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Brunel University:
These pages, developed by the Careers Service, offer good generic information for PhD researchers.
www.brunel.ac.uk/pcc/students/students_postgraduate.shtml
These pages, developed by the Careers Service, offer good generic information for PhD researchers.
www.brunel.ac.uk/pcc/students/students_postgraduate.shtml
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills:
This link takes you to the DIUS Report on postgraduate study 2001–6 from the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU). It is a lengthy summary of the postgraduate researcher landscape, drawing extensively on ‘What do PhDs do?’ and HESA statistics. It includes some information about PhD destinations.
dius.gov.uk/~/media/ec_group/DIUS-RR-08-16
This link takes you to the DIUS Report on postgraduate study 2001–6 from the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU). It is a lengthy summary of the postgraduate researcher landscape, drawing extensively on ‘What do PhDs do?’ and HESA statistics. It includes some information about PhD destinations.
dius.gov.uk/~/media/ec_group/DIUS-RR-08-16
Prospects and Your PhD What next?:
These pages refer to both the academic and non-academic job markets.
www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Your_PhD___What_Nex...
These pages refer to both the academic and non-academic job markets.
www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Your_PhD___What_Nex...
University of Central Lancashire:
Generic information for postgraduates from the Centre for Employability. This site is well laid out and features some video clips.
www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/class/cfe/postgrads/index.htm
Generic information for postgraduates from the Centre for Employability. This site is well laid out and features some video clips.
www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/class/cfe/postgrads/index.htm
University of Warwick:
A comprehensive set of resources for researchers.
www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/careers/researchers
A comprehensive set of resources for researchers.
www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/careers/researchers
Vitae:
Follow the links for ‘Postgraduate Researchers’ for useful resources on career development and support with the PhD process, plus information on events, news and publications. For statistics about the career paths of PhDs, see the pages that report results from the survey ‘What do PhDs do?’
www.vitae.ac.uk
Follow the links for ‘Postgraduate Researchers’ for useful resources on career development and support with the PhD process, plus information on events, news and publications. For statistics about the career paths of PhDs, see the pages that report results from the survey ‘What do PhDs do?’
www.vitae.ac.uk
Lots of displacement activity at …:
This site features articles by PhD researchers about life and work – and they pay £15 for new articles, so that’s another way to spend some of your time!
www.findaphd.com/students/life.asp
This site features articles by PhD researchers about life and work – and they pay £15 for new articles, so that’s another way to spend some of your time!
www.findaphd.com/students/life.asp
The PhD Game:
The PhD Game, with its ironic take on postgraduate life, is an amusing diversion.
www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/~kw10004/phdgam/phdgame.pdf
The PhD Game, with its ironic take on postgraduate life, is an amusing diversion.
www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/~kw10004/phdgam/phdgame.pdf
Epigeum:
Epigeum, a commercial spinout from Imperial College, University of London, offers online training for use within higher education institutions. Over 50 universities have bought access to its courses in the UK alone. Free one week trials are available.
www.epigeum.co.uk/
Epigeum, a commercial spinout from Imperial College, University of London, offers online training for use within higher education institutions. Over 50 universities have bought access to its courses in the UK alone. Free one week trials are available.
www.epigeum.co.uk/
Higher Education Funding Council for England:
(HEFCE) promotes and funds high-quality, cost-effective teaching and research, meeting the diverse needs of students, the economy and society. These pages offer support for research careers.
www.hefce.ac.uk/research/careers/
(HEFCE) promotes and funds high-quality, cost-effective teaching and research, meeting the diverse needs of students, the economy and society. These pages offer support for research careers.
www.hefce.ac.uk/research/careers/
National Postgraduate Committee:
The NPC is all about postgraduate researchers supporting postgraduate researchers. This site includes a small careers section and offers useful links and resources, especially on the ‘Postgraduate Careers’ page.
www.npc.org.uk/
The NPC is all about postgraduate researchers supporting postgraduate researchers. This site includes a small careers section and offers useful links and resources, especially on the ‘Postgraduate Careers’ page.
www.npc.org.uk/
Podium:
Podium is the Further and Higher Education Unit for the 2012 Olympic Games. The Unit has a nationwide remit and the ‘Resources’ section houses reports on the employment and skills needs for 2012. There is a student action group looking at maximising the legacy of the games.
www.podium.ac.uk/index.cfm
Podium is the Further and Higher Education Unit for the 2012 Olympic Games. The Unit has a nationwide remit and the ‘Resources’ section houses reports on the employment and skills needs for 2012. There is a student action group looking at maximising the legacy of the games.
www.podium.ac.uk/index.cfm
UK Council for Graduate Education :
This site has a useful ‘Reports’ section, and the ‘Resources’ section is well populated with links.
www.ukcge.ac.uk/publications/reports.htm
This site has a useful ‘Reports’ section, and the ‘Resources’ section is well populated with links.
www.ukcge.ac.uk/publications/reports.htm
Universities UK:
This higher education action group describes itself as ‘the essential voice of UK universities’.
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/Pages/Default.aspx
This higher education action group describes itself as ‘the essential voice of UK universities’.
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/Pages/Default.aspx
Vitae:
Offers a comprehensive review of recent reports and resources related to the career development of postgraduate researchers and research staff.
www.vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice
Offers a comprehensive review of recent reports and resources related to the career development of postgraduate researchers and research staff.
www.vitae.ac.uk/policy-practice
Vitae:
This is a survey report of employers’ views on researchers’ skills. It features a good list of links and resources. Vitae is currently working on a career profiles project which will be housed on their website.
www.vitae.ac.uk/cms/files/Rugby-Team-Employers'-views-of-resea...
This is a survey report of employers’ views on researchers’ skills. It features a good list of links and resources. Vitae is currently working on a career profiles project which will be housed on their website.
www.vitae.ac.uk/cms/files/Rugby-Team-Employers'-views-of-resea...
Planned happenstance:
Both sites give ideas on approaches to career development. Figuring it all out logically can only get you so far, preparing for happenstance helps too. These sites show you how to use this approach.
plannedhappenstance.com/aboutus.html
career.berkeley.edu/Article/040910a-dm.stm
Both sites give ideas on approaches to career development. Figuring it all out logically can only get you so far, preparing for happenstance helps too. These sites show you how to use this approach.
plannedhappenstance.com/aboutus.html
career.berkeley.edu/Article/040910a-dm.stm
Royal Society for the Arts :
The RSA Journal covers topics about work and the future of corporations. The Networks section might also be of interest.
www.thersa.org/fellowship/journal
The RSA Journal covers topics about work and the future of corporations. The Networks section might also be of interest.
www.thersa.org/fellowship/journal
The Work Foundation:
This independent research consultancy advises organisations and policymakers about the changing world of work. The articles in the ‘Provocations Series’ are worth a read; for example ‘Inwardness and the Rise of Meaningful Work’.
www.theworkfoundation.com
This independent research consultancy advises organisations and policymakers about the changing world of work. The articles in the ‘Provocations Series’ are worth a read; for example ‘Inwardness and the Rise of Meaningful Work’.
www.theworkfoundation.com
Academic job interviews:
This page from the University of Maryland, Department of American Studies, lists the questions one should be prepared to answer at academic interviews.
www.otal.umd.edu/~sies/jobquess.html
This page from the University of Maryland, Department of American Studies, lists the questions one should be prepared to answer at academic interviews.
www.otal.umd.edu/~sies/jobquess.html
Missenden Centre for the Development of Higher Education. :
The ‘Links’ section has PhD diaries and stories of PhD life and a bibliography for research students and their supervisors.
www.missendencentre.co.uk/links.htm
The ‘Links’ section has PhD diaries and stories of PhD life and a bibliography for research students and their supervisors.
www.missendencentre.co.uk/links.htm
Preparing for Academic Practice:
This centre for excellence does work which is of real relevance to arts and humanities postgraduates.
www.learning.ox.ac.uk/cetl.php?page=54
This centre for excellence does work which is of real relevance to arts and humanities postgraduates.
www.learning.ox.ac.uk/cetl.php?page=54
Subject Centre for Art Design and Media:
ADM-HEA has a list of relevant events, including calls for papers.
www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk/
ADM-HEA has a list of relevant events, including calls for papers.
www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk/
The Higher Education Academy:
The HEA website (and those of its Subject Centres) might prove an important resource for those considering teaching and academic practice in Higher Education. It features useful links to funding opportunities.
www.heacademy.ac.uk/
The HEA website (and those of its Subject Centres) might prove an important resource for those considering teaching and academic practice in Higher Education. It features useful links to funding opportunities.
www.heacademy.ac.uk/
Arts and Humanities Research Council:
Funding opportunities.
www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Pages/default.aspx
Funding opportunities.
www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Pages/default.aspx
Findapostdoc.com:
Postdoctoral positions advertised here; most are for the sciences, but there are sometimes opportunities for arts and humanities researchers.
www.findapostdoc.com
Postdoctoral positions advertised here; most are for the sciences, but there are sometimes opportunities for arts and humanities researchers.
www.findapostdoc.com
Leverhulme Trust:
Early Career Fellowships facilitate postdoctoral research. About 60 people annually benefit from this.
www.leverhulme.ac.uk
Early Career Fellowships facilitate postdoctoral research. About 60 people annually benefit from this.
www.leverhulme.ac.uk
Research Councils UK:
Links to all the research councils and an overview of research in the UK from the research councils’ perspectives. Pages on ‘Careers’ and ‘Diversity’ hold all the relevant policy documents and reports.
www.rcuk.ac.uk
Links to all the research councils and an overview of research in the UK from the research councils’ perspectives. Pages on ‘Careers’ and ‘Diversity’ hold all the relevant policy documents and reports.
www.rcuk.ac.uk
ResearchResearch:
A useful site for policy news and funding opportunities for research. Individual HEIs will have access to the whole site through a registered user name. Ask the research services department at your institution for access.
www.researchresearch.com
A useful site for policy news and funding opportunities for research. Individual HEIs will have access to the whole site through a registered user name. Ask the research services department at your institution for access.
www.researchresearch.com
Academia.edu :
This academic networking site ‘displays academics around the world in a tree format, according to what university/department they are affiliated with’ and ‘enables an academic to have an easy-to-maintain academic webpage.’
www.academia.edu/
This academic networking site ‘displays academics around the world in a tree format, according to what university/department they are affiliated with’ and ‘enables an academic to have an easy-to-maintain academic webpage.’
www.academia.edu/
Graduate Junction:
Building a global research community. This site was set up by postgraduate research students at Durham University in 2008.
www.graduatejunction.com/
Building a global research community. This site was set up by postgraduate research students at Durham University in 2008.
www.graduatejunction.com/
H-Net:
H-Net and H-Grad are an ‘electronic network for graduate students around the world.’ H-Net is ‘An international consortium of scholars and teachers’ it ‘creates and coordinates Internet networks with the common objective of advancing teaching and research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.’ H-Grad is ‘a graduate student only forum for discussing a wide variety of issues related to graduate school in our chosen humanities-based professions.’
www.h-net.org/~grad/fyi/
www.h-net.msu.edu/~grad/index.html
H-Net and H-Grad are an ‘electronic network for graduate students around the world.’ H-Net is ‘An international consortium of scholars and teachers’ it ‘creates and coordinates Internet networks with the common objective of advancing teaching and research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.’ H-Grad is ‘a graduate student only forum for discussing a wide variety of issues related to graduate school in our chosen humanities-based professions.’
www.h-net.org/~grad/fyi/
www.h-net.msu.edu/~grad/index.html
Research is Cool:
The ‘first research recruitment & social networking site of its kind’. Social networking features (R-Net) to find others from across the world who share particular research interests. Advertises research assistant jobs, postdoctoral positions and postgraduate studentships.
www.researchiscool.com
The ‘first research recruitment & social networking site of its kind’. Social networking features (R-Net) to find others from across the world who share particular research interests. Advertises research assistant jobs, postdoctoral positions and postgraduate studentships.
www.researchiscool.com
Academic360.com:
An American site; a meta-collection of internet resources for the academic job hunter, it includes sections on the UK, Canada and Australia.
www.academic360.com
An American site; a meta-collection of internet resources for the academic job hunter, it includes sections on the UK, Canada and Australia.
www.academic360.com
Association of Commonwealth Universities:
Vacancy lists.
http://www.acu.ac.uk/member_services/recruitment_and_%20advert...
Vacancy lists.
http://www.acu.ac.uk/member_services/recruitment_and_%20advert...
The British Academy:
Annually funds postdoctoral fellowships for three year projects.
www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/pdfells.cfm
Annually funds postdoctoral fellowships for three year projects.
www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/pdfells.cfm
‘Recruiting PhDs: What Works?’ UKGrad Report (2006) :
This report recognises the differences between PhD researchers and other postgraduates and is encouraging about their value in the work place. It includes support for employers wishing to recruit postgraduates, and case-studies of recruitment practices.
www.vitae.ac.uk/cms/files/UKGRAD-Recruiting-PhDs-what-works-Ma...
This report recognises the differences between PhD researchers and other postgraduates and is encouraging about their value in the work place. It includes support for employers wishing to recruit postgraduates, and case-studies of recruitment practices.
www.vitae.ac.uk/cms/files/UKGRAD-Recruiting-PhDs-what-works-Ma...
Empress report: ‘Employers’ Perceptions of Recruiting Research Staff and Students’ (2005) :
This report includes employer case-studies and recommendations.
careerweb.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/Empress_LR_000.pdf
This report includes employer case-studies and recommendations.
careerweb.leeds.ac.uk/downloads/Empress_LR_000.pdf
The Guardian:
Geoffrey Crossick in the Guardian, Tuesday October 28 2003, argues that money spent on arts and humanities research is well spent and brings economic benefits.
www.guardian.co.uk/education/2003/oct/28/highereducation.news
Geoffrey Crossick in the Guardian, Tuesday October 28 2003, argues that money spent on arts and humanities research is well spent and brings economic benefits.
www.guardian.co.uk/education/2003/oct/28/highereducation.news
Different employment sectors at Prospects.ac.uk:
The employment sectors covered on this site include advertising, marketing and public relations, broadcasting, film and interactive media, creative arts, education, fashion and textile, human resources and recruitment, information technology, legal services, local, regional and national government, publishing, small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Explore_job_sectors...
The employment sectors covered on this site include advertising, marketing and public relations, broadcasting, film and interactive media, creative arts, education, fashion and textile, human resources and recruitment, information technology, legal services, local, regional and national government, publishing, small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Explore_job_sectors...
Explore types of jobs at prospects.ac.uk:
You will find comprehensive coverage and detailed descriptions of types of work here. The profiles are written by careers professionals and aim to be objective rather than to attract applicants.
www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Explore_types_of_jo...
You will find comprehensive coverage and detailed descriptions of types of work here. The profiles are written by careers professionals and aim to be objective rather than to attract applicants.
www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Explore_types_of_jo...
Lynn Sinclair:
Lynn Sinclair (PhD History, University of Strathclyde), Women's History Curator, Black Country Living Museum. Read about her route out of academia.
www.strath.ac.uk/careers/pgr/postgraduateresearchersstrathclyd...
Lynn Sinclair (PhD History, University of Strathclyde), Women's History Curator, Black Country Living Museum. Read about her route out of academia.
www.strath.ac.uk/careers/pgr/postgraduateresearchersstrathclyd...
The Chronicle in Higher Education:
This site has an extensive list of articles and pages on academic and non-academic careers for PhDs from the US. Although based on the US market, much of it transfers well.
chronicle.com/jobs/
This site has an extensive list of articles and pages on academic and non-academic careers for PhDs from the US. Although based on the US market, much of it transfers well.
chronicle.com/jobs/
Beyondacademe.com:
Aimed specifically at US historians, this site provides a ‘tool kit’ for those thinking about leaving academia. It also shares stories of historians now working in think tanks, government, not for profit organisations, information technology and publishing etc.
www.beyondacademe.com/
Aimed specifically at US historians, this site provides a ‘tool kit’ for those thinking about leaving academia. It also shares stories of historians now working in think tanks, government, not for profit organisations, information technology and publishing etc.
www.beyondacademe.com/
Jobs in Museums:
Leicester University’s vacancy page for jobs in museums, heritage etc. is the most comprehensive for these areas of work.
www.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/jobs/job_titles_jobid.htm
Leicester University’s vacancy page for jobs in museums, heritage etc. is the most comprehensive for these areas of work.
www.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/jobs/job_titles_jobid.htm
Sellout:
This resource for humanities PhD researchers considering careers beyond the university is an upbeat American website. It gives advice about how to adapt and translate the skills gained in a humanities degree for non-academic careers.
www.ironstring.com/sellout/
This resource for humanities PhD researchers considering careers beyond the university is an upbeat American website. It gives advice about how to adapt and translate the skills gained in a humanities degree for non-academic careers.
www.ironstring.com/sellout/
SkillSet:
This site offers specialist careers information, advice and guidance about broadcasting, film, video, interactive media, photo imaging and publishing. The career profiles are very detailed.
www.skillset.org/careers/
This site offers specialist careers information, advice and guidance about broadcasting, film, video, interactive media, photo imaging and publishing. The career profiles are very detailed.
www.skillset.org/careers/
The Chronicle in Higher Education:
Many of the articles here are about non-academic careers for PhDs. Look for the section on 'Beyond the Ivory Tower'. Although based on the US market, much of it transfers well.
chronicle.com/section/Manage-Your-Career/67/
Many of the articles here are about non-academic careers for PhDs. Look for the section on 'Beyond the Ivory Tower'. Although based on the US market, much of it transfers well.
chronicle.com/section/Manage-Your-Career/67/
‘Journeyman: Getting Into and Out of Academe’ (1997):
A long story of someone who, after several years of applying for academic jobs, decides to get out of academia. Interesting read for people considering similar issues.
askpang.typepad.com/relevant_history/2004/03/journeyman_gett.html
A long story of someone who, after several years of applying for academic jobs, decides to get out of academia. Interesting read for people considering similar issues.
askpang.typepad.com/relevant_history/2004/03/journeyman_gett.html
‘On the Right Track’ :
AHRC-funded research into the career directions of funded postgraduates in the arts and humanities in 2006. Page 15 has some personal stories of individuals employed outside academia.
www.ahrc.ac.uk/About/Publications/Documents/On%20The%20Right%2...
AHRC-funded research into the career directions of funded postgraduates in the arts and humanities in 2006. Page 15 has some personal stories of individuals employed outside academia.
www.ahrc.ac.uk/About/Publications/Documents/On%20The%20Right%2...
Gordon Brown:
Gordon Brown has a History PhD from Edinburgh – see his time line here!
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3809861.stm
Gordon Brown has a History PhD from Edinburgh – see his time line here!
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3809861.stm
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