Life Post-PhD: Academic and/or Not

Whether you are considering a postdoctoral career, exploring opportunities beyond academia or simply unsure what comes next, this full-day, in-person event led by Dr Rebecca Glasberg, Dr Elle Larsson and Dr Luke Blaxill, will give you essential practical tools, insights from personal experience and plenty of encouragement to move forward with confidence in thinking about your post-PhD career.

Dr Luke Blaxill, lead author and director of the Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding, will lead the morning session which focuses on pursuit of an academic career. Luke will introduce you to funding opportunities that exist beyond Research Council awards, and you will learn how charities, trusts, learned societies and foundations can fund research costs and support early postdoctoral careers. Luke’s session will also cover Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships, British Academy Fellowships and Oxbridge Junior Research Fellowships.

The second session will be led by Dr Rebecca Glasberg (Postdoctoral Researcher, Royal Holloway University of London) and Dr Elle Larsson (Doctoral Researcher Development Manager, University of Westminster). This session will help you to uncover the transferable skills you are developing through your humanities research and to communicate them effectively to non-academic employers. Using ImaginePhD, an extremely useful a career exploration and planning tool for the humanities and social sciences, you will explore possible career paths and discover where to look for academic-adjacent and non-academic roles. 

Please bring a laptop or tablet so you can create a free ImaginePhD account and participate fully in the activities.

The day includes one month’s free use of Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding. 

Refreshments and lunch will be provided.