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Aarnikoivu, Melina; Pennanen, Matti; Kiili, Johanna; Nokkala, Terhi – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2020
This article discusses the potential of multidisciplinary peer-mentoring groups to facilitate individual and institutional change. To do this, we view peer mentoring as a form of "critical education praxis" (Mahon et al. 2019), the purpose of which is to create a space for reflexive thinking and asking critical questions. The data were…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Mentors, Doctoral Students, Peer Groups
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Aarnikoivu, Melina; Nokkala, Terhi; Siekkinen, Taru; Kuoppala, Kari; Pekkola, Elias – European Journal of Higher Education, 2019
This article examines the perceptions of early-career, fixed-term researchers in Finnish universities towards changing careers. It maps out the reasons this group has considered the change and where they see themselves in five years. As a theoretical framework, a synthesisation of variables related to career change, created by Ryan, Healy, and…
Descriptors: Researchers, Career Change, College Faculty, Foreign Countries