Career guidance
As a researcher, your career path will be littered with crossroads and side tracks. Faced with all those choices, how do you decide on the right route for you? In our career guidance resources, you will find some helpful words of wisdom from seasoned colleagues.
We examine the ingredients required to make the ideal supervisor who can support and advise you on your journey. We explore how you can maintain a healthy balance between work and family life. We discover why it’s so important to be bold and nurture fresh thinking. And, we run through some of the differences you will encounter if you move from academia to industry.
What you will learn
- Help with choosing a supervisor
- Guidance on work–life balance
- Insight into a career in industry
Modules in Career guidance
How do I prepare for the next step?
How do you take decisions regarding your professional future as a researcher? Making a career in academia can be challenging and it's natural to feel like you don't see the complete picture.
How to transit from Academia to Industry?
There are different reasons why people switch from academia to industry but the decisions, questions and the process remain similar.
Top 5 career questions for researchers
How do you take decisions regarding your professional future as a researcher? Making a career in academia can be challenging and it's natural to feel like you don't see the complete picture.
Transitioning from Academia to Industry
There are different reasons why people switch from academia to industry but the decisions, questions and the process remain similar.
Mindfulness for researchers – an approach to stress relief and “research-life” balance
Scientific research is a stressful business.
What is burnout and how to address it
Burnout is not a new phenomenon, but its increased visibility has given the issue more focus and light, especially in high-stress related fields and professions.
Podcast: 5 tips for researchers to support a healthy research career
Making an impact through research is an important goal of many researchers, but this goal might impact or hamper healthy and sustainable work patterns.
How to network at conferences
Networking at conferences is one of the most important parts of a researcher’s job.
Managing mental health: dealing with imposter syndrome and more
This module draws on latest psychology to look at evidence-based strategies you can use to stay well while you research.
A healthy work-life balance
A busy scientist and mother-of-three shares her secrets to success.
Choosing a career in academia or industry
To move or not to move – we run through some of the pros and cons.
Thinking outside the box
A senior scientist explains why you should never be afraid to break the mould.