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As part of my career, I
took a lot of roles on,

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and I started as a visiting
lecturer for the university.

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I started with very
few modules, and then I

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increased as my
experience increased.

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I became a committee member
for different committees

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in the university.

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I became a Research Officer
for the Research Centre.

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I started to assist
members of the team

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with their publications,
and with really

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more administrative tasks, that
they might not have time to do.

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Right now, I've started
to take responsibilities

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as a scrutineer.

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I review journal articles
for a specific journal,

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and I am working as a 
Research Analyst for The Froebel

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Trust.

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So I look at the
process of research

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through a really broader
lens, even on the way

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that the research has an
impact on the current system.

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The main challenges
that I encountered

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is obviously to juggle
so many roles together,

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while remaining
efficient in your work.

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And the benefits is, obviously,
my work has expanded.

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My network has expanded.

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I have a lot more
opportunities to be invited

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for presentations, to
collaborate on publications,

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and I have gained a
lot of confidence.

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I have really
recognised my strengths,

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so my imposter syndrome has
gone a little bit quieter now.

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Obviously, it's always
there for everyone,

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but now I'm really sure
of where my strengths are,

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and what I can really bring to
the field of higher education.

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I think the crucial
advice, which I probably

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wish I'd figured it out
myself, 10 or 15 years ago,

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is that you need to learn
when you can say no,

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as well as when you
need to say yes,

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and to think really carefully
about what's involved in that.

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It's always really
flattering to be asked.

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And what you're asked
to do is almost always

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really interesting.

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So you have to
think very carefully

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about what you'll not be doing,
if you're doing this instead,

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and weigh up and balance that.

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And I guess it's also
thinking realistically

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about what you have time to do.

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So one of the
challenges I find is

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that there are things
that I want to say yes to,

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but I know I won't have
time to do it properly.

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And in that case, it's
better that I say no.

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It's better that I let somebody
else have that opportunity, who

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can really gain from it, who
has the time to do it well,

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than it becomes something
that I do half-neglectfully,

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feeling guilty about,
working on in the evenings,

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instead of spending time
with family, for example.