Profile: Heather
Key facts
PhD discipline: English Literature
Area(s) of work: Self-employed writer; dyslexia support tutor; tutor in creative writing
Year of graduation: 2002
Date of Interview: 07/05/2008
Year of graduation: 2002
Date of Interview: 07/05/2008
Timeline
How feasible is it to build a career as a freelancer?The group discusses freelance work and compares...
What skills training is on offer in universities?The links between university research and wider...
Heather - adviceHeather suggests what kind of questions you should ask yourself before committing to becoming a freelance writer.
Heather - being a dyslexic postgraduateHeather explores the challenges she faced as a dyslexic PhD researcher.
Heather - career building during the PhDHeather discusses how the PhD process and her extracurricular activities equipped her for a non-academic career.
Heather - deciding against an academic careerHeather explains why she decided against an academic career.
Heather - expectations of where the PhD might leadHeather considers how her career path revealed itself to her.
Heather - finishing up and moving onHeather recalls the period during which she finished her PhD and gradually established her career as a freelance writer.
Heather - PhD experienceHeather reflects on her PhD experience. She identies aspects of it that she found rewarding and those which were frustrating.
Heather - the meaning of the PhDHeather reflects on what the PhD means to her and considers the bearing it has on her self-perception and identity.