the road to professor is lined with parking spaces - ahp, sheffield 2016

The road to Professor is lined The road to Professor is lined with parking spaceswith parking spaces

Avril DrummondAvril Drummond

The road to Professor is lined The road to Professor is lined with parking spaceswith parking spaces

Avril DrummondAvril Drummond

The realityThe reality Level 7 job specLevel 7 job spec Teaching duties- level and qualityTeaching duties- level and quality Research- publications, grants, PhD Research- publications, grants, PhD

students students and impactand impact Blue skies thinkingBlue skies thinking

Research Research High impact journals (impact factor)High impact journals (impact factor)

The Lancet (The Lancet (39.2139.21), BMJ (), BMJ (17.4517.45), Clin ), Clin Rehab (Rehab (2.242.24), Physio (), Physio (1.911.91), AJOT ( ), AJOT ( 2.022.02) ) BJOT (BJOT (0.640.64))

REF returnableREF returnable Grant awards- trajectory important; Grant awards- trajectory important;

PI statusPI status Supervision of studentsSupervision of students

Other tasksOther tasks HUGE amount of adminHUGE amount of admin University responsibilities e.g. University responsibilities e.g.

interviewing, disciplinary appeals, interviewing, disciplinary appeals, committeescommittees

Professional responsibilities Professional responsibilities Line managementLine management

Personal and family Personal and family issuesissues

People make personal decisionsPeople make personal decisions Maintenance if not increaseMaintenance if not increase Important related skillsImportant related skills Appropriate presentation/narrativeAppropriate presentation/narrative

Lindhardt T and Lindhardt T and Berthelsen C.Berthelsen C.

h-index or G-spot: Female nursing h-index or G-spot: Female nursing researchers' conditions for an researchers' conditions for an academic career.academic career.

Journal of Advanced Nursing Journal of Advanced Nursing 18 Feb 201618 Feb 2016; ; DOI: 10.1111/jan.12942DOI: 10.1111/jan.12942

Mistakes and failureMistakes and failure

Research governance-there is nothing streamlined about the system. BMJ

National Institute for Health National Institute for Health and Care Excellence stroke and Care Excellence stroke rehabilitation guidance – is rehabilitation guidance – is it useful, usable, and based it useful, usable, and based on best evidence? Clinical on best evidence? Clinical RehabilitationRehabilitation

20152015 1 staff member finished - no 1 staff member finished - no

immediate fundingimmediate funding 8 grant applications- unfunded8 grant applications- unfunded 4 papers- substantial corrections; 3 4 papers- substantial corrections; 3

rejectedrejected 1 PhD student resigned1 PhD student resigned

1 staff member finished - no immediate 1 staff member finished - no immediate fundingfunding

8 grant applications- unfunded8 grant applications- unfunded 4 papers- substantial corrections; 3 rejected4 papers- substantial corrections; 3 rejected 1 PhD student resigned1 PhD student resigned

14 papers published14 papers published 3 grants awarded3 grants awarded 3 new PhD students3 new PhD students

Role modelsRole models

Role modelsRole models

Esteem factorsEsteem factors

Team buildingTeam building Money!Money! Teams are not staticTeams are not static Defined spaceDefined space

The team codeThe team code Clear expectationsClear expectations CoverCover Celebrate success /creditCelebrate success /credit CommunityCommunity CompetitiveCompetitive

Leading a teamLeading a team Lead not ‘boss’- taking partLead not ‘boss’- taking part Equality and sharing but ‘the buck Equality and sharing but ‘the buck

stops here’stops here’ Listen. Teach. Credit.Listen. Teach. Credit. Strategy and ‘Sell’Strategy and ‘Sell’

Take home messagesTake home messages

Avril.DrummondAvril.Drummond

Nottingham.ac.ukNottingham.ac.uk