We in the Cambridge Careers Service would like to thank the postdoc community at the University of Cambridge for all that you are, and all that you do. We meet you every day in our appointments and at events across Cambridge, and are constantly impressed by your commitment and inspired by your research.
Read on for more of what we appreciate about you.
Anne Forde, Careers Consultant, highlights some of the take-home messages from a guest speaker at our Careers Beyond Research event.
The biggest growth seems to be ‘behind the scenes’ – producing content”. Anne Forde, Careers Consultant here at the CS, dives into some top tips from a recent panel we held
Chiara Giuliano talks about taking her research expertise from academia to her role as in vivo scientist, central nervous system expert in the Safety Pharmacology Team at AstraZeneca, which she started in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020Dr Aled Parry is a Welcome Trust Sir Henry Wellcome fellow at the Babraham Institute. In his short podcast with the Postdoc Careers Service, Aled talks about his journey from PhD to fellowship holder. Although Aled’s PhD is from CRUK-CI, his first degree was at Bath. Aled describes the process of finding a suitable idea to work on, identifying funders who might be prepared to back it and the time and commitment it took to finally secure his fellowship
Aled’s podcast is one in a series making up The Fellowship Sessions – a mix of on-demand content, virtual live panels with fellowship holders and senior academics, and a virtual Funders’ Fair which only happens every 2 years. To hear more, visit the playlist on the Careers Service’s YouTube channel.
Aled is a guest panellist at a live virtual panel on 14th January on early career postdoc fellows, book now to join him and fellow panellists.
