In April of this year, Vitae and icould asked if they could interview me for some short videos that they were putting together for their respective sites. I had almost forgotten about this until the other morning when a parcel arrived with a memory stick containing the edited videos. Each of the two organisations had their own particular angle that they were working on, and although I was filmed just the once, the footage was taken and then edited to make two different sets of videos.

Vitae’s focus was on looking at what researchers do: seeing what it is that people with PhDs do for work after they have completed their doctoral studies. My video is one of many that they have on their site, from people with all kinds of research backgrounds who have gone on to have many different kinds of careers.

icould is a really interesting website, and has an archive of videos of people with all sorts of jobs, telling their stories of what it is that they do and how they ended up getting there. I think that the first two lines on their about page sums it up really well: “icould is about inspiration and encouragement. The idea is to help you make the most of your potential and talent, by showing how others have used theirs.”

The videos are online now, and so if you’re interested to hear about why I decided to do what I’m doing, and how I got here, then go here on the Vitae site and here on the icould site. Of course, come back here after that to find out more about what I can do for you!