Career advice

Tips and resources for building a successful academic career and how to enhance your reputation or move into industry

By Eliza.Compton, 1 August, 2024
Middlesex University vice-chancellor Shân Wareing talks about the need to make the path to senior roles transparent and why confidence is not the be-all and end-all of leadership
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33minutes
By kiera.obrien, 1 August, 2024
How can we establish and develop evaluation activities to show what support and interventions affect the student experience, as well as their learning, outcomes and destinations?
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 29 July, 2024
Connections and collaborations can help PhD students (and their supervisors) cut through the isolation of research. Here’s how to leverage those links into employability
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien, 23 July, 2024
Developing industry experience is often the last thing on the minds of the PhD community, but nurturing partnerships between academia and industry can enrich the journey, believes Maria-Christina Vogkli
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3minutes
By Laura.Duckett, 17 July, 2024
As teachers, we should continue to learn and reflect to equip ourselves with the skills, knowledge, expertise and other characteristics to cope with the complex and dynamic changes and challenges ahead of us, writes Adrian Man-Ho Lam
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5minutes
By kiera.obrien, 17 July, 2024
How can universities enhance their student career support in response to the rapidly evolving employment landscape? Kelvin Cheng recommends three approaches to prepare students for better careers
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3minutes
By Laura.Duckett, 15 July, 2024
Management is rewarding, but managing people is not an easy task. It takes commitment and genuine passion to develop and empower people to achieve their very best, writes Colleen Robinson-Hunte
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4minutes