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What are the things apart from academics, if a Professor learns, will be helpful in long run?

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RE: What are the things apart from academics, if a Professor learns, will be helpful in long run?

Dr Aparna
Dr Aparna
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Thank you for choosing Meracareerguide and writing to us. I am glad to help you with this query. I am a Management researcher practicing in the UK and I would like to contribute some valuable points apart from the ones that Mr Deepak Rana has already penned down in here. A Professorship is a very demanding, challenging and highly responsible position. A Professor is expected to engage in both teaching and research. So, it could be definitely said that a Professor cannot be restricted only to teaching. Some of the skills a Professor is expected to demonstrate are:

1. Creativity: A professor should learn to creatively engage his audience while teaching or producing his/her research findings.
2. Critical analysis: A professor should learn to critically acclaim his peer's research findings. A professor should develop critical thinking and critical writing skills especially when dealing with research in social science subjects like Economics, Management, Psychology or the Sociology. They should develop critical inquiry skills to point out the plus and minus in their peers research work.
3. Continuous research: A professor is expected to conduct continuous research to address the changes in industrialization in the recent era. A professor is expected to set up a research lab or research centre at the University where they work. They should produce their research findings in terms of articles and newsletters representing their research centre.
4. Engage with industries: A Professor is expected to engage with industries to understand the gap between theory and practice. Industries will be going through many issues and it is a professor's scholarship that will enable him/her to address such issues. Industries will be benefited as their issues are addressed and the Professor could also contribute to the existing literature by expanding his research.
5. Engage with journal publishing: A professor is expected to be a part of journal publishing. They should engage with standard national and international journals and work as Editors, Associate Editors or as Chief Editors to critically evaluate the research papers submitted to the journals.
6. Engage with other schools of research: A professor is highly expected to engage with other academic researchers not only from his/her own institution but even beyond it. They should interact with researchers from other schools or institutions to expand their work. They can work as a Visiting Professor by visiting other institutions for at least a semester and conducting teaching. They can also work as a Visiting Researcher by periodically visiting other research centres in their field and develop the research activities.

Hope this helps.

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