PhD Workshop: Are you considering an academic career?

Are you a continuing (or advanced) PhD student or a postdoctoral fellow interested on how you can further develop your career inside and outside of academia? In a fast-paced world, where the challenges and opportunities of the job market can change quickly, it’s not easy to make decisions about future career paths. How can you make the best use of the amazing research skills you aquire(d) during your PhD?

The School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London is organising a new series of four hands-on professionalisation and employability workshops open to PhD students after their first year of doctorate as well as postdoctoral fellows and other interested ECRs.

This is a 2.5-hour workshop that consists of a roundtable with academic members of staff at SPIR and a hands-on session offering bespoke advice to participants. You will be introduced to different academic paths available to graduates, to the process of applying for academic jobs, and to the main challenges you are likely to encounter along the way. Importantly, you will also get advice on how best to prepare (mentally and otherwise) for the academic job market. You will learn about the documentation that universities require of applicants (for instance, narrative CV, statement of teaching and statement of research), the useful websites that you can use to find job adverts, the most common formats for applications and interviews, and how you can best prepare for the application process.

At the time of registration, email to [email protected] a document of no more than one page including:

1. Why you are considering an academic career; if you’ve already thought about it, reflect also on what type of academic career.

2. At the end of the document, briefly reflect on what aspect(s) of the academic job market you’ll like to learn about.

Your one-page statement will inform the content of the workshop, particularly the hands-on workshop.

Registration will close on 1 October.

Host or Publisher School of Politics and International Relations