Academic Study - Your Path to Career Longevity? | Samantha Newbery

It’s no surprise to any working operator that real-world,
practical hands-on experience is crucial to success on the job.
But what about having a theoretical knowledge or an academic
understanding of intelligence? 


This week we’re talking with Dr. Samantha Newbery, senior Reader
in Intelligence Studies at the University of Salford, to get a
better grasp of why having a broader knowledge and academic
understanding of intelligence is even relevant for today's EP
professional and how it applies to the corporate security
world.  


Join us as we pick Dr. Newbery’s brain on: 


Whether tomorrow's EP professional is going to be required to
just have a little more context and academic scope when
operating?

What the difference is between open-source intelligence
courses and the academic study of intelligence?

What is the value of academic studies and intelligence to the
real world?

A reverse question - who shouldn't be doing academic training
in this area. Is there any category of person? Perhaps some stage
of someone's career? Who shouldn't do it?

What does one need to do in preparation before embarking on a
master's degree?

Why are ethics and intelligence gathering as such an
important issue?

Is it more difficult to do studies about intelligence in the
private sector? 



With the drawdown in Afghanistan and colleagues looking at what
to do next, could this be an area for EPs to gravitate to? We’ll
have to see what time will tell on that. But we can take a cue
from Dr. Newbery in deciphering that when she says:


In intelligence studies, we call it ‘signals and noise’.
The vast amount of data that you get is the noise. But
“intelligence” are the signals that are actually significant to
you amongst all that noise 


For more about Dr. Newbery: Dr. Samantha
Newbery is leader in International Security at the University of
Salford, Manchester. A political scientist, her expertise
lies in intelligence and security. She is regularly invited
to speak to academic audiences as well as to security
professionals and has made numerous TV and radio appearances. Her
publications include Interrogation, Intelligence and
Security: Controversial British Techniques, the first book to
systematically analyze the British use of interrogation
techniques that can be described as torture. Why Spy? The
Art of Intelligence was co-authored with Brian T.W. Stewart
CMG, a former Deputy Chief of MI6 and Secretary of the Cabinet
Office’s Joint Intelligence Committee, is available in paperback.


LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-samantha-newbery-87511080/


Why
Spy? https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/why-spy/