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Dawn Duke, Pam Denicolo and Erin Henslee 2020
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Dedication
We dedicate this book to all researchers out there diligently writing their research for a range of different audiences so that their findings and ideas can make a difference to academic thought in their field, and to the world. It is especially for those new and experienced writers who have shared with us in workshops and at conferences the challenges they have faced and their solutions, their moments of despondency and delight, so that they and others might improve their practice.
Last but not least, we dedicate this book to our wonderful, supportive families, who have patiently encouraged us throughout this project and our careers. Thank you, Steve, Callum and Maya Clowes; Vincent Denicolo; Billy, Lizzy and Liam Henslee.
About the authors
Dawn Dukeis the Head of Researcher Development and Engagement within the University of Surreys Doctoral College. She leads the team that supports the transferable/employability skills of postgraduate researchers and early career researchers across all disciplines, as well as delivers supervisor training. Dawn received her neuroscience PhD from Imperial College. In 2008, she moved from researching and teaching neuroscience to concentrate fully on researcher development. She has worked to embed and normalise skills training to better prepare researchers for the variety of opportunities available to them. Through her work at Surrey and a partial secondment as Director of Graduate Training for the Southeast Physics Network (SEPnet), she has focused on bringing researchers together with employers from a range of sectors, integrating this wider range of expertise into training, creating spaces for discussion and experience sharing. Dawn believes that the world would be a better place if the amazing research that is done within our universities had an even greater impact on policy, society and the economy, and is dedicated to enabling the next generation of researchers to take on this challenge. Dawn met Pam through a mutual friend at University of Surrey, and they soon became not only colleagues but also good friends. Dawn is published in both the fields of neuroscience and higher education and has experience writing in a variety of formats, including journal articles, book chapters, books, lay articles and blogs. She has now joined Pam as an editor on the Sage book series
Success in Research.Pam Denicolois an Emeritus Professor at the University of Reading, a chartered constructivist psychologist and honorary pharmacist, who provides consultancy on doctoral support and research methodology as well as examining doctorates in institutions worldwide. Previously she established, managed and developed the University of Reading Graduate School, providing a substantial contribution to its Research Methods, Generic Skills and Doctoral Supervisor training. Her passion for supporting graduate students and other early career researchers is demonstrated through her numerous successful doctoral candidates and examinees and her leading roles in national and international organisations such as the International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching, the Society for Research into Higher Education Postgraduate Network, the RCUK Impact and Evaluation Group, several working groups of Vitae including the development of the Researcher Development Framework (RDF), the QAA Doctoral Characteristics Advisory Group, and the UK Council for Graduate Education, all of which have resulted in many publications, presentations and workshops. Through these organisations she met up with Julie and Dawn, who became inspirational collaborators on many projects as well as valued friends. Pam provides consultancy and workshops worldwide on doctoral issues. She edits and contributes to the Sage book series
Success in Research, which is aimed at those in the early years of a research career, and co-edits and co-authors with former doctoral researchers a series with Brill/Sense dealing with
Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching.Erin Hensleehas BSc degrees from Virginia Tech in Engineering Science & Mechanics and Mathematics, where she then worked as the undergraduate recruiter for the College of Engineering. During this time, she also completed an MSc in biomedical engineering. Erin then moved to the UK where she completed her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Surrey in 2016. She also enjoyed coordinating undergraduate labs for the department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences. Her PhD work led to a BBSRC funded post-doc in circadian electrophysiology of red blood cells. In 2016, Erin left the lab to join the Researcher Development Programme, where she worked in Dawns team at the University of Surrey supporting other researchers on their doctoral journeys. In 2018, she moved back to the USA to become part of the founding faculty for the Department of Engineering at Wake Forest University. At the crossroads in her post-doc life she realised she wanted a career involved, in some way, with support, inclusion and promotion of STEMM. She remains dedicated to doing just that. Erin has always been a discipline crosser and has experience in interdisciplinary publication in a variety of genres, including 4* journals.
