This face to face course is run by the Researcher Academy 

The Researcher Academy courses are very popular and the majority are run in both semesters to give you the opportunity to attend at a time of the year that suits you. Semester 1 courses will be available for booking from the second week of October and Semester 2 courses from the second week of February. 

Target audience: Postgraduate research students in the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences.

Process: Talk with questions.

Description:

An opportunity to listen to a publishing professional talk about how they have developed their career, and to answer your questions on the character of the publishing industry, its attractions and the major changes and challenges of recent years. The session will include a discussion of how to get a first job, how to progress, what the day-to-day work is like and how it varies across the sector.

Aims/ Objectives:

The aim of this course is to help you gain an overview of the publishing industry, especially academic publishing, and discover whether it might be for you.

By the end of the course you will:
• Understand the nature of working in publishing
• Have an understanding of possible modes of entry into publishing
• Know what your next step should be if you are considering working in publishing
• Have had the opportunity to ask questions of a professional working in the sector

Speaker: Caroline Wintersgill

Caroline Wintersgill is a publishing consultant and trainer. She is presently working as a consulting editor for Manchester University Press, Lynne Rienner and Biteback Publishing alongside writing a PhD. Prior to going freelance in 2015, Caroline worked for more than 25 years as a commissioning editor in academic publishing for companies including Bloomsbury, Ashgate, Continuum, UCL Press and Routledge.

Caroline will also be running a further course entitled “Is your thesis publishable and how to publish it.” Book your place here : http://training.nottingham.ac.uk/cbs-notts/Guests/GuestCourse.aspx?CourseRef=AGCR16

Booking Conditions 

Privacy Statement 

The Researcher Academy is committed to protecting the privacy of researchers who register for our training courses and events. Your completion of the booking process shall constitute your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data to University staff and external partners responsible for the delivery of the course or event for which you have registered.  Personal information shared includes; name, role/position, mode of study, School/Department, dietary and accessibility requirements. 

Latecomer policy 

Researchers should plan to arrive prior to the advertised course start time. Except for exceptional reasons, there will be no admittance to a researcher academy or Faculty Training Programme (FTP) course 15 minutes after the advertised course start time. 

Importance of booking commitment 

When booking on to a Researcher Academy short course you are entering into a commitment to attend. If you find that you are no longer available to attend you MUST cancel your place (on the system if more than three days before the course) or if at short notice by emailing ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk. This will ensure that your place can be offered to another researcher on the waiting list. Failure to cancel a place results in other researchers missing out on places through the waiting list process. 

It is unacceptable for researchers to just not attend when booked onto a course. The Researcher Academy maintains records of those who repeatedly do not attend courses they have booked. This may affect future eligibility to book onto further Researcher Academy courses and will affect considerations for Researcher Academy funded opportunities.