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Academic CVs (depending upon your experience) may vary in length from 2 to 5 pages and include additional
appendices detailing publications, conference attendance, research interests etc. This CV is aimed at an academic
audience, but in all cases, it is essential that you tailor the content of the CV to the role you are applying for - by
making sure you highlight all your experiences and skills relevant to that post.

Personal profile

(Optional) This should contain a short summary (max 100 words) of your background, credentials and career plans.
For more information on this go to jobs.ac.uk and look at Vitae a website dedicated to researchers)

Senior lecturer in Employability Skills with specialism in CV writing and strong international profile seeks role as Assistant
Professor in research intensive University in the UK.

Education

(This needs to be in reverse chronological order. GCSEs are no longer relevant, or A-levels if space is an issue. Include
awards and scholarships. Make sure you include the name of your doctoral supervisor and funding body)

2004 – 2008 PhD in Psychology (The University of West of England)

Thesis: ‘Understanding the Psychodynamics of CV writing’
Supervisors: Prof A. Smith, Dr B. Jones
Funding: The Research Funding Council
My PhD considered the complexities of CV writing, using naturalistic observation techniques…
(Give a brief synopsis of main themes and methodology here and/or attach a more detailed
outline as an appendix to the CV, which can include aims and achievements)

2003 – 2004 MSc Research Methods in Psychology (University of Birmingham)

(List and briefly outline modules if relevant to the purpose of the CV)
‘Quantitative Methods and Understanding SPSS’: Provided training in the writing and analysis of
complex survey questionnaires, including advanced statistical methods such as…

2000 – 2003 BSc (Hons) Psychology (2:1) (University College London)

Relevant Experience/Employment

(Refer to any research, lecturing, seminar leading, assessment, student demonstrating, and supervision (in reverse
chronological order), emphasising where you may have used or developed any innovative methods of research and/or
teaching)

2010 – Present Visiting Lectureship (The University of West of England)

Solely responsible for designing, teaching and assessing the following modules:

Research methods in Psychology (Level 2)

In particular, I demonstrated the emerging possibility of utilising social media and other web-
based methods of data collection

Individual Research Project (Level 1)

Contributed to teaching on the following modules:
Professional Skills in Psychology (Level 3)
I made use of my extensive network of professionals working in the field of Psychology, in a
series of guest lectures

Introduction to Psychology (Level 1)

Co- supervised two PhD students. Gave guest lectures both inside and outside of academic on
Research Practice and Methods on a monthly basis.

2008 – 2010 Research Fellow (Warwick University)

Principal Researcher on two four-year projects:

(Give titles and brief details on the projects and other research work for which you are/were
responsible)

2004 – 2008 During my PhD I led tutorials on research methods with undergraduate and postgraduate
students. I also acted as a demonstrator in lectures involving the use of SPSS and NVivo, and
supervised four MSc student dissertations.

Grants Awarded

2004 UK Psychology Conference Award £700

Received for an ‘outstanding conference submission’
2005 Institute of Innovative Methodologies Grant £1200
Awarded to support the dissemination of research into the use of participatory, creative
methods with young people
Research Interests

(Make sure that this is relevant to the purpose of the CV – make sure that there is overlap between your own interests
and those of the person/organisation you are sending it to)

The relationship between socio-psychological theory and practice in CV writing: In particular the theories of
Bloggs (2004) and Smith (2011), and the approaches to CV writing most commonly found in public sector
organisations…

Dynamic changes in CV writing in the modern work place

Innovative methods for capturing approaches to CV writing

Administrative experience

(If not already included in your employment/relevant experience section, refer to any course, organisation, or
committee membership, highlighting any positions of responsibility)

Responsible for managing a £20,000 annual conference budget across five projects in my research centre.

Responsible for starting, and on-going organisation of, a reading and writing group in my research centre. Up to
twenty five of the research staff and students meet once a month to discuss our own or external academic papers,
in a supportive environment.

Member of the UK CV Research Methods Steering Committee. This group organises web resources and an online
point of contact for individuals interested in CV research methods in HE.

Equality and Diversity Champion for my Department. This role involves raising awareness of issues relating to
ethnicity, sexuality, gender, and disability to both staff and students.

Skills

(Include any specialist/technical, IT, languages skills relevant to the purpose of the CV)

Highly experienced user of SPSS and NVivo

Expertise in Correlation Studies and Archival Research

Fluent in Spanish

Professional qualifications

Professional Member of the British Psychology Society

Training

(Include training and development undertaken – e.g. teaching and learning qualifications, specialist research or
analytical techniques, skills development (e.g. presentations, academic writing, research supervision)

2008 Teaching in HE (Professional Short Course) (University of Warwick)

Training in the use of appropriate and/or innovative pedagogical approaches to teaching in HE
2006 Presentation and Communication Skills workshop (University of the West of England)
Discussed and practiced various methods of speaking to large groups: with/without slides; how to
encourage open discussion; preparing for pecha kucha presentations (i.e. 20 x 20 second slides).

Other Experience

(Include any employment that is relevant to the purpose of the CV)

March 2012 – Sept 2012: Project Manager (Exeter City Council)

Employed to advise and contribute to the development of a research project…

Publications

(List most recent first. Include journal articles, books or chapters of books, reports and patents. This could be divided
into ‘published papers’, ‘submitted papers’, and ‘papers in progress’. Chose what you consider to be the key five
publications relevant to the role include the rest in an appendix. Use Harvard Referencing style)

Smith, A., 2010. CV writing and Psychological Theory. Journal of Pyschological Theory, 12(34), 210-215.

Conferences and seminars

(Highlight any invitations to present. Always list the most recent first. Again, chose what you consider to be the key
five presentations/seminars relevant to the purpose of the CV and include the rest in an appendix)

Other dissemination activities

(This could include web-based activities, ‘other’ types of written dissemination (such as magazine articles, poetry, and
stories), performances, creative workshops etc. Always list the most recent first. Again, chose what you consider to
be the key five activities relevant to the purpose of the CV and include the rest in an appendix)

References

(Details of two or three referees (usually at least two academic) who have given permission to be included)