Enhancing Legal Education Through Small Project Working and Co-Creation Noel McGuirk My first experience of university teaching came in 2010, when I took up a postgraduate teaching assistant role at …
Supervision as an Early Career Legal Academic Kat Langley Supervision is a central, though often underexamined, component of early academic life, particularly for those beginning their careers in legal academia. …
Promotion and Job Applications Rachel Dunn It is no myth that gaining entry to, and moving through the ranks, of higher education is becoming more difficult. I knew from early …
Academic Communities and Networks Chloe Wallace I am not a good networker. Or at least I’m not if I go with my first instinct that “networking” means awkward conference receptions, …
Leadership Roles Katy Vaughan As an early career academic, you may be in a position where you are asked or encouraged to apply for a leadership role within or outside …
Peer Review Jess Guth Peer Review is a fundamental part of academic work. It is used in academic publishing and funding to help editors and grant awarding bodies make decisions. …
How to Make the Most out of An Academic Conference Dionne A. Cruickshank My beginning into Legal Academia I am an experienced practitioner at the criminal defense bar for the …
Administrative Roles of an Early Career Academic Sarah Gilmartin As a departmental Year Tutor, perhaps known instead to the reader as a Student Support, Wellbeing or Pastoral Tutor, I am …
Wellbeing and Pastoral Care James Greenwood-Reeves A short entry like this cannot cover everything to do with wellbeing and support. But I hope to cover some really crucial points, quickly. …
Module Leadership and Assessment Cameron Giles Whilst module leadership has historically been uncommon among more junior early career academics (Wright 2016, p.216), this is evolving. Although it is somewhat trite …
