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Forthcoming Events

UCML Executive Committee Meeting: Friday 26 May 2023

2023-05-23
On: 23 May 2023
In: Forthcoming Events, News

The next meeting of the UCML Executive Committee will take place on Friday 26 May 2023 from 11:00 to 13:00,Continue Reading

UCML Winter Plenary 2023

2022-12-21
On: 21 December 2022
In: Forthcoming Events, News

Venue Microsoft Teams Date 13 January, 2023 Time 10:00-17:00 UCML is pleased to invite you to its online winter plenaryContinue Reading

UCML Executive Committee Meeting: Friday 11 November 2022

2022-11-08
On: 8 November 2022
In: Forthcoming Events, News

The November meeting of the UCML Executive Committee took place on Friday 11 November from 10:00 to 12:00, via Teams.Continue Reading

News and Activities

Call for mentors

Call for mentors: mentoring schemes to support early-career academics in UK HE

We are currently seeking new mentors to add to our database in all disciplines covered by UCML – and in particular Hispanic Studies and Italian Studies.

Further details of the schemes below – please contact the coordinator Dr Kate Foster (ecasn.contact@gmail.com) with any queries.

What we do:

The increasingly precarious nature of career paths in Higher Education, particularly Modern Languages, means that many early-career academics find themselves adrift from mentors able to provide the guidance and feedback so essential for developing a professional profile and navigating the myriad experiences which characterize the initial years of an academic career. UCML’s ECA Support Network (ECASN) seeks to alleviate these obstacles through academic mentoring.

We currently run two schemes:

1) Individual requests: this connects researchers at the start of their career who have standalone projects on which they need advice with more experienced peers and colleagues who can provide constructive feedback: for example, article submissions, plans for events and public engagement, book proposals, CV design, and bids for research-council fellowships/grants.

2) Year-long Mentoring Partnerships: this pairs an ECA with a more established and experienced colleague for monthly online meetings to support their general career development over the course of one academic year.

Mentors are welcome to volunteer for one or both of the two schemes – and can always opt in or out when requests for support come through according to availability at any one time. We are mindful of the pressures facing experienced colleagues: the flexible nature of these schemes make it possible for the mentor to choose how often and when they feel able to offer their time and support.

Further details available here: https://university-council-modern-languages.org/early-career-academics/eca-support-network/

Who can be a mentor?

Colleagues with approximately 5 or more years of experience post-viva are encouraged to send their details to the list moderator Dr Kate Foster – ecasn.contact@gmail.com) to be added to a closed database of mentors. Mentors may be colleagues with a current institutional affiliation and on a stable academic career trajectory, as well as those navigating multiple temporary contracts.

 

UCML Executive: New Representative for Early Career Academics

Following the call for nominations published on 17 March 2023, we are pleased to announce that the new Executive Committee member representing Early Career Academics is Dr Ashley Harris of the University of Stirling. Ashley has previously been involved with UCML’s activities as the co-chair of the UCML Early Career Academics Special Interest Group.

Ashley takes over this position from Dr Liam Lewis, who is now the UCML Project Coordinator.

 

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UCML Executive Committee Meeting: Friday 26 May 2023

The next meeting of the UCML Executive Committee will take place on Friday 26 May 2023 from 11:00 to 13:00, via Zoom.

Reports for the meeting can be found below.

If you require a link to the meeting, please email the Honorary Secretary Marcela Cazzoli, at marcela.a.cazzoli@durham.ac.uk

Pre-meeting documents

  • Agenda Exec 26 May 2023
  • Item. 3. Chairs report 
  • Item. 4. VC Research report 
  • Item. 5. VC External Engagement & Comms report 
  • Item. 6. VC Education Report
  • Item. 7. Hon Sec report 
  • Item. 8.a.Wales report 
  • Item. 8.b. Scotland report 
  • Item. 8.c Northern Ireland report
  • Item. 9.a. Area Studies report 
  • Item. 9.b. Middle Eastern Studies report 
  • Item. 9.c. German & Low Countries report 
  • Item. 9.d. East Asian Studies report 
  • Item. 9.e. Slavonic and East European report 
  • Item. 9.f. Translation & Interpreting report 
  • Item. 9.g. Schools Liaison report
  • Item. 9.h. ECA report
  • Item. 9.i. IWLP report
  • Item. 9.j. Hispanic Studies report

For queries related to the files above, please contact the Project Coordinator at contact@ucml.ac.uk

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