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Graduate stories: lessons learned and life post-2021 graduation

Written by Samantha Oates-Miller, Careers Insights and Graduate Support Assistant at the Careers Service Congratulations to all our December 2021 graduates on your well-deserved success! We hope you enjoy your graduation ceremony and wish you the very best with your next steps after University. Here at the Careers Service we love to celebrate the successes…

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Careers Toolkit for December 2021 graduates

Samantha Oates-Miller, Career Insights and Graduate Support Assistant Congratulations on graduating! Your hard work and commitment has paid off. We hope you enjoy celebrating your successes and achievements with friends and family. However, if you’re feeling a bit nervous about finishing your degree, don’t worry. The Careers Service is here for you now, and for…

Graduate perspective: Lessons learned on a path towards a PhD

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…

Graduate perspective: What it’s like to be a PhD student in Astrophysics

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,…

PhD Careers: Finding a job amidst a global pandemic

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…

Humanities PhDs: Want to try research consultancy?

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…

4 questions to ask yourself if you’re thinking about doing a PhD

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…

Got the PhD? Now for the job search

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…

How to succeed in Freelancing, from a Student Freelancer

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…

Public Engagement and Academia – Some Things to Consider for Manchester Early Career Researchers (ECRs)

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…

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