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Engineering Early Career Academic Network

The Engineering ECAN (Early Career Academic Network) is working to improve communications between ECAs within Engineering and ensure that opportunities are provided for ECAs to develop networks and gain knowledge in academic career development.

What is an ECA?

UNSW Early Career Academics (ECAs) meet all of the following criteria:

UNSW Academic staff within seven years (relative to opportunity) of having been awarded a PhD or recognised equivalent;
Appointment is at Level A-C.

The term ECA includes any employee who fits the requirements above, irrespective of whether the employment is:

in a research-focused role, an education-focused role, or a combined research and education role; and
in a continuing or fixed-term position.

Additionally, you must also take into account your relevant career opportunity and interruptions.

If you have any questions, please email us at ecanexec@unsw.edu.au

What does ECAN do?

We provide support to ECAs and opportunities for young academics to create new collaboration within the Faculty and across Faculties.

We run a lot of events throughout the year including a promotions event and speed mentoring. To stay up to date subscribe to our email list by contacting HR or contact us via email.

Stay Connected!

Join the Eng. ECAN's Teams here!

Next events

Applying for promotion

Are you thinking of applying for promotion this year? The Engineering ECAN is organising an event to help you prepare for the next round of promotion application. We have invited five experienced panels who had been in the panellist or successfully been promoted in recent years. They will provide tips for your promotion application.

When: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, Friday 9 July 2021
Where: online Panel Discussion via MS Teams
Chair: Dr Inma Tomeo-Reyes

Panel members:

Prof Con Doolan from MME, Associate Dean (Academic Programs) of FoE, Panellist for promotion in 2020.
Dr Alison Ciesla from SPREE, promoted from level A to B, Research Focused (RF).
Dr Shiva Abdoli from MME, promoted from level A to B, Education Focused (EF) to Education & Research track (E&R).
Dr Mahmood Sadat-Noori from CEE, promoted from level A to B, E&R to RF.
Dr Patrick Burr from MME, promoted from level B to C, E&R.

Networking Morning Tea

[COVID-19] Morning coffees are moving online! Join us for a morning coffee to meet your fellow Engineering ECAs.

Our virtual coffee breaks are hosted on the Eng ECAN Teams.

CONNECTIONS Seminar Series

We run the seminar series CONNECTIONS. The seminars are around the faculty of Engineering priority areas: Biomedical and Health, Civil Environment, Enabling Technologies, Energy, and Water. The speakers are early ECAs and everyone across the faculty is invited to attend.

[COVID-19] The seminar series will be hosted as webseminars. Stay tuned more information to come on this page as well as through our mailing list, Yammer and Eng. ECA Teams.

If you are interested to present your work, don't hesitate to contact us by MS Teams or email us at ecanexec@unsw.edu.au

Past Connections