Interviews can be nerve-racking experiences. Academic job interviews, in particular, can be all-day events which usually involve a panel interview of three or more people and a lecture or presentation to future colleagues.
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How to Secure a Job after your PhD – Google+ Hangout on Air
jobs.ac.uk organised a live video Q&A on the subject of ‘How to secure a job after your PhD’. Our panel of experts answered questions from our audience covering:
7 Habits of Successful Early Career Researchers
Have you got your first job as a researcher? Watch our short video to pick up some good habits to help you get started and become a successful researcher!
PhD Vlog Week 1 – Abigail Robertson
Want to get a real insight into what it’s like to do a PhD? Meet our vlogger Abigail Robertson a second-year PhD student in Medieval Studies at the University of New Mexico. In week 1 Abigail shares tips on life as a PhD student. Follow the vlogging month as we invite five PhD students…>
Competencies needed for collaboration
Use our decision tree to find out what competencies are needed and how they can be developed at each stage in the collaboration process. Our top tips for successful collaborations across disciplinary and geographic boundaries are: Understand the characteristics of collaboration – formal and informal and identify which you seek Identify the competencies you will…>
Making Academic Collaboration Work
In their 2012 paper, ‘The how and why of academic collaboration: disciplinary differences and policy implications’, Lewis, Ross and Holden argued that there was a useful distinction to be made between collaboration (lowercase c) and Collaboration (capital C). The idea is that, whether we recognize it formally or not, almost all academics engage in the…>
The immigration toolkit for international PhD students
Immigration adviser Jo Holliday explores the options for PhD students from outside the European Union who want to stay in the UK to look for work, start work or set up in business. These include some of the better known routes under the UK Points Based System (PBS) as well as some of the other…>
Digital identity health check for academics
There are many benefits of having an online profile as an academic and this ebook will guide you through how to perform a ‘health check’ on your own digital presence. Digital tools and social media offer new channels to enhance your work and its reach. You can: Make new connections and collaborate across geographic boundaries…>
PhD Vlog Week 2: Abigail Robertson
Meet our vlogger Abigail Robertson a second-year PhD student in Medieval Studies at the University of New Mexico. In week 2 Abigail shares tips leading up to a presentation as well as insight into doing a PhD in America. Ready to start your PhD journey? Search for PhDs here
Working as Librarians
What do librarians do? The profession once known as ‘librarianship’ has now taken on many different names, and consequently, the role of librarians has also changed in some cases. No longer are librarians simply the custodians of shelves of books, but they also have to look after electronic resources too. So, some librarian posts are…>
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