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Introducing Academia et al.
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You're listening to an IOE podcast from the UCL Institute of Education, powered by UCL Minds.
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This is Academia et al., the podcast for anyone and everyone figuring out life in academia.
Alina Pelikh 00:00:43
This is Academia et al.,
Keri Wong 00:00:45
A brand new podcast from the UCL IOE Early Career Network.
Alina Pelikh 00:00:49
So between us, a psychologist and a demographer, and our episode guests, we hope to dispel some common myths about academia and discover life hacks to challenges that the majority of us face.
Keri Wong 00:01:00
In the coming series we'll discuss equality and diversity in academia, what real success in academia looks like, and I don't know, other questions like 'is it too early to think about retirement?'
Jake Anders 00:01:12
It is definitely that support network and having people there who believe in you, who understand the work that you're doing and the journey that you're going through with trying to get it published and get it out there and having impact.
Andrea Gauthier 00:01:24
Funnily enough about lecturing, that's, that's my least favourite part of it. I've always had - and I'm much better now - but I've always had a distinct fear of public speaking.
Alina Pelikh 00:01:36
Our guests include both early career and senior academics at the same table, and you're going to hear some honest conversations, because they've been there and done that.
Gideon Sappor 00:01:46
Very often. What we lack from my experience is the navigational capital, the knowledge to know what to do and how to make those dreams come true.
Emma Jones 00:01:57
And I love my job. I love teaching. I love researching. It's taken me a long time to find this work that I'm really deeply passionate about. But there does remain that niggling question which you raised earlier, can I afford to stay?
Li Wei 00:02:09
Early career academics play a crucial role, a central role in all of this, in innovation, in connecting the IOE with other parts of the university and with wider society, bringing new, perhaps a little bit different perspectives. So I would say, you know, we must encourage early career academics, not to be afraid of challenging orthodoxy, and ask really critical questions.
Keri Wong 00:02:36
We can't wait to share this series with you.
Alina Pelikh 00:02:38
And don't forget to follow the IOE Early Career Network on Twitter at IOE_EarlyCareer.
2:45 Professor Keri Wong
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Academia et al. is brought to you by the IOE's Early Career Network. This podcast is presented by Professor Keri Wong and Dr Alina Pelikh. The theme music was created by Roni Xu. Amy Leibowitz is the series producer, and Sarah-Jane Gregori is the executive producer. Thanks so much for downloading and listening to this IOE podcast from the UCL Institute of Education, University College London.