Careers month

June is Careers Month. It will include weekly briefing sessions, quick career queries, and careers-focussed blog posts.

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What is Careers Month?

During June 2024, the Institute for Academic Development Research Staff Career Consultants will be providing dedicated careers support each week.

Eligibility

Our career support is open to research staff on fixed term contracts (research assistants and associates, post-docs, and research fellows) and academic teaching staff on fixed term contracts (teaching assistants and teaching fellows). This does not include academic staff on open-ended lecturing contracts

Aims

Careers month was set up to complement our core careers programme, by providing dedicated careers support on popular topics. The month will include weekly briefing sessions, quick career queries and blog posts. 

Programme

Date & time Workshop / event Location How to book
Wednesday 5th June 12:00 - 12:45pm Careers Briefing Session: Decision Making Online Booking link - book via P&M Learning App
Tuesday 11th June 12:00 - 12:45pm Narrative CVs Briefing Session Online Booking link - book via P&M Learning App
Tuesday 18th June - various timeslots Short 20-minute 1:1 career consultations Online

Booking link - book via P&M Learning App

Please check under 'Available Offerings' to see the various timeslots
Wednesday 19th June, 9.30 – 11am Principal Investigator (PI) Researcher Realities on effective career development conversations On campus Booking link - book via P&M Learning App
Wednesday 19th June - all day

The Careers Services’ PhD Horizons Conference

This event is open to UoE Research Staff

 McEwan Hall PhD Horizons Conference - find out more
Date TBC Recruitment Consultant Insight Session Online Booking link will be added here soon

How to get involved

  • Book onto a briefing session or book a quick queries consultation
  • We will be blogging each week from blogs.ed.ac.uk/iad4researchers. Subscribe to our blog to ensure you are notified of news and kept up to date
  • Follow @researchersated and use the #IADCareersMonth

Resources and Support

Supporting research cultures

This activity has been developed by The Institute for Academic Development to improve the University of Edinburgh research cultures as part of the University's research cultures action plan.

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