December 2020

Anna Senkevich, a doctoral graduate from the Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistical Applied Mathematics (SAMBa), talks about her experience of doing a quantitative finance internship and how it was similar and different to doctoral research Two years ago, I...

“What is good for gender equality is good for the economy and society as well. The COVID-19 pandemic puts that truth into stark relief and raises critically important choices.” (McKinsey July 2020). The McKinsey paper gives some concerning statistics on...

  Emily, a MSc International Development with Economics students, shares hers and students past and present's perspectives on how to stay motivated during the job hunting process. The Careers Service thanks Emily for this excellent blog It’s cold, rainy and...

Let’s be straight, job-hunting is exhausting and can lead to burn-out. But, it can pay off and change your entire life. This is why it is important to prepare. Yet, there is a difference between being organised and being mentally...

In appointments I meet many students who are wondering about how to show motivation in an interview, how to convey that they are interested in that particular organisation above any other. You may have shown some motivation in a cover...

'I don't know what I want to do' is possibly one of the most frequent things careers advisers hear, and it's been in my mind for a while to write a blog post addressing this. The first step towards moving...