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Navigating Careers Beyond Academia: Packing for the Journey Ahead
Can we have a round of applause for the British weather, please? Yesterday, I set out bright and breezy into a sunny, clear morning, sporting my nice white summery trousers, ready for a day on campus. By the time I had to head out for my first meeting… APOCALYPSE. Hailstones the size of Maltesers ready…
Research Careers Beyond Academia: A Guide for PhDs outside the ‘hard’ sciences
Three years ago, I started co-running an event focused on research careers beyond academia. Now, I’m not talking about research scientists working in labs ‘in industry’… I’m talking about the many humanities and social sciences PhDs/ former postdocs with research-focused roles (think policy research, social research, qualitative and quantitative research) across all kinds of different…
No Crystal Ball: What PhDs Need to Know About AI and Work
Chat GPT reaches PhD levels of intelligence!AI threatens to eliminate a hundred million jobs! That’s right people, we’re going there. In this post, we’re biting the fourth-industrial-revolution bullet and talking AI. And frankly, it’s about time. Leaving academia can already feel like a huge decision. ‘What if I hate it? If I do, can I…
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