Posts tagged career story
Articles
Sep 16th
For a few weeks now I have been meaning to write a short update on articles. In the last few months I’ve been quite fortunate to have two articles of mine published in magazines aimed at PGRs and researchers.
The first was in STEPS, Skills Training Essentials for PGR Students, a magazine produced by PGRs at the University of Manchester. They asked me to write something about my career path, and what I learned in my PhD that helps me now, and I was only too happy to contribute. You can see the piece online in STEPS issue 17. And have a look at the rest of the magazine, it’s great!
The second article was published in the summer 2010 edition of GRADBritain, a Vitae publication that is run by and for PGRs. I’ve been reading GRADBritain for a while, and think that the mix of articles in each issue is just great. I set myself a small goal of writing an article that I thought would be of interest, and focused on the idea of a piece on self-reflection. It’s really important to take time to evaluate your learning experiences as you go along; for me, I think it helps one to realise what direction you’re going in – and that in turn helps you to realise where you want to end up. My piece is in issue 11, the summer 2010 edition, and can be found here.
Hope you like the articles, and if you have a publication that you think I might be able to contribute to, please get in touch. I’m always looking for interesting opportunities!
Career Story
Aug 23rd
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!