If you are a student or graduate seeking your first job, volunteer work demonstrates that you have other skills in
addition to your academic knowledge.
Not exact matches
For the majority of scientists who won't get tenure - track positions — and may not want them — Research Universities states that the great need is
to «better position new PhDs for the careers they will have by providing more information about career options and by providing opportunities
to acquire, in
addition to the
knowledge of one's field, skills that are useful for
academic positions (teaching, grant writing, publishing, presentations) and positions in government, business and non-profits (oral and written communication, project management, regulatory compliance, business ethics and innovation.)»
So in
addition to the methods already discussed, we reinforce new vocabulary
knowledge in other ways, such as regular classroom games, use of Vine and Instagram
to create definitions of the words (we show an example below, and you can see more here), and having students use online
academic vocabulary exercises (our favorites are Vocabulary Exercises For The Academic Word List, The Academic Word List at UoP and English
academic vocabulary exercises (our favorites are Vocabulary Exercises For The
Academic Word List, The Academic Word List at UoP and English
Academic Word List, The
Academic Word List at UoP and English
Academic Word List at UoP and English Online).
In
addition to helping students develop the explicit
academic knowledge listed in the standards, collaborative writing has been found
to be particularly helpful (PDF)
to English - language learners (ELLs) in lowering anxiety and increasing self - confidence and motivation.
The researcher concludes that in
addition to the three components of
academic service - learning (experience, reflection, and
knowledge), an additional component, change, should be added, as this was clearly demonstrated in her study.
In
addition to the overarching indicator categories of
academic preparedness,
academic tenacity, and college
knowledge, the tri-level system identifies indicators and related supports at the (1) individual student level, (2) setting level, and (3) system level.
In
addition to the above - highlighted issues with centralised funding (i.e. not enough of it, too much time chasing the money and not enough doing the research), the
academic system at present tends
to support relatively «conservative» research proposals — because of the «publish or perish» ethos, most proposals will tend
to be written knowing what the answer will be, and in the
knowledge that there are at least a couple of publishable papers at the end.
In
addition, exchanges in publications and other relevant
academic materials, as well as student exchange and internship opportunities, will be explored in order
to enhance the skills and
knowledge of law students, members of the legal profession and other stakeholders in the legal industry.