Co-Constructing a Community of Practice for Early-Career Computer Science Academics in the UK

Tom Crick; James H Davenport; Paul Hanna; Alan Hayes; Alastair Irons; Keith Miller; Tom Prickett; Rupert Ward; Becky Allen; Bhagyashree Patil; Simon Payne

doi:10.1145/3498343.3498349

Co-Constructing a Community of Practice for Early-Career Computer Science Academics in the UK

Tom Crick, James H Davenport, Paul Hanna, Alan Hayes, Alastair Irons, Keith Miller, Tom Prickett, Rupert Ward, Becky Allen, Bhagyashree Patil, Simon Payne

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Early-career academics across all disciplines in the UK face significant challenges, and computer science is no exception. There are challenges in terms of developing an independent research career, delivering high quality learning and teaching, maintaining their own professional development, as well as wider academic service commitments. Tertiary education institutions in the UK often provide support through some combination of mentoring, coaching, and training. Early-career faculty often have to work towards professional recognition of their teaching, either by direct application or via successful completion of an accredited institutional taught postgraduate course. This paper reports on progress towards supplementing institutional-level support through an evolving UK-wide initiative, co-constructed with early-career academics, to build diverse and resilient communities of practice in computer science. Insights are provided as to how the initiative supplements current institutional approach and is underpinned by national level academic practice developmental events, professional body engagement, alongside cross-institutional mentoring and buddying schemes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 6th Conference on Computing Education Practice, CEP 2022
Publisher	ACM Press
Pages	21-24
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-9561-8/22/01
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3498343.3498349
Publication status	Published - 6 Jan 2022
Event	Computing Education Practice - Durham Univeristy, Durham, United Kingdom Duration: 6 Jan 2022 → 6 Jan 2022

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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Conference	Computing Education Practice
Abbreviated title	CEP 2022
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Durham
Period	6/01/22 → 6/01/22

Keywords

Early-career academics
community of practice
professional development
co-construction

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A National Mentoring and Buddying Pilot Scheme for UK Early Career CS Academics
Payne, S., Crick, T., Davenport, J. H., Alan, H., Irons, A. & Prickett, T., 8 Jul 2022.
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Crick, T., Davenport, J. H., Hanna, P., Hayes, A., Irons, A., Miller, K., Prickett, T., Ward, R., Allen, B., Patil, B., & Payne, S. (2022). Co-Constructing a Community of Practice for Early-Career Computer Science Academics in the UK. In Proceedings - 6th Conference on Computing Education Practice, CEP 2022 (pp. 21-24). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/3498343.3498349

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Co-Constructing a Community of Practice for Early-Career Computer Science Academics in the UK

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