Kate Jolly Professor of Public Health & Primary Care ‘Getting to the Top’ Kate Jolly Professor of Public Health & Primary Care
Pick your mountain
Define your criteria of success Enjoying the job Academic esteem Balance between work and family Title
It’s arriving that is important – not the speed of the journey….
The benefits of a steady pace… Becoming a professor brings more corporate responsibilities: Leadership and management responsibilities take up a lot of time If you are part-time you may need to do somethings, then others – not all simultaneously
Ask Important Questions Pick an important piece Thanks to Prof KK Cheng
Ask Important Questions Pick an important piece Thanks to Prof KK Cheng
Ask Important Questions Know when you have a vital piece Read 4* journals and consider what makes them 4* Talk to people Thanks to Prof KK Cheng
Top Tips I Focus on the core business Carve out your own niche Good papers / Grants / PhD supervision / teaching Collaborations Then add the external esteem activities Carve out your own niche Get a mentor Know the rules – look at the promotion criteria for the next grade years in advance Take up opportunities
Top Tips II Stay focussed Collaborate Take-up opportunities to review grants Review papers in your field – ask seniors to allow you to review alongside or suggest you as an alternative If you are less than full time, don’t spread yourself to thinly
And enjoy your work….