Profile: Katie
Key facts
PhD discipline: History
Area(s) of work: HR; primary school teaching; full-time mother; freelance writer
Year of graduation: 1999
Date of Interview: 23/06/2008
Year of graduation: 1999
Date of Interview: 23/06/2008
Timeline
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Audio Clips
Katie reflects on the value of her PhD, and the difficulties of envisaging work beyond the academic environment.
Katie recalls the activities she undertook during the PhD, and explains her approach to managing her career.
Katie briefly sums up her earlier attitude to the possibility of an academic career.
Katie sums up her current attitude to her PhD research.
Katie reflects on her own and others’ expectations of her career after the PhD.
Katie describes her enjoyment of teaching and how this affected her career after the PhD.
Katie recalls applying for corporate graduate jobs as a PhD researcher, her experience on a graduate training scheme in human resources, and her decision to move into primary school teaching.
Katie discusses her current role, how it has evolved and how it may develop in the future.
Katie examines the skills she feels she gained from her PhD and where she has subsequently used them.
Katie looks at how family and career have influenced each other.
Katie talks about support networks, family opinions of the different work she has done, and her own agency in those choices.
Katie considers what is important for her in a career.
