Professor Wendy Wills, Primary and Community Care (CRIPACC) University of Hertfordshire. I have always been interested in food and, more specifically, why people eat what they eat. As a young girl, I was part of a family wholly immersed in the consumption of cake; Sunday tea with my grandparents was a weekly feature of…>
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Tips For The Transition From Academia To Industry
Changing your career path from Academia to Industry can be stressful, from deciding what changes you want to make to deciphering how to show potential employers that you have the skills to excel in a role in their organisation.
From Academia to Industry and Back
I have always thought of myself as an academic person: somebody that would never leave the university research environment for Industry, and would try and climb through the ranks, aspiring one day to become a researcher and eventually a Professor.
PhD Opportunities And Funding In Sweden
If watching Wallander and The Bridge has opened your eyes to both the beauty of this Northern European nation and its socio-political system, if you study a subject with a strong Swedish angle, or if you are simply branching out in your search for a fully-funded PhD Opportunities, Sweden is worth a second look.
Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy Practice; School of Life and Medical Sciences
University of Hertfordshire. Roohi Mehra, I attended a grammar School for girls and during my time there, I realised that Science was one of my strengths. I identified a degree that interested me, the MPharm, which also had good graduate prospects. This was important, as I entered Higher Education at a time when tuition…>
Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care (CRIPACC);
School of Health and Social Work. Dr Faith Ikioda “You Have to be determined if you are to make something happen. You need to take responsibility and learn. Knowledge is power.” I was good at Science at school and ended up completing a BSc in Geography in Nigeria. However, I graduated feeling very disillusioned. It…>
Professor of Nursing and Associate Dean
Professor Sally Kendall, Professor of Nursing, Director of the Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care (CRIPACC) and Associate Dean of Research (School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire). From ‘Nurse’, to ‘Professor’, to job-sharing ‘Associate Dean of Research’. “You can’t sit back and wait for things to drop in your…>
Principal Lecturer in Pharmacology and non-executive Chairman of Health organisation, School of Life
Dr Rachel Fox, Principal Lecturer in Pharmacology and non-executive Chairman of Health organisation (School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire). Principal Lecturer and Chairman. “I recognise I am very lucky. The benefit of working at the University is that it is very flexible, and especially for women, and for all working parents…>
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire
Dr Louise MacKenzie, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology (School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire). From postdoc to Senior Lecturer “Every time I would get to the last few months of my contract I would think ‘Oh no, what am I going to do next?’ “ I had never classified myself strictly as…>