In 2000, Oxford Brookes University recruited Juliet Gardiner from Middlesex University to head the academic publishing courses at the Oxford Centre for Publishing Studies. She quickly established herself as an effective academic leader, an inspiring teacher, and an empathetic personal tutor.
Career change
Less than a year later, Headline offered her a publishing advance that would give her the financial independence to launch herself as a full-time writer. She was deeply conflicted by the thought of leaving her colleagues and students.
Colleagues' support
Despite knowing she would be greatly missed, her colleagues encouraged her to seize the opportunity to fulfill what seemed her manifest destiny. This decision proved to be more than justified.
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