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Are you doing things differently in academia? Is this helping you align more to you, your why, and your wellbeing? Is it an act of self-care?
Then maybe you’d like to write about it in this proposed edited book?
Calls for chapters are open now https://forms.gle/VfYij7wVF1ZstQsB6
Working edited book title: Doing things differently: Raising awareness of wellbeing and self-care as a priority in higher education Editor: Narelle Lemon (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) Proposed book in the series: Wellbeing and Self-care in Higher Education: Embracing Positive Solutions Publisher: Routledge (Please note this proposed book in the series is still to under go peer review and final approval) Call for Chapters Proposals Doing things differently comes with an awareness and curiosity to explore what can be. It can be about reaffirming a way of being, seeing or understanding our self and the contexts we work in, or it can be about growth, changing, adapting and developing something in ourself. As we navigate the higher education space we are forever (re)negotiating who we are. In relation to our self-care and wellbeing this rings true for so many of us, especially in relation to raising our own and others awareness of wellbeing and self-care as a priority. Small steps are powerful. Noticing is refreshing. Change can be challenging. Imaging and putting this into action is empowering. Reflection is required. With doing things differently comes amazing rewards in who we are, what we do, and how we engage with our self and others. This call for chapters is a little different in that you are invited to select one of the words in the list (or you may suggest another in your proposal) and respond to this word in relation to wellbeing and self-care in the higher education context: Adore Awareness Balance Belonging Boundary Care Compassion Comradeship Confront Connection Creative Curious Disrupt Explore Green Habit Hope Inclusive Innovation Joy Kindness Leading Light New Passion Place Rethink Sound Stop Time Transfer Transform Translate Wild Authors may write from the perspective of: Being an academic tutor Being a sessional Being higher degree research or PhD student Being a leader Early career researcher Mid career researcher End of career researcher Academic Professional staff Researcher Adjunct Research Assistant Research Fellow Key features of the chapter will be: Response to / Reflection on a key word State the context and the transition Share proactive solutions/strategies/approaches that locate your wellbeing/self-care in narrative form First person/Narrative written style One visual narrative (an image/drawing and text) APA7 referencing style 5000 word chapter including references (if abstract is accepted) If you are interested and would like to propose a chapter please share the following details in this online form: One word you are responding to 500 word abstract 150 word bio (if you are writing as co-authors please share a bio for each author) key words Timeline: December 2022 - Call for abstracts opens Feb 24th 2023 - Call for abstracts closes March 2023 - Editors review abstracts April 2023 - Invitation to write chapter sent to authors September (end) 2023 - first draft of chapter due October 2023 - Peer review November/December 2023 - Final chapters due March 2024 - Full manuscript of the entire book to Routledge April - November 2024 - Copy editing & proofs November/December 2024 - Published and celebration Any questions please do reach out to Narelle Lemon ([email protected]) Submission is via online form by midnight February 24th, 2023
New edited book is out (digital version)
Practising Compassion in Higher Education: Caring for Self and Others in Challenging Times
Available via Routledge (in real life version available from Feb 2023)
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https://books.google.com/books/about/Practising_Compassion_in_Higher_Educatio.html?id=BgymEAAAQBAJ
Presenting a collective international story, this book demonstrates the importance of compassion as an act of self-care in the face of change and disruption, providing guidance on how to cope under trying conditions in higher education settings. Practising Compassion in Higher Education presents an opportunity to learn through story and by taking proactive action for our wellbeing. It highlights the need to protect and maintain the wellbeing of staff and students, positioning the COVID-19 pandemic as a major catalyst of disruption. The chapters connect theory with lived experience, exploring self-compassion in work and research, compassion in teaching practice and within the personal/professional blur. The book’s contributors bring a range of theoretical and personal perspectives from various global contexts, sharing their own approaches to self-care and how compassion has become a central and crucial element of this practice. This book takes a unique approach to navigating and surviving the higher education environment and offers valuable lessons for the pandemic era and beyond. This will be an essential resource for students and professionals working in all areas of higher education.
Wilfred Mijnhardt
Yana Suchikova
Narelle Lemon