HeyJaredThe Education-Focused Academic Podcast
The Education-Focused Academic podcast, hosted by Dr Rushana Khusainova and Prof. Sally Everett, shares stories, strategies, and insights to support academics pursuing education-focused careers.
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Season Finale: Education-Focused Careers, AI and the Future of Higher Education (opens the original)
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In this final episode of Season One, co-hosts Dr Rushana Khusainova and Professor Sally Everett reflect on what they have learned from the podcast, their book, and the diverse academic journeys shared by contributors from around the world.We explore what these stories tell us about the evolving education-focused pathway and some of the bigger challenges facing higher education, including generative AI, assessment, student engagement, wellbeing and employability. We also consider why education-fo
Episode 17. Teaching-Focused Careers in Australia: Lessons from the Other Side of the World with Associate Professor Michael Baird (opens the original)
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In this episode, we are joined by Dr Michael Baird , Associate Professor and Director of Learning and Teaching at Curtin University, Australia, to explore what the education-focused academic pathway looks like from an Australian perspective. We chat about Michael's career journey into academia and examine how teaching-focused careers are structured, recognised and promoted in Australia. We discuss leadership, scholarship of teaching and learning, promotion, and the balance between teaching, rese
Episode 16. Education-Focused Careers in the United States: The Professor of Practice Pathway with Dr Zach Thompson (opens the original)
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In this episode, we are joined by Dr Zach Thompson from the University of Tennessee, USA, to explore the education-focused academic pathway in the United States and the growing role of the Professor of Practice career route. Zach shares his unconventional journey from the charity sector and entrepreneurship into academia, reflecting on how industry experience can enrich teaching, curriculum design and student employability. We discuss the different promotion pathways available in US universities
Episode 15. Belgium, Academic Careers and the Power of Following Opportunity with Dr. Samir Nuseibeh (opens the original)
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In this episode, we are joined by Dr Samir Nusseibeh from KU Leuven, Belgium, to explore academic careers, teaching and professional development in the Belgian higher education context.Samir reflects on his journey from laboratory research in pharmacology into teaching-focused roles, before moving into talent development and technology transfer at KU Leuven. In this conversation we discuss cultural differences, courage to change careers and locations and the limited visibility of formal educatio
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