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Professional pathways: Navigating the professional academic landscape post PhD
While the doctorate was once perceived as preparation for an academic position, internationally more than half of all graduates leave the higher education sector by choice or lack of opportunity (McAlpine & Emmioğlu, 2015). Recent research exploring how post-docs navigate their professional landscape indicates that certain existing and acquired academic practices, attributes, dispositions and behaviours collectively form a type of doctoral capital that alumni can then use in the academic market place (Walker & Yoon, 2017). This panel has been assembled in response to the indicated curiosity of our AARE postgraduate student and Early Career Researcher audience, in which we will explore the post-doctoral pathway experiences of four academics, spanning early through to established and consolidated career trajectories. In extrapolating their journeys, we will then together have opportunity to make individual and shared meaning of our own and our peers potential post-PhD pathways, and attempt to make sense of today’s academic landscape for those seeking to work in Education-centric academic contexts.
History
Publication title
AARE 2017 Conference PapersDepartment/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
Australian Association for Research in EducationPlace of publication
AustraliaEvent title
AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN EDUCATION (AARE) CONFERENCE 2017Event Venue
Canberra, AustraliaDate of Event (Start Date)
2017-11-26Date of Event (End Date)
2017-11-30Repository Status
- Restricted