Success in the competition for external grants has become an important indicator when progressing in academic careers. Drawing on interview data with academics across various career stages and academic fields at one Finnish university, the study identifies four discourses that elucidate why research grants are deemed significant in advancing an…

This study explores the navigation and approaches that Chinese undergraduate international students in the US are utilizing for their career development. The enrollment of undergraduate international students in the U.S. has been growing for over a decade. More specifically, China is one of the top places of origin from which international…

This study examined the "Future Career Autobiography" (FCA) with six Australian undergraduate students. The study aimed to explore: (1) the FCA as a qualitative career assessment instrument that facilitates career storytelling and reflexivity on future career plans and (2) the implications of narrative career assessment procedures that…

Whereas a growing number of studies evidence that research quality notions and evaluative practices are field- and context-specific, many focus on single evaluative practices or moments. This paper introduces the concept of "quality landscape" to capture dynamics of interrelated quality notions, evaluative moments and practices in a…

The relationship between doctoral research supervisors and their students is crucial for success during doctoral study. Supervisors face increasing complexity in managing these relationships, compounded by job precarity and the pressure to ensure timely doctoral completion. Equally, doctoral students will navigate a competitive job environment…

With the growing number of PhD graduates worldwide and the decline in tenure-track positions, more PhD students are considering non-academic careers. However, influenced by cruel optimism, many remain emotionally attached to academia, making it difficult for them to explore alternative career paths. This study employs an interpretative…

The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of case studies on the effectiveness of the educational process, namely, on academic performance and the entrepreneurial success of students of economic universities. The study involved 143 fifth-year economics students studying at Moscow universities. The study participants were divided into two…

This article examines the work experiences of academics in Spanish universities with respect to how individuals are affected by the complex requirements of neoliberal compliance and a culture of endogamy, often referred to as 'academic inbreeding'. The need to evaluate and be accountable for most aspects of academic work is relatively new in Spain…

Purpose: This study aims to explore the relationships between career competencies and job search self-efficacy via the serial multiple mediation effect of career adaptability and self-perceived employability within multiple theoretical frameworks. Design/methodology/approach: This study adopts a cross-sectional design to collect data at a specific…

Every generation is shaped by different events, factors and trends, which can lead to different worldviews, values, opinions, attitudes and behaviours. Understood to include people born between 1996 and 2012, Generation Z is often considered to be different from the previous generations because it has grown up surrounded by technology, shaping how…

Migrant academics' teaching, research and leadership knowledge and skills are essential and valued in their host higher education institutions, globally. However, there is limited evidence on understanding migrant academics' career capital experiences in Australian universities. Drawing on a career capital framework, this qualitative study…

The circle pedagogy in the Maltese Islands is practised in a range of settings, including the Personal, Social and Career Development (PSCD) subject, provided to all students within the Maltese Education system. During the subject, the PSCD teacher aims to enhance social and emotional competences, whilst encouraging positive and healthy…

The paper presents conclusions from research into the opportunities to employ games in university education and it constitutes a description of a number of projects carried out at the Institute of Pedagogy at the University of Wroclaw. The project encompassed: (1) the use of location-based games in cultural education classes (Kulturalny Wroclaw…

In the summer of 1950, teenagers Elvira Businelli and Delfina Tomassini embarked upon a teacher training course at the Italian university for foreigners, in Perugia, Italy--taught by Maria Montessori. Kn 2020, Elvira and Delfina, now in their 80s, spoke with Montessori Life in the interview presented in this article about their recollections of…

This paper aims to offer an understanding of how (intersectional) bias in student evaluations of teaching affects academics' mental health and career progression. Despite the widespread acceptance of student evaluations, an emerging stream of research has begun to highlight the biases and prejudices that underpin much of data collection when it…