The promise, reality and dilemmas of a post-PhD phase [OR In the need for optimism in academic tenure]
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This presentation focuses on transitions on academic career from a PhD researcher to a post-doc. It discusses the promises, reality and dilemmas of a post-PhD phase and how to plan for the future and overcome the barriers that prevent us from moving on.
![CALRG Seminar Series
Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University
17 March 2016
1
The promise, reality and dilemmas of
a post-PhD phase [OR In the need
for optimism in academic tenure]
Koula Charitonos
Disruptive Media Learning Lab,
Coventry University
koula.charitonos@coventry.ac.uk
@ch_koula](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/calrg17markcharitonosfinal-160317153026/85/The-promise-reality-and-dilemmas-of-a-post-PhD-phase-OR-In-the-need-for-optimism-in-academic-tenure-1-320.jpg)
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The promise, reality and dilemmas of a post-PhD phase [OR In the need for optimism in academic tenure]
- 1. CALRG Seminar Series Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University 17 March 2016 1 The promise, reality and dilemmas of a post-PhD phase [OR In the need for optimism in academic tenure] Koula Charitonos Disruptive Media Learning Lab, Coventry University koula.charitonos@coventry.ac.uk @ch_koula
- 3. Overview • Who am I? • Why did I choose this pathway? • How do I do it? • Where do I want to be next? • How can I make this happen? • What do I know now that I didn’t know before?
- 4. • PhD: An investigation into the use of a microblogging technology in school trips to museums • MRes in Educational Technology • MA in Museum and Gallery Management • BA in Educational Sciences • Research Assistant, DMLL Coventry University • Primary School Teacher, Cyprus • Language Teacher, Suppl. Schools (London) • Community Partnerships Coordinator, The British Museum (London) • Intern, Tate Britain (London) • Volunteer, Science Museum Background
- 5. Source: PhD comics http://phdcomics.com/comics.php
- 7. • Profile • celebrate multidisciplinary background • highlight experience in professional settings • develop an online presence (e.g. Twitter, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, academia.edu, Google Scholar) How do I do it?
- 8. • (lead) Projects How do I do it?
- 9. How do I do it?
- 10. • Pounds • CREET, Open University (MRes, PhD studies) (2008) • A.G. Leventis Foundation (PhD studies) (2009) • Santander Universities UK Network (2015) • British Academy Schools Language Awards 2015 • University of Oslo (2013) • BA Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014 - not successful) • ESRC (IET - Project Grant) (2014 - not successful) How do I do it?
- 11. • Peer Esteem • Invited Talks (x 6) • Support organisation of events • Awards • Collaborations • Visiting Research Fellow in IET How do I do it?
- 12. • People • Nurture a network How do I do it?
- 13. • Publications, Publications, Publications! How do I do it?
- 15. Where do I want to be next?
- 16. • Publications • Pounds (Projects) • PhD students • Profile • Peer esteem • Proteges • Professional Engagement (Source: I. Marshall (nd) ‘So you want to be a Reader or Professor’. Presentation, Coventry University (internal document)) 7 Ps
- 17. Source: Bryan M. Mathers Visual Thinkery
- 19. • Not a 9-5 job • Insecurity and uncertainty • Independent (and collaborative) work • Initiative and leadership skills • Driven by intrinsic motives • Blend of work and personal life • ‘business of self presentation’ (Thomson, 2015) - emphasis on excellence
- 22. Illustrations Visual Thinkery Bryan M. Mathers http://bryanmmathers.com/ Figures PhD comics http://phdcomics.com/comics.php
- 23. Koula Charitonos Disruptive Media Learning Lab, Coventry University koula.charitonos@coventry.ac.uk @ch_koula https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Koula_Charitonos
Editor's Notes
- The more I look back and reflect on how I ended up being in UK and doing what I’m doing the more I realise that things are never happening in a linear way. Maybe a few years back - being younger and naive - I was thinking that I’d take a pathway in which there is always progression and ascending upwards - like in the grey line if looking right to left - or one pathway where one experience will lead nicely and smoothly to another - like in the red line - but the reality is not this one. Indeed, over the years I experienced situations where I felt that I was making circles around the same point without any apparent progression (like when I was teaching in schools while doing PhD) - like if we are stuck in the yellow line - or there’s even a downhill - if we are on the black line top to bottom. Even in those situations there is always something to take on to the next step. The way we are moving on and developing and essentially learn is always hidden in the intersections and crossovers and decisions of pathways we take in life. Transitions are not easy and this was the case for me in moving from a phd student to a researcher - from a very small example. OU is so close to my heart so even to express the new affiliation is a tricky part.