The single most important habit to develop as an academic researcher…(01/05/18)

Happy Tuesday everyone! Last week I outlined a programme for career development, to help you identify a suitable career path and how to get there. Over the coming weeks I’ll talk more about each of the 7-steps in this process. Before getting started with this however, I want to highlight an important habit that you … Read more

How to Determine your Future Career Path – 7-Steps to establishing an actionable career program…(24/04/18)

18 months ago I was lost. I was a principle investigator who realised I no longer wanted to continue in the academic system, but I had little understanding of opportunities in the private sector and a limited network outside of academia. I felt stuck. However, with some investment of time in career research and networking, … Read more

From Bench to Publishing…(17/04/18)

– The story of one postdoc’s move from academia to medical writing Dr Sally Hassan is a medical writer at Envision Pharma (a medical communications agency based in greater London), but hasn’t always had this career. Before this, she was a research scientist with experience of moving between industry- and academic-based research roles. She’s been … Read more