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  • Careers Fair 20th/21st October - Top Tips

      Our Autumn Careers Fair is taking place on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st October which is fast approaching.  For some this may well be your first ever careers fair while for others this may be a very different experience to the...

  • Find your meaning at work - 6 things salary can't buy

    During the summer I read an article in the New Scientist called 'Finding your meaning at Work: 6 things salary can't buy'. It was the result of a sociologist collating research on this topic and finding that there were six...

  • What do research staff do next?

    I've just finished reading Vitae's newly-published report on where postdoctoral research staff go when they leave academia. The report is based on a largely qualitative survey of researchers' career paths and experiences on leaving academic research posts, and includes insights...

  • Investment banking - application deadlines

    If you're interested in applying for graduate programmes or internships in investment banking for 2017 you'll need to take action quickly - most schemes close by October/ November, if not earlier. Efinancial Careers have just published a helpful list of...

  • Career essentials for research postgraduates

    A few weeks ago we had our first informal 'coffee and careers' session for research postgraduates. This was a great opportunity to meet research postgrads informally and hear some of their careers questions and concerns. In particular we talked about...

  • When's a good time to see a careers adviser?

    If you're feeling bogged down by deadlines and revision, you're probably thinking you don't even have time to read this, but here's a very quick quiz to help you decide if/when it might help you to talk to a careers...

  • Phd Career Stories

     The first of our career stories from researchers now working in roles outside of research in Higher Education. Dr Helen Featherstone - from science communication to public engagement     What is your current role? I’m the joint Head of...

  • Higher Education: careers outside of academia

    I talk to quite a few people who want to move outside of research but enjoy being in a university environment; if that's you, then a non-academic role in HE may be worth considering. So what kinds of roles exist?...

  • Could you win at the 2015 Undergraduate of the Year Awards?

    Last year Baran Ceylan, Business Administration student at Bath won the Future Business Leader of the Year Award, sponsored by Mars. In addition Konstantinos Voulpiotis (Construction Engineering and Design Undergraduate of the Year)  and Marie Godet (Languages Undergraduate of the Year)...