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by Stephen Gordon* *completed PhD in 2013 and has held numerous postdoctoral positions and student support roles; worked as an Advisor in the University of Manchester Careers Service since 2016 The term ‘public engagement’ can seem like an anathema to some aspiring academics. As a medievalist – and, it should be said, not the most extraverted…
You’ve probably heard or seen quite a bit about The Grad Fair happening next week. It’s one of The University’s biggest Careers Fairs and this year there will be over 140 exhibitors attending, offering local and national graduate jobs, further study courses and other opportunities for students graduating in 2018. Yes exams and deadlines are…
Read more 3 reasons to attend the Graduate Recruitment Fair (GradFair)
by Stephen Gordon* *completed PhD in 2013 and has held numerous postdoctoral positions and student support roles; worked as an Advisor in the University of Manchester Careers Service since 2016 The period following the completion of a PhD is often fraught with uncertainty. I know it was for me. After four long years (comprising an ~80,000…
Read more Finishing Your Humanities PhD? Tips on How to Get Ahead in Academia
If you’re a science student who loves science, it can sometimes feel like all the jobs are for business students, engineers or computer scientists. This is to reassure you that there are ways of finding science jobs – if you know where to look. Two alternatives are: a) Look for science jobs which are being…
Are you passionate about your subject area? Would you like the opportunity to work with local school children? …then the Widening Participation Fellow programme might be for you! The Student Recruitment and Widening Participation Team is currently recruiting non-final year PhD students for the position of Widening Participation Fellows. These positions support the University’s…
Read more PhDs – Want teaching experience and an opportunity to make the world a nicer place?
Manchester Leadership Programme is recruiting eTutors for 2016/17 The Manchester Leadership Programme is keen to hear from current PhD students who are interested in joining our pool of eTutors for 2016/17. eTutors are responsible for tutoring groups of approximately 25 undergraduate students, leading online discussion groups, conducting face-to-face tutorials and assessing students’ work. Tutors are […]
Read more Doing a PhD? Want experience in teaching? And elearning? Read on!
Each year we run a major university-wide programme, “Pathways – Career Options for Researchers”. This article also contains links to advice on networking and how to use case studies of other people’s career to help you develop your own under How can I prepare? (useful even if you’ve been to Pathways before – or aren’t…
This month – getting started and getting on in a new job, a somewhat unexpected take on your career after your masters… and what’s on CareersLink. The Florentine statesman, writer and philosopher Niccolo Machaivelli was born on May 3rd 1469. Many of you may be familiar with Signor Machiavelli through the word “machiavellian” –…
Closing date for applications: 29 May 2017 Interviews will be held June 8th. The University of Manchester Careers Service is looking to recruit a number of Applications Advisers, working as part of the busy careers team to provide 1-1 advice to students and graduates on their job application techniques. See http://www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/services/applicationsadvice/ We employ a pool…
A lot of interesting things happened in May 2016. Leicester City won the Premier League at 5000-1 odds, Sadiq Khan became the first ever Muslim mayor of a major Western city, and I turned 21 years old. It was a pretty good month, if you ask me. May 2016 was also the month that I’d…
