How to Get Loads of Marks

EP 12: Dr Roxanne Stockwell - How graduates get jobs


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Dr Roxanne Stockwell is the Principal of Pearson College London (PCL), and responsible for its strategic direction and academic leadership.  Originally a graduate of the University of Sydney, she has worked as a corporate lawyer, in theatre management, and for the past 20 years in Higher Education. She was previously a director at BPP, with responsibility for its teaching, learning and innovation before taking up the role at Pearson.

Roxanne (known at PCL as "Dr Rox") has recently completed an award-winning doctorate at the University of Bath on the lived experience of university-to-work transition, with implications for work integrated learning.  In this episode she talks about her research and findings.  As well as giving general advice about how to get your head around large complex research topics.

We cover everything from whether you should lie in interviews, to working out niches in academic research, to naked cycling.  It's an interesting one.

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How to Get Loads of MarksBy Chris Jones