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Handy bits of advice and thoughts on careers
Applying for Teaching only Academic Positions
Increasingly UK universities are advertising teaching only positions. What do you need to know? Where do you start? Today’s blog is a topic that I know is top of mind when people are looking at those next career steps. So, we're going to be looking at what a teaching...
Articulating Leadership and Management
Job descriptions often ask for leadership or management experience but what if you've 'just' been a postdoc? The focus of this blog is all about how we can articulate leadership – perhaps when we don’t feel we have it? How can we articulate leadership and management?...
Moving to Industry
Postdocs often want to 'move into industry'. But what does that mean? What do you need to know? Where do you start? In today’s blog we are going to be looking at how we make those baby steps into industry and what it means. What is industry? I often work with postdocs...
5 key academic interview questions (and how to answer them)
Interviews can be daunting but preparation really does help! I'll outline some difficult but common academic interview questions Today's blog is all about something that I know people really struggle with, which is interview questions. Our focus for today is academic...
Applying for Fellowships? The 3Ps
What are the 3Ps and why are they important when applying for a fellowship? Are you thinking about applying for fellowships? The topic of my blog today about the 3Ps, what they are and why they are important. The 3Ps are very, very simple but they are the key...
Are you stuck? Ideation ideas for researchers
Being creative is tough! And as researchers we need to come up with new ideas all the time. How can we come up with ideas? I’ve got lots and lots of ideas on the subject so I’m going to take you for a quick whistle stop tour. This is one of my favourite topics! I love...
