A short series of 'Career Conversations' videos. Career ConversationsA series of short interviews providing guidance on how to advance your career and move into other sectors:Career Conversations: Dr Sara Shinton Part 1Dr Sara Shinton discusses how she moved from a physical chemistry postdoc into career services. Career Conversations: Dr Sara Shinton Part 2Dr Sara Shinton discusses how she moved from running her own consultancy into researcher development. Career Conversations: Dr Emily WoollenDr Emily Woollen discusses how she moved from a fixed-term research contract to academic development. Career Conversations: Dr Caroline ProctorDr Caroline Proctor discusses how she moved from research in medical history to managing the administration of the School of Biological Sciences' Postgraduate Research Programmes. Career Conversations: Dr Katrina CastleDr Katrina Castle discusses her move from conducting research in agricultural microbiology to becoming Head of Strategic Partnerships and Transitions Career Conversations: Dr Fran BasebyDr Francesca Baseby discusses moving from a PhD in Art History to become Service Manager in the Centre for Research Collections. Career inspirationMany universities, professional bodies and networks have developed banks of case studies to help researchers see the wide range of career paths they can move into and to share insights from people who have made successful transitions.Though your own career path will be unique, hopefully you will find ideas and inspiration from reading about others.It can be useful to understand the barriers others have faced, how they have approached and overcome potential problems, and the sources of support they drew upon.Case study bankCollege of Medicine of Veterinary Medicine - career conversations in CMVMVitae: What do research staff do next? - career storiesVitae: Database of careers storiesBeyond the PhD - Career case studies for arts, humanities and social scientistsManchester University: Is an academic career for youUniversity of Dundee: Stories in Science - postdoctoral life science career pathwaysInstitute of Physics: New Directions - advice on career changeProsper Portal former Postdoc Case StudiesAcademic career journeys at Edinburgh - case studies from the Careers ServiceThe University of Edinburgh's Careers Service have also gathered together video and text case studies from PhD students, research staff, lecturers and Heads of School across all three Colleges at the University of Edinburgh showing the challenges and rewards of an academic career, and what can aid career progression.Academic career journeys at Edinburgh - find out more This article was published on 2024-02-26
