Last week's session on alternative academic careers was extremely well attended - so we decided to run two follow-up sessions to help generate outcomes for our upcoming #alt-ac career development workshop at DHA2014.
Don't forget to put these meeting dates in your diaries:
Lost in translation: Preparing CVs for alternative academic careers
Fri 22 Nov, 2-3pm, iVEC boardroom (in Physics Building, opp Reid Library)
Questions for discussion
- How can we translate academic skill-sets into CVs for non-academic jobs?
- What additional experience and competencies are most advantageous - and how can we develop these during our candidature?
- Technology has lowered entry barriers to develop technical skill-sets and make your ideas a reality. You don’t need to ask for permission to unleash your creativity. Take a look at Digital Humanist Tim Sherratt’s website and Wraggelabs as an example.
- Is your digital footprint the new CV?
How should I prepare?
- Search for a job you think may be suited for a digital humanist and bring along the selection criteria - or imagine a new role that doesn't exist yet
- Read the list of graduate attributes for PhD graduates (p.55-57) in 'The Changing PhD: Discussion Paper, Group of Eight, March 2013.’ (PDF Document, 540KB).
Imagining new spaces: Strategies to conceptualise and build alternative academic careers during your PhD
Fri 13 Dec, 2-3pm, Location TBC (Likely to be the UWA Club - pls bring a laptop or tablet)
Questions for discussion
- Are there 'new rules' for completing a PhD in the humanities?
- If so, how do they differ from conversational wisdom?
- How can universities better prepare PhD candidates for non-academic careers? Can postgraduate students contribute to this kind of structural change?
- Much of the literature regarding #alt-ac careers originates from North America. What specificities are unique to Australia?
How should I prepare?
- Review the readings from our first #alt-ac session.
- Many digital humanists have personal websites. Browse a selection of websites and consider how and why scholars express their values, experience, research interests and skills.
- Tim Sherratt - Manager of Trove
- Jason Ensor - Digital Humanities Research & Technical Development Manager, University of Western Sydney
- Paul Arthur - Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Western Sydney
- Bethanie Nowviskie - Director of Digital Research & Scholarship at the University of Virginia Library
- Seb Chan - Director of Digital & Emerging Media, Smithsonian Museum, New York
- Ryan Hunt - Postgraduate Student, University of Western Ontario
