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Transferable Skills From Your PhD

Your PhD does not only make you an expert in your field, but also provides you with crucial skills that make you an attractive employee for a wide range of positions…

Three key tips for successful grant-writing

There’s one tool every academic needs, and that’s research funding. Every academic needs to write grant proposals – and, of course, they ought to be successful ones. Grant writing is a craft, and because it’s a different craft from other kinds of writing, it can seem like a daunting challenge.

Moving PhD research forward while navigating a new normal

Reflect on the pandemic, give yourself the opportunity to learn from the experience, and move your research forward.

Tomas Badger – International Reputation Marketing Officer

Tomas Badger, International Reputation Marketing Officer at the University of Birmingham talk to us about his career in the higher education sector.

Working from home on your PhD

Seven tips for staying motivated when working from home on your PhD During COVID-19 we all pivoted to working from home, almost overnight. As we are nearing the 1,5-year mark of this global pandemic, we know that the nature of work has changed. Many companies will adopt a hybrid model, allowing employees to work some…>

Research in Academic Careers

It is easy to get disheartened when thinking about research in academic careers. The endless quest for funding, the sense of wasted effort and feeling wounded when we are rejected. In this post I offer an alternative, positive way of thinking about research in academic careers. This is based on two principles:

How to Prepare for a Viva on Zoom

This article breaks down the steps you can go through to prepare yourself for a successful viva on Zoom! One of the last steps a PhD candidate goes through before becoming a Doctor is the PhD viva, short for viva voce. The viva is the oral examination of the PhD dissertation. The examiners have read…>

Balancing Academic Research and Teaching

Many Early Career Researchers (ECRs) working in higher education institutions (HEIs) might tell you that simply running the gauntlet between research and teaching did not adequately prepare them for a career in academia.

Interview with Chung Bang Yun, Qiushi Chair Professor

Throughout his career, Chung Bang Yun has held many additional roles alongside his core employment, such as serving as Editor-in-Chief for an international research journal and holding the presidential position for a number of academic societies.

Completing a Job Application

The prospect of completing a job application can be quite daunting at the best of times, and more so if you haven’t done one for a while or if you have several to do in a short space of time. This article provides some practical tips about getting started and moving through this process.