Profile: Lucy
Key facts
PhD discipline: Philosophy
Area(s) of work: I.T.; academia
Year of graduation: 2001
Date of Interview: 24/06/2008
Year of graduation: 2001
Date of Interview: 24/06/2008
Timeline
How can careers advisers help me to market my PhD successfully?The group discusses the rise in the number of...
Lucy - career building during the PhDLucy talks about what she did to develop her career whilst studying for a PhD.
Lucy - did you anticipate an academic career?Lucy explains why she anticipated an academic career when she finished her PhD.
Lucy - finishing up and moving onLucy explains why she decided to go through the graduate milk-round process towards the end of the PhD and how she moved into and then out of jobs with a multi-national IT company, before returning to academia.
Lucy - moving back into academia after a commercial careerLucy reflects in detail on how she arrived at the decision to move back into academia after a number of years working in a commercial environment and she describes the steps she took to make this happen.
Lucy - where do you see your career going from here?Lucy explains why she wants to stay within academia.
Lucy – adviceLucy gives advice to those hoping to apply for a postdoc. She also suggests what those in non-academic jobs should do to get back into an academia.