For PhDs

The latest of our career stories from former doctoral students and research staff Ricardo Diaz de Leon Ortega, DMPK Senior Scientist 1 at Sygnature Discovery, Alderley Park What do you do day-to-day in your current role? I work in the...

In our latest researcher alumni case study, Dr James Roscow from the Department of Mechanical Engineering gives us an insight into day-today life as a lecturer What do you do day-to-day in your current role? My time is split mainly...

Mike Kallo did a PhD in Chemical Engineering and tells us how he has used the skills from research in his current role in R&D at the National Nuclear Laboratory. What do you do day-to-day in your current role?I work...

Managing your career in the second year of your doctorateUsually at this time of year I write a blog post on how to get started with planning your career in the first year of your PhD. This year I thought...

The inspiration for this post came from a session I participated in yesterday as part of Bath’s Academic Career Academy, which focussed on academic job applications and interviews. One of the topics we discussed was whether to contact a recruiting...

This post was written jointly with Dr Amy Birch, Researcher Development Manager at the University of Bath. The next instalment of our mini-series on selling your experience in academic job applications. Selling your research experience, potential and future plans effectively...

As the ‘peak’ season for applying for jobs in academia is fast approaching, we thought the time was ripe for a little mini-series on selling your experience in academic job applications. We’re starting today with selling your teaching experience; upcoming...

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...

If you're currently starting out on a doctoral programme, you've probably got lots of things to think about: possibly getting used to a new environment, meeting supervisors and research groups, narrowing down research questions etc. But at the start of...

As part of our blog series celebrating Postdoc Appreciation Week, Dr Amy Birch, Researcher Development Manager at the University of Bath, has written a guest blog post with her reflections on Vitae Connections Week 2020 A key theme in researcher...