Goff Mhorag (University Of Manchester Uk) - Making It As A Contract Researcher A Pragmatic Look At Precarious Work - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Making It as a Contract Researcher examines the contemporary experience of research employment in universities from the perspective of a significant yet often invisible group: temporary or contract researchers who make up a substantial and ever - growing proportion of the academic research workforce. A critical pragmatic and international account of the contemporary research career this book explores the question of what it means to make it as a contract researcher in academia and how individuals and organisations in higher education might seek to do things differently. Providing the reader with practical and realistic strategies for improving the experience of being a contract researcher and achieving and sustaining an academic research career this book guides the reader on a range of topics including: Charging fairly for your work Building a publication track record Finding the next contract Sustaining your network Feeling like you belong Moving beyond contract research. Using a combination of current research interviews and reflective writing the book is written specifically for and by contract researchers in academia offering unique and extremely valuable advice for all new and current contract researchers including Ph D students early career researchers and any party interested in pursuing a research career in academia. The Insider Guides to Success in Academia offers support and practical advice to doctoral students and early - career researchers. Covering the topics that really matter but which often get overlooked this indispensable series provides practical and realistic guidance to address many of the needs and challenges of trying to operate and remain in academia. These neat pocket guides fill specific and significant gaps in current literature. Each book offers insider perspectives on the often implicit rules of the game the things you need to know but usually aren t told by institutional postgraduate support researcher development units or supervisors and will address a practical topic that is key to career progression. They are essential reading for doctoral students early - career researchers supervisors mentors or anyone looking to launch or maintain their career in academia.
Title: Making It As A Contract Researcher A Pragmatic Look At Precarious Work
Author(s): Goff Mhorag (University Of Manchester Uk)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138362598
Pages: 198 Pages, 1 Tables, Black And White; 1 Line Drawings, Black And White; 1 Illustrations, Black And W
Publication Date: 4/24/2020
Series: Insider Guides to Success in Academia
Category: Teaching Skills & Techniques