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Dr Alan McAlpine
Title
Dr
Forname
Alan
Surname
McAlpine
Gender
Male
Date record last updated
Monday 19 July 2010
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Preferred contact address:
Careers & Employment Queensland University of Technology Garden's Point Campus Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Regions prepared to work:
East of England; London; Midlands; North West; Scotland and Northern Ireland; South East; South West and Wales; Yorkshire and North East; International 
Telephone:
+61 7 3138 2572
E-mail:
a.mcalpine@qut.edu.au
Website
http://www.careers.qut.edu.au/aboutus/staff/

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Job title:
Manager
Current institution:
Queensland University of Technology
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Relevant qualifications:
Masters in Counselling (QUT - 2007) Ph.D. Biochemistry (University of Edinburgh - 1992) Bsc. Biology (Paisley College of Technology - 1987)
Personal profile:
Manager of an overseas Career Service. Many years of Grad School experience, strong interests in developing postgraduate researchers having a science background and now a strong knowledge of career development.
Biography:
Alan McAlpine – Manager - Careers & Employment Queensland University of Technology Alan McAlpine graduated in the UK with a B.Sc. in Biology and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry. His research focus entailed investigating protein structures. His career entailed a series of postdoctoral research positions and ultimately a career change into the people development field. Alan worked with the Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC) in Cambridge, UK designing and delivering career development courses for PhD students, building his training and people development skills as well as in project management. Alan arrived in Brisbane, for the second time, early in 2000 and worked on similar career development projects with Trevor-Roberts Associates (a career consultancy). A lot of his time was spent helping individuals to achieve that elusive career and life balance. Alan developed a program which allowed students and Young Professionals to work together and enhance their skills to further their careers. Alan moved to New Zealand in April 2004 to take up the first Australasian appointment of postgraduate careers counsellor before returning to Brisbane and QUT in a similar role early in 2005. He has recently taken on the management role, looking after Careers & Employment and is thoroughly enjoying the challenge. His outside interests primarily revolve around his family at present. He has a five year old son, whom he is desperately trying to introduce to the ‘real game’ of football; one of Alan’s sporting interests.
Audience:
  • Careers service personnel
  • Human resource professionals
  • Postgraduate researchers
  • Postgraduate skills trainers
  • Principal investigators
  • Research staff
  • Senior staff in HE
  • Staff developers/trainers
  • Supervisors
 

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Type of work:
  • Coaching
  • Distance learning design / delivery
  • e-learning design / delivery
  • Event management
  • Mentoring
  • Research into skills development
  • Training delivery
  • Training design and development
Subject areas:
  • Career development
  • Evaluation and feedback mechanisms
  • Interpersonal skills development
  • Leadership
  • Research relating to skills and career development
  • Training needs analysis/reflective practice/PDP
  • Well-being and work life balance
Experience of delivering
Vitae programmes:
  • GRADschool Tutor

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Additional information:
Based in Australia, but do make it back to the UK from time to time. Keen to keep up the links with the UK and also happy to host any visitors wishing to see how things are progressing in Australia.