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
Editors	Rosanne English, Craig Stewart
Place of Publication	New York, U. S. A.
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	21-24
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450395618
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3498343.3498349
Publication status	Published - 6 Jan 2022
Event	6th Conference on Computing Education Practice, CEP 2022 - Virtual, Online, UK United Kingdom Duration: 6 Jan 2022 → …

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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Conference	6th Conference on Computing Education Practice, CEP 2022
Country/Territory	UK United Kingdom
City	Virtual, Online
Period	6/01/22 → …

Keywords

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

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Software

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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 R. English, & C. Stewart (Eds.), Proceedings - 6th Conference on Computing Education Practice, CEP 2022 (pp. 21-24). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3498343.3498349

Co-Constructing a Community of Practice for Early-Career Computer Science Academics in the UK. / Crick, Tom; Davenport, James H.; Hanna, Paul et al.
Proceedings - 6th Conference on Computing Education Practice, CEP 2022. ed. / Rosanne English; Craig Stewart. New York, U. S. A.: Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. p. 21-24 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding

Crick, T, Davenport, JH, 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 R English & C Stewart (eds), Proceedings - 6th Conference on Computing Education Practice, CEP 2022. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, U. S. A., pp. 21-24, 6th Conference on Computing Education Practice, CEP 2022, Virtual, Online, UK United Kingdom, 6/01/22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3498343.3498349

Crick T, Davenport JH, Hanna P, Hayes A, Irons A, Miller K et al. Co-Constructing a Community of Practice for Early-Career Computer Science Academics in the UK. In English R, Stewart C, editors, Proceedings - 6th Conference on Computing Education Practice, CEP 2022. New York, U. S. A.: Association for Computing Machinery. 2022. p. 21-24. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Epub 2022 Jan 6. doi: 10.1145/3498343.3498349

Crick, Tom ; Davenport, James H. ; Hanna, Paul et al. / Co-Constructing a Community of Practice for Early-Career Computer Science Academics in the UK. Proceedings - 6th Conference on Computing Education Practice, CEP 2022. editor / Rosanne English ; Craig Stewart. New York, U. S. A. : Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. pp. 21-24 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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