scholarly journals Facilitating an early career transition pathway to community nursing: A Delphi Policy Study

Nursing Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-126
Author(s):  
Diane Chamberlain ◽  
Clare Harvey ◽  
Desley Hegney ◽  
Lily Tsai ◽  
Sandy Mclellan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Career Transition ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Community Nursing ◽  
Policy Study

scholarly journals Early- and mid-career transition to research leadership in Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Linda Mtwisha ◽  
Jose Jackson ◽  
Alison Mitchel ◽  
Ama de-Graft Aikins ◽  
Harriet Kebirungi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Career Transition ◽  
Early Career ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Research Leadership ◽  
The Common ◽  
Transition Points ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

This article examines the early-and mid-career transition to research leadership in Africa. Much of the available African literature on research leadership indicate several challenges related to poor conceptualisations of career transitions and gaps in the availability of research training. Qualitative data were collected using individual interviews (n=24) and focus groups (n=27) to identify key transition points of early career researchers (ECRs) and mid-career researchers (MCRs) in selected African countries. The qualitative data was complemented with quantitative survey questionnaires (n=250) and a triangulation approach was adopted to analyse the results. The findings were themed into different categories describing the common career paths, stages and challenges of research leaders. The latter part of the findings present a discussion on development approaches to attract and retain researchers in African universities. By focusing on the African continent, this study contributes to the current body of literature on research leadership in the Global South.

scholarly journals Early-career faculty practice learner-centered teaching up to 9 years after postdoctoral professional development

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (25) ◽  
pp. eaba2091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan C. Emery ◽  
Jessica Middlemis Maher ◽  
Diane Ebert-May
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Career Transition ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Early Career Faculty ◽  
Development Outcomes ◽  
Over Time

The goal of STEM professional development for teaching is that participants continue to practice what they learn in the long term. However, we do not know if the outcomes are achieved and ultimately persist. We tracked postdoctoral participants from the Faculty Institutes for Reforming Science Teaching (FIRST) IV program into their current positions as early-career biology faculty. We assessed their teaching approaches, practices, and student perceptions of the learning environment over 6 to 9 years after finishing the program. Simultaneously, we evaluated paired faculty in the same departments. We found that professional development outcomes persisted over time and across a career transition. FIRST IV faculty maintained their learner-centered practices and were more learner-centered than their peers. Last, we found that teaching approaches were correlated with teaching practices in all faculty participants. These results provide evidence for the success of the FIRST IV program and the long-term persistence of professional development outcomes.

scholarly journals Breaking barriers: The effect of protected characteristics and their intersectionality on career transition in academics

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klara M. Wanelik ◽  
Joanne S. Griffin ◽  
Megan Head ◽  
Fiona C. Ingleby ◽  
Zenobia Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Career Transition ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Women In Science ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Socioeconomic Background ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women

Lay summaryIn the past decade the scientific community has been trying to tackle the historical underrepresentation of women in science and the fact that gender can constitute a barrier to career success. However, other characteristics, such as being of an ethnic minority or coming from an under-privileged background, have received less attention. In this study we find that ethnicity and socioeconomic status impact detrimentally on career progression in early career scientists, despite the fact that gender is more likely to be reported as a barrier. Our data suggest we need to widen the discussion regarding diversity and equality in science to incorporate potential barriers to career success in addition to gender.AbstractThe academic disciplines of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) have long suffered from a lack of diversity. While in recent years there has been some progress in addressing the underrepresentation of women in STEM subjects, other protected characteristics have received less attention. In this study, we survey early career scientists in the fields of ecology, evolutionary biology, behaviour, and related disciplines. We (i) quantitatively examine the effect of protected characteristics and their intersectionality on career transition, and (ii) provide practical suggestions, based on the qualitative responses of those surveyed, for overcoming some of the barriers we identified. We found that socioeconomic background and ethnicity impacted negatively on the quantitative measures of career progression we examined. Respondents that were female, LGBT, and from a lower socioeconomic background were more likely to report having faced a barrier, and the most frequent barrier named was related to gender. Our results suggest that respondents may have felt more confident discussing the experiences they have had related to their gender, potentially because there is now widespread discourse on this subject. However, respondents were less likely to discuss barriers they have faced in relation to ethnicity and socioeconomic status, despite the fact that the data indicates these are more detrimental to career progression. This may reflect the fact that these characteristics have received less attention, and are therefore deemed more sensitive. We hope that this study will stimulate wider discussion, and help to inform strategies to address the underrepresentation of minority groups in STEM subjects.

The Social Origins and Provenance of the English Bishops during the Reign of Edward II

1959 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 51-79
Author(s):  
K. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Early Career ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Origins ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Edward Ii ◽  
The Social ◽  
Complete Study ◽  
History Of

During the last twenty or twenty-five years medieval historians have been much interested in the composition of the English episcopate. A number of studies of it have been published on periods ranging from the eleventh to the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. A further paper might well seem superfluous. My reason for offering one is that most previous writers have concentrated on analysing the professional circles from which the bishops were drawn, and suggesting the influences which their early careers as royal clerks, university masters and students, secular or regular clergy, may have had on their later work as bishops. They have shown comparatively little interest in their social background and provenance, except for those bishops who belonged to magnate families. Some years ago, when working on the political activities of Edward II's bishops, it seemed to me that social origins, family connexions and provenance might in a number of cases have had at least as much influence on a bishop's attitude to politics as his early career. I there fore collected information about the origins and provenance of these bishops. I now think that a rather more careful and complete study of this subject might throw further light not only on the political history of the reign, but on other problems connected with the character and work of the English episcopate. There is a general impression that in England in the later middle ages the bishops' ties with their dioceses were becoming less close, and that they were normally spending less time in diocesan work than their predecessors in the thirteenth century.

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