Inaugural professorial lecture of Professor Jill Dickinson

In this lecture, Professor Jill Dickinson will draw on experiences of working within law and academia to explore professional identity and career transitions.

Professor Jill Dickinson will draw on her dual experiences of working within law firms and academia to explore interpretations of professional identity, and how it can impact individuals who may be navigating transitions in their career journeys. Through the session, Jill will draw on examples from her interdisciplinary research around professional development and place-making, and the intersections between them, to examine the importance of professional identity within the context of career development. In addition, Jill will highlight some of the creative methods that she has used for the research and related practice initiatives. As Professor of Law and Professional Development, Jill will also weave in stories from her own career journey and share how those experiences continue to drive and influence her current research and practice.

This lecture is part of Leeds Beckett University's inaugural professional lecture series.

Professor Jill Dickinson

Professor Jill Dickinson is: a Principal Fellow (Advance HE); Solicitor (non-practising); Recognised Practitioner in Advising with UK Advising and Tutoring; Recognised Research Supervisor with the UK Council for Graduate Education; and a Level 7 qualified Executive Coach. Jill’s research explores professional development and place-making, and the intersections between them, and has achieved an Emerald Literati Award. She particularly enjoys bringing teams of students, colleagues, and external partners together to develop collaborations around research and knowledge exchange, teaching and learning, and employability.

This event will also be live-sketchnoted by Buttercrumble

"I first came across Buttercrumble’s work when I attended a conference-style event at another university. As the first speaker brought up their slides and started to present their research, I spotted another, separate screen where the speaker’s words were further being brought to life via live sketchnoting. I’d never seen this done before!

It was fascinating to see Buttercrumble pick out elements of the presentation to highlight, the different ways in which they represented them, and also how they linked those components together as a seamless whole.

It struck me that this complementary multimodality really helped to further: capture the audience’s attention, increase accessibility, and foster inclusivity. As a researcher, I really enjoy drawing on creative methods and find them particularly helpful for facilitating engagement, stimulating curiosity and thinking, and generating rich insights.

I am delighted to have this opportunity to work with Buttercrumble on my inaugural professorial lecture, and excited to see how they will represent the lecture in live sketchnote form."

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