The Power of Story-telling: Drawing on Pracademia for teaching, academic advising, and employability
5 – 6pm, Wednesday 16th October
Please feel welcome to share this invitation amongst your teams and institution. Anyone with an interest is welcome – you do not need to be a Head of Law to attend and it is completely free for CHULS members.
This event is the third in a series of professional development workshops for CHULS that focus on the theme of Pracademia and Law Schools. In this session, we will hear from Dr Jill Dickinson; co-editor of Professional Development for Practitioners in Academia: Pracademia. This multidisciplinary collection brought together 29 contributors from across the UK and internationally, and at different stages of their careers. It combines theoretical, empirical, and reflective approaches to highlight the potential of pracademics as part of a diverse faculty. The book is divided into three core themes: pracademic identities, professional development, and teaching practice.
In this workshop, Jill will draw on key findings from the book to stimulate discussion and debate around:
- the skills, experience, knowledge, and insights that pracademics can bring to their practice around teaching, academic advising, and employability; and
- how senior leaders could support pracademics to achieve their potential in these respects
Example topics include drawing on pracademic experience for pastoral roles, collaborating with external organisations to develop simulations, and preparing students as (potential) practitioners of the future.
Bio
Dr Jill Dickinson is a Reader of Law at Leeds Beckett University, a Solicitor (non-practising), and a Principal Fellow of AdvanceHE. Shortlisted for National Teaching Fellowship, Jill has also sat on the judging panel for the Yorkshire Legal Awards and been appointed as a Reviewer for the AdvanceHE Global Teaching Excellence Awards. Jill’s research focuses on the intersection between professional development and place-making, her publications have featured in The Washington Post and Wonkhe, and her approach to research has achieved an Emerald Literati Award. Alongside the edited collection on Professional Development for Practitioners in Academia: Pracademia, other recent work includes a Symposia Series in collaboration with the Society for Research into Higher Education. This project brought together stakeholders from 23 countries and 107 institutions to drive forward debates around the theme of ‘Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: Prospects for Space in Higher Education’.
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