A short series of 'Career Conversations' videos. Career Conversations A series of short interviews providing guidance on how to advance your career and move into other sectors: Career Conversations: Dr Sara Shinton Part 1 Dr Sara Shinton discusses how she moved from a physical chemistry postdoc into career services. Career Conversations: Dr Sara Shinton Part 2 Dr Sara Shinton discusses how she moved from running her own consultancy into researcher development. Career Conversations: Dr Emily Woollen Dr Emily Woollen discusses how she moved from a fixed-term research contract to academic development. Career Conversations: Dr Caroline Proctor Dr Caroline Proctor discusses how she moved from research in medical history to managing the administration of the School of Biological Sciences' Postgraduate Research Programmes. Informational Interviews: Advice on how to conduct Informational Interviews Career Conversations: Dr Katrina Castle Dr Katrina Castle discusses her move from conducting research in agricultural microbiology to becoming Head of Strategic Partnerships and Transitions Career Conversations: Dr Fran Baseby Dr Francesca Baseby discusses moving from a PhD in Art History to become Service Manager in the Centre for Research Collections. Career inspiration Many 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 bank College of Medicine of Veterinary Medicine - career conversations in CMVM Vitae: What do research staff do next? - career stories Vitae: Database of careers stories Beyond the PhD - Career case studies for arts, humanities and social scientists Manchester University: Is an academic career for you University of Dundee: Stories in Science - postdoctoral life science career pathways Institute of Physics: New Directions - advice on career change Prosper Portal former Postdoc Case Studies Academic career journeys at Edinburgh - case studies from the Careers Service The 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
