How To Become A University Professor

by Stephen Jenkins, Janet Peterson, Michael Collins (Foreword)

Attention all newly qualified graduates! Now that you have a degree qualification under your belt are thinking towards a career in the academic world. Are you dreaming about becoming the next expert in your chosen field that everyone turns to for advice? Can you see yourself travelling the world attending high-powered conferences and giving lectures about the subject you feel so passionately about? It’s all well and good having these dreams about being the next academic superstar but you have only taken your first step to reaching the lofty heights of being a professor.Your journey to the top of the academic tree has only just begun. To ultimately achieve professorship you initially have to undertake a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) course in your specific research subject. Then the majority of your time is spent teaching and supervising other students, doing further research, writing research proposals, getting published in prestigious journals, writing books and discovering new things. To achieve your goal of becoming a professor is not as daunting as you might think. Especially now that this new book “How to be a Professor” has just been published. It is the answer to all your prayers if you are thinking of an academic career because within the pages of this fascinating book is all the information you will need to help any aspiring professor reach their goal. Information •How to get your PhD.•Pursuing post doctoral opportunities and non tenure positions.•How to prepare for research grants.•How to get your research work published.•The best ways to network within the academic community.•The key principles you need to know when teaching adult learners.•How to search for that all important job. •And much more...This book is an absolutely must read for any graduate that has aspirations of an academic career as a professor. I can guarantee that you will not regret purchasing this book because the information on how to get your research work published is worth the money on its own.

56 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012