Connections Matter: Building Teaching and Education Focused Academic Careers Across Borders

Connections Matter: Building Teaching and Education Focused Academic Careers Across Borders

Teaching and education focused academic careers are growing rapidly across both Australia and the UK. Yet many colleagues are still navigating these pathways in isolation working out how to build identity, recognition, and impact in systems that do not always make this straightforward.

This session brings together colleagues from the Australian Teaching and Education Focused Academic (TEFA) Network and the UK National Learning and Teaching Focused Network for a cross-sector conversation on what it means to build a career in this space.

We will explore:

• How we define ourselves, our specialisms, and our scholarship

• How to build national and international profile and networks

• What has worked (and what hasn’t) in developing impact and recognition

This is a conversational session designed to connect colleagues across contexts, surface shared challenges, and offer practical insights for those at all career stages.