Policy

The role of teaching in academic careers

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The importance of research-informed teaching is often cited as one of the key factors underpinning UK excellence in biomedicine. However, this raises the question of how the teaching element influences the careers of academic staff. Under the Chairmanship of Professor Keith Gull CBE FRS FMedSci, the Academy's Academic Careers Committee (Non-Clinical) is conducting a review of the status of teaching within biomedical sciences departments to assess the balance that teaching and research hold, particularly in relation to career progression.

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• Professor Keith Gull CBE FRS FMedSci, (Oxford)
• Professor Robert Burgoyne FMedSci (Liverpool)
• Professor Dick Denton FRS FMedSci, (Bristol)
• Dr Anne Donaldson (Aberdeen)
• Professor Darrell Evans (Sussex/Brighton)
• Professor Barry Furr OBE FMedSci, (Astrazeneca)
• Professor Mary Ritter (Imperial College London)
• Professor Patrick Sissons FMedSci (Cambridge)
• Dr Stephen Taylor (Manchester)

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The Committee will assess the current status of teaching within the T/R balance of diverse biomedical sciences departments, particularly in relation to career progression. The Committee will seek evidence from individuals and institutions including the members of academic staff at different career stages, the HEIs, Universities UK, HEFCs, The Higher Education Academy and Learned Societies. Research Councils and Charities may offer some insight into how they currently view teaching as opposed to research within their sector of influence.

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