and university life. Featuring education-focused staff, professional services, and EAP specialists, the series offers inspiration and insights for early-career professionals, researchers, and established staff. Join us as we uncover the stories shaping higher education—one career at a time.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes such as professional identity in education, the balance between teaching and research, and the evolution of academia. Episodes include discussions on specific career paths like education-focused lecturers and professors, with examples such as Dr. Anna Smith's insights on reflective teaching practices and Dr. Stefan O'Grady's exploration of interdisciplinary academic spaces.
Higher Education Career Narratives is a podcast exploring the diverse career paths within the higher education sector. Through in-depth conversations, it highlights the roles, challenges, and rewards of professionals enhancing student learning and university life. Featuring education-focused staff, professional services, and EAP specialists, the series offers inspiration and insights for early-career professionals, researchers, and established staff. Join us as we uncover the stories shaping higher education—one career at a time.
Today, I sit down with Anna Smith, associate lecturer (education-focused) in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience, about her journey into an education-focused academic career.
Anna shares insights into the formal and informal learning experiences that have shaped her teaching practice, highlighting how these experiences as well as pedagogical scholarship, have helped her become a reflective practitioner.
Alongside this, we explore the evolving nature of professional identity in education-focused roles, the challenges and rewards of balancing disciplinary expertise with a commitment to teaching, and the significance of fostering a sense of community amongst education-focused staff.
Anna also discusses the impact of publishing scholarship of teaching and learning, not only as a means of personal development but as a way to contribute to a broader academic conversation.
This rich and engaging discussion offers valuable perspectives on the realities of an education-focused career.
So, whether you’re considering an education-focused role or simply interested in the evolving landscape of academic careers, this episode provides thought-provoking insights and practical reflections.
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