Profile: Laura
Key facts
PhD discipline: History
Area(s) of work: Youth worker; university teaching
Year of graduation: 2003
Date of Interview: 01/07/2008
Year of graduation: 2003
Date of Interview: 01/07/2008
Timeline
Laura - career building during the PhDLaura explains what she did to build her career during the PhD.
Laura - lecturer in historyLaura gives a flavour of her current role as well as providing a general sense of what the life of an academic can be like.
Laura - moving into a permanent academic contractLaura explains how she managed to move into a permanent academic contract. She underlines the importance of tenacity; in being prepared to hold out in short-term contracts until the permanent job comes up. She describes the interview process and her surprise at getting the job.
Laura - moving into an academic postLaura discusses her transition into academia and describes what often feels like the arbitrary nature of the selection process for academic posts.
Laura - the meaning of the PhDLaura talks about the bearing that different means of funding a PhD can be perceived to have on the final product. She describes the value of PhD researchers, beyond the financial value they bring to the university.