Academic Career Academy 2017-18

Application Form

Eligibility

The Academic Career Academy will take place between from December 2017 to May 2018.You are also required to do some work between workshops.

You mustcommit to attending all workshops.

Tues 5 Dec 2017
09:30 to 16:30 / Your strategy: where do you want to be, and where are you now?
Mon 22 Jan 2018
09:30 to 14:00 / What is your niche?
Tues 27 Feb 2018
09:30 to 14:00 / Teaching
Tues 20 Mar 2018
09:30 to 16:30 / Proposals
Fri 27 Apr 2018
09:30 to 14:00 / Personal and professional impact
Mon 21 May 2018
09:30 to 16:30 / Mock interviews

I confirm that I am available to attend all workshops

I confirm that I am employed at theUniversity of Bath until at least July2018.

Applicant details
Title:
First name:
Surname:
Job Title:
Department/School:
Contract details
Number of postdoc positions held (including current):
End of current contract (date):
Date of PhD completion
Authorisation
You must commit to attending all workshops. One of the following should support your attendance: PI /Line Manager. Please note that we may contact the PI/Line manager for a reference.
Name
Job title:
Relationship to you:
(PI /Line Manager)
Contact email address:
Signature of PI/Line manager:
About you

Guidance for Applicants

The Academic Career Academy is for talented postdocs who want to pursue a career in academia and can demonstrate

  • Track record of excellence in their research
  • Capability for independent thinking
  • Interests outside their core areas of research
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Motivation to succeed

Please consider these criteria when completing the following sections as they will be used to select the successful applicants.

We expect the application process to be highly competitive.

Please observe the character limits as we will disregard any response which exceeds these. Please note that the character limit does not include spaces.

(i) Please tell us briefly why you would like to pursue an academic career and why you believe that you should be invited to participate in the Academic Career Academy. 1000 characters maximum
(ii) What do you expect to be doing professionally in 10 years’ time and why? How might participating in the Academic Career Academy affect this? 1000 characters maximum
(iii) Please demonstrate how you meet the criterion of excellence in research1000 characters maximum
(iv) Please provide details of your work-focused activities outside research for example public engagement activities or involvement with learned societies or subject groups and committee attendance. 600 characters maximum
(v) Have you won any funding in the past? (If yes please give brief details of what it was and how much)
(vi) Have you done any teaching/demonstrating? If yes, please include details on how much and what you have done here
(vii) Have you done any supervision of PG or UG students? If yes, please include details on how much and what you have done here
(viii) Please include your list of Publications here
Returning your application

Thank you for taking the time to complete this application. Please take a few minutes to check you have fully completed the form.

Please return this form by e-mail 12pm on 9 November

2017

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