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Guest blog written by Charlotte Criscuolo, PhD Cancer Sciences student If you are finishing your postgraduate degree and looking for work, this is a blog for you! I am a PhD student studying Cancer Sciences and in the past few months I have been writing my thesis whilst applying for jobs. It’s been stressful but…
Written by Samantha Oates-Miller, Careers Insights and Graduate Support Assistant at the Careers Service Congratulations to everyone who is graduating from 2020 and 2021. We are so proud of all your achievements and hope you enjoy celebrating your successes with friends, family and staff. We caught up with five of our 2021 graduates to find…
Read more Graduand stories: lessons learned and life post-University
Samantha Oates-Miller, Career Insights and Graduate Support Assistant Congratulations to everyone who is graduating during the next three weeks. We are so proud of all your achievements and hope you enjoy celebrating your successes with friends, family and staff. Whether you completed your degree a few months ago, or over a year ago, you might…
Guest blog written by Minerva Ledezma Martínez (PhD in Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences, 2019) Minerva graduated from The University of Manchester in 2019 with a PhD in Chemical Engineering and Analytical Sciences. She currently holds a Senior Consultant Engineer role in a global technology company which provides software and consulting services for the refining…
Read more Graduate perspective: Lessons learned on a path towards a PhD
Guest blog written by Camille Yasmina Lorfing (MPhys Physics with Astrophysics, 2020) Camille graduated from The University of Manchester in 2020. She is currently working towards a PhD in Solar and Plasma Physics at UCL’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory in Surrey. “We often say that a degree in physics is a degree in problem solving,…
Read more Graduate perspective: What it’s like to be a PhD student in Astrophysics
Worried about whether it’s possible to find a job for PhDs in these tricky times? We regularly see PhDs for practice interviews so we know that finding a job in a pandemic is possible. Here’s just one example of a recent PhD job hunting success, from Dr Hannah Thurgur: Lockdown 1.0 was announced just as…
Read more PhD Careers: Finding a job amidst a global pandemic
Collaboration Labs currently has an open call for Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers to receive fully-funded professional training, bespoke coaching and research consultancy opportunities for business and academic collaboration. What is the Collaboration Labs programme? Collaboration Labs is an ESRC funded Knowledge Exchange programme facilitated by The University of Manchester, with the support of the…
Read more Humanities PhDs: Want to try research consultancy?
Written by Jenny Sloan, Careers Consultant at The Careers Service If you’re coming to the end of your master’s, you may be facing a dilemma about what to do next. Should you look for graduate jobs or consider pursuing a PhD? Both routes have pros and cons, and it’s important you make the right decision…
Read more 4 questions to ask yourself if you’re thinking about doing a PhD
Written by Elizabeth Wilkinson, Careers Consultant at The Careers Service If you’ve taken part in the flurry of vivas which happen before Christmas – congratulations on getting this far. We’re here to help with your next step. Some of you will have sailed through with no corrections, but it’s much more normal to have a…
Written by Sarah Davison, Phd Student and Freelance Writer Being an undergraduate student comes with the cheerful stereotype that you live in your overdraft, and in 2015, an Endsleigh survey found that up to 77% of UK university students work part-time alongside theirs studies to fund necessities. Unfortunately, the jobs available to students – who…
Read more How to succeed in Freelancing, from a Student Freelancer
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