Beyond the Doctorate: A Careers Series for Postgraduate Researchers
This seminar series is designed to guide you through career planning and development. Whether you're exploring opportunities in academia, the non-profit sector, or entrepreneurship, at home or abroad, you'll gain valuable insights and practical tips to navigate the job market.
Upcoming seminars:
Beyond the Doctorate - Mastering Interview Skills for Career Success Tickets, Tue 6 May 2025 at 11:00 | Eventbrite
Date: Tuesday 6th May
Time: 11:00AM-12:00PM
Location: Online
This interactive session will equip attendees with essential interview skills to confidently navigate the job market. With a focus on academic roles, the session will explore common interview formats, effective preparation strategies, and techniques for answering challenging questions. Attendees will gain insights into showcasing their skills, experience, and research in a compelling way. Practical tips on handling nerves, body language, and virtual interviews will also be discussed. The session will include opportunities for Q&A and peer discussions, ensuring participants leave with the confidence and strategies needed to excel in their next interview.
Beyond the Doctorate - In Conversation: Adventures beyond the doctorate
Date: Monday 19th May 2025
Time: 12:00-13:00
Location: Online
In the format of a live interview, two global majority alumni will join us to talk and reflect on navigating their pathways out of the doctorate. Using the notion of the ‘squiggly career’ as a starting point, we consider the non-linearity of career trajectories and journey across the pathways, routes, obstacles, and the lived experiences along the way. Our interviewees will share their tips and challenges of reconciling their values, aspirations, and realities along with answering your own questions.
Beyond the Doctorate - Networking Skills and Promoting yourself
Date: Monday 11th August
Time: 12:00-13:00
Location: Online
This session will look at how networking can support students in their employment search and in developing a network of contacts. The session will explore how to look for networking events, what to expect and how to act to develop successful and meaningful relationships. It will also look at how LinkedIn can be used as a tool to network and build connections to help identify future opportunities. Participants will be able to create a clear plan of how to approach networking events confidently, how to engage with LinkedIn in a successful way, including what to include in their profile and posting content. You will get a real-life example of an entrepreneur from the global majority who uses networking events and LinkedIn to support her professional development.
Past events:
Launch of Beyond the Doctorate: A Careers Series for Postgraduate Researchers
Professor Marcia Wilson (Pro-Vice Chancellor, Education, BCU) and Dr Melanie-Marie Haywood (Director, Education Development Service, BCU) presented the March edition of the That's Me! Beyond the Doctorate: A Career Series for Postgraduate Researchers.
The Brilliant Club Information Event
A webinar was hosted by The Brilliant Club to provide more information about what becoming a tutor involves, including a Q&A from a current tutor.
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