| Mentoring to Empower Researchers Contributor(s): Hopkins, Sam (Author), Brooks, Susan A. (Author), Yeung, Alison (Author) |
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ISBN: 1526465124 ISBN-13: 9781526465122 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $134.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Research - Education | Higher - Education | Counseling - Academic Development |
| Series: Success in Research |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.15 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mentorship can be a rewarding experience for both the mentor and the mentee. Within this context, this book provides guidance on how to set up mentorship programmes in your institutions, and the skills of an effective mentor, including: - Mentorship for transition points, - Skills development needed for publication, funding application and networking, - Mentorship for performing supervision duties. This is a practical and easy-to-use guide that draws on the editors' extensive experience, and an invaluable tool for practitioners, career advisors and academics working in research and skills development. |
Contributor Bio(s): Yeung, Alison: - Dr Alison Yeung is an independent academic writing consultant with substantial experience of designing and delivering writing training to academics both at home and overseas. Prior to working independently, Alison was Writing Skills Teaching Fellow at the University of Surrey for 7 years, where she had responsibility for the design and delivery of writing training for doctoral researchers. Whilst her professional career of over 30 years has been in the teaching of English and the design of teaching materials, her doctoral research was in Systematic Christian Theology and Chinese Philosophy. This deep interest in understanding the differences, and indeed similarities, between cultures has served her well in her work to support researchers in today's international academic environment. She continues to be passionate about the importance of intercultural understanding in our higher education institutions.Hopkins, Sam: - Sam studied BSc Zoology in the UK and then completed her MSc and PhD in South Africa. Following completion of her doctorate, she held positions as a Tutor and then a Lecturer at the University of the Western Cape. She then continued her post-doctoral research career in biological sciences at the University of Surrey and spent a short time at the Zoological Society of London creating a course for research fellows. Sam then became mentoring lead for the doctoral college at the University of Surrey working within the Researcher Development Programme. Sam is now applying these experiences to her role at Surrey where she works as a teaching fellow on the foundation year programme in the department of biosciences. . Brooks, Susan A.: - "Professor Susan Brooks is Director of Researcher Development at Oxford Brookes University where she develops, oversees and delivers the professional development and skills training programmes for research students and research-active staff at all levels across the University. She began her academic career by completing a doctorate, in pathology, at University College London Medical School in 1990. She continued with post-doctoral cancer research at the same institution until 1995 when she joined Oxford Brookes University, initially as a Senior Lecturer in Cell Biology, and later as Reader. Her interest in researcher development began in 2006 when she took what was originally planned to be a 3-year half-time secondment that eventually turned into an ongoing passion - fuelled by her own experience of the joys and challenges of attempting to build a career from the starting point of being a researcher. She continues to teach biomedical sciences to undergraduates and heads a small cancer research team alongside her researcher development role. She was promoted to Professor in 2016, partly based on her researcher development work. Susan has a deep interest in mentoring, having established a University-wide research staff mentoring scheme in 2015 and, over the course of her career so far, having benefitted from the wisdom, experience and friendship of many formal and informal mentors." |