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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…
Thank’s to everyone who came along to the second running of this Career Essential’s session, and great contributions and discussion! If you are in FSE, keep an eye out for a full day workshop on Planning an Academic Career and Academic CVs (with lunch in the middle) coming to a location near you in March…
As we said to archaeology students who want to be archaeologists (Myth #2), if you’re undertaking a Masters or PhD with every intention of working as an academic, then absolutely go for it. But if you’re becoming a bit disenchanted with research then there’s no reason your postgraduate degree can’t take you down other avenues.…
UPDATE: Although registration for the main Pathways event is now closed, if you would like to attend the Guangdong University of Technology presentation, please register online. The presentation is 12 noon in Room C9 of the Renold Building. On Thursday, June 4th at 12:00 pm as part of Pathways, Professors Bao Hong and Liu Yijun…
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I love Pathways, our annual PhD careers options mega-event – and it turns out I’m not the only one. Here’s a great guest post from Chris Manley, Senior Careers Consultant at Warwick University who visited Pathways this year, gratefully reproduced from The Careers Blog at Warwick. Life after the PhD – by Chris Manley The…
“How to find a job” is a hot topic at the moment, with employers popping up all over campus and at careers events, so I’ve put my “Finding a job” talks for Masters and PhDs online. Even if you couldn’t make it to the talks in person, you can now see, and hear, what I…
I’ve arranged a series of postgrad talks, taking place over the next few weeks. They’re open to all UoM postgrads, whichever school or faculty, so just come along. Unfortunately, central timetabling seem to be overwhelmed this year, so we don’t yet have rooms allocated – hoping this gets fixed before this Friday (4th October), when…
We’re currently recruiting PhDs to tutor on our undergraduate “Manchester Leadership Programme” (MLP) in the coming academic year. These vacancies are aimed at PhDs who already have some experience of teaching and assessing, preferably at university undergraduate level. If you have an interest in sustainability in its broadest sense, whether economic, environmental or social the…
If you’re a humanities* PhD who came to our graduate fairs, you may have ended up feeling like a poor relation to all those science PhDs – or even undergraduates. Don’t despair! Humanities PhDs do develop challenging, satisfying careers but your job search strategies probably need to differ from many other graduates or PhDs. The…
We’re now close enough to Pathways: Career Options for Doctoral Researchers to give you advance info on the programme, panels and panellists. We’re always wary of doing this beforehand because things change daily. Therefore, they come with a health warning that you can never absolutely predict who will turn up on the day! So, here’s…
