Author: Careers Service
Postdoc Appreciation Week 2023
Thank you, Postdocs!
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.
The process of making a career transition from research to a non-research role
Anne Forde, Careers Consultant, highlights some of the take-home messages from a guest speaker at our Careers Beyond Research event.
Careers Beyond Research Networking Event
Marloes Tijssen highlights some of the take-home messages from the event.
What I learned about radio broadcasting and podcast careers
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
Making it in Academia: It is all about FIT!
Marloes Tijssen summarises key messages around fit from the ‘Making it in Academia’ panel discussions.
Thank you, Postdocs! – Postdoc Appreciation week 2021
Insights from lockdown: flexible working in academic research is possible!
Marloes Tijssen talks through her experiences of successfully running a research group that promoted flexible working and a culture of feedback – long before the pandemic. With reflections from others, this blog aims to show you that flexible working can work for many people.
Academia to Industry: Chiara Giuliano on the shift from specialised to dynamic work
Aled’s fellowship story…at a glance
Dr 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.