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Learning and Teaching, Managing Research, Newsletter

#22: 5 Ways That Teaching-Focused Academics Can Release Time To Create Research Outputs, Secure Funding And Improve The Student Experience

Teaching academics often struggle to balance their responsibilities for student learning with research activities. With increasing pressure to produce research that leads to articles and successful funding applications, it’s essential to find a balance that…


Managing Research, Newsletter

#21: How To Understand Your Motivations For Securing Research Funding

If you are ambitious and want to advance your career in academia, you’ll know that funding is essential for your work. Many universities provide internal opportunities to apply for funding. These are a good way…


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#20: 4 Profound Career Mistakes That Academic Faculty Should Avoid In Their Careers

I’ve worked with a lot of academic staff over the past two decades. As a manager I have discussions about personal development, performance, individual ambitions and how I can support colleagues to achieve their goals….


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Managing Research, Newsletter

#19: 4 Mistakes First-Time Managers Make When Managing Staff Performance

Performance management in professional working environments is essential. Organisations like universities need staff to collaborate and to continuously improve. Professional staff like academics, professors and researchers often exercise a lot of control over how they…


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Managing Research, Newsletter

#18: How To Manage Research Staff Who Resist Supporting Students

Managing a researcher who is resistant to teaching or supporting university students can be a delicate situation for any academic manager. While the primary responsibility of a researcher is to conduct high-quality research, universities are…


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#17: 12 Golden Rules For Managing Your Best Performance Review Yet

Performance review meetings with researchers are an essential part of effective performance management. Traditional managers might place more emphasis on an annual performance review meeting (or ‘appraisal’) and this could be quite a formal affair….


Coaching, Leadership, Newsletter

#16: The Manager As Coach: Using Conversation To Help Academic Staff Eliminate Self-limiting Beliefs

“If you knew you couldn’t possibly fail, what would you try?” This is a favourite staple of executive coaches, and for good reason. It strips away everything that inhibits your achievement, and gets you to…


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#15: One Mistake I Made As A Junior Academic That You Must Avoid

I used to believe my colleagues’ stories. I’d just moved from the manufacturing industry into academia. I was an engineer that used a lot of technology in my job. I wanted a change and became…


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#14: Developing Staff To Enhance Research Quality And Student Satisfaction – Personal Stories From The Field

University academics bear the mantle of not only advancing knowledge through their research but also shaping the minds of future generations of society. The dual objectives of enhancing research quality and boosting student satisfaction are…


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#13: I don’t have the time to write (not on top of everything else)

This is by far the most common reaction when discussing the scholarly outputs of an academic, or an academic department. Writing is seen as a potential luxury that has become an inconvenience. Of course, it’s…


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Development, Learning and Teaching, Newsletter, Skills

#12: How To Make Reading Your Research Superpower

A review of research literature is a useful thing to do. It helps us understand what the current thinking, developments and practices are with regard to a particular subject area. The process of creating the…


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#11: How to Use Conference Workshops To Build Networks, Work Collaboratively, And Increase Research Outputs

Conference workshops are perhaps one of the best well-kept secret of successful academic faculty. In terms of professional development and academic excellence, conference workshops stand out as a cornerstone for fostering collaboration, enhancing networking, and…


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#10: The Productive Academic 10 Week Anniversary

Well, this is the tenth edition of The Productive Academic – how time flies! I thought that this would be a good time to briefly review the topics that have been covered so far. If…


Coaching, Higher Education, Leadership, Managing Research, Newsletter

#9: 4 Fears Faced By Academic Managers And How To Eradicate Them

In academia, research transformation is a crucial goal for universities seeking to stay at the forefront of knowledge creation. Academic managers, responsible for leading and motivating staff, can face the challenge of dealing with disengaged…


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#8: How Academic Faculty Can Use Their Teaching Role To Establish A Research Track-Record

To an outsider it might seem crazy, but it is common for university academic faculty to keep their research separate from their teaching activities. This separation is becoming increasingly reinforced by universities, who are responding…


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#7: How Successful Academic Faculty Use Journal Paper Rejections As A Method For Building Their Resilience

Academic faculty are increasingly expected to produce high quality research outputs at a significant volume. Publishing research results is vital for successful careers in academia. But as many faculty know, academic journals with excellent reputations…


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#6: Cultivating a Culture of Innovation: 8 Underrated Traits from Productive Academic Departments

Academic departments and their faculty are assumed to be innovative. In an environment where students are constantly learning and research activity is externally funded, innovation is expected. Such an environment actively seeks out change to…


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#5: How to engage time-pressed academic staff in research informed practice as an academic manager

Contemporary faculty have considerable workloads, especially those employed in teaching intensive universities. Institutional strategies often include Performance Indicators such as quality of student experience, volume of income generation and quality of research outputs. These performance…


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#4: 3 Strategies to Foster a Culture of Servant Leadership in Academic Development

Learning and managing academic and research staff in universities can be challenging. “Herding cats” is a common description of the role. But what if you need staff to change how they work? What if there…


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#3: 4 Mistakes Made By University Academics That Guarantee Their Journal Article Will Fail the Peer-Review Process

Writing academic articles is time-consuming. Let’s see how we can guarantee that an article is rejected by a journal publisher. As an academic it’s important to build a solid track record of high-quality journal publications….


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