Academic development, higher education, Teaching-focused careers

Scholarship sabbaticals: An insider view (Part 2)

Back in February, at the start of my scholarship sabbatical, and when I first set up this blog page, I shared an excited post about the value I was already seeing in my sabbatical, and the progress I’d made just a couple of weeks in. I’m now approximately half way through my six month period… Continue reading Scholarship sabbaticals: An insider view (Part 2)

Academic development, Teaching-focused careers

Scholarship sabbaticals – an insider view (part 1)

Sabbatical: “a period of time when college or university teachers are allowed to stop their usual work in order to study or travel, usually while continuing to be paid” (Cambridge Dictionary Online) I’ve worked in academia pretty much constantly now for more than 20 years, with a brief step out to the periphery when I… Continue reading Scholarship sabbaticals – an insider view (part 1)