Are you empowered or trapped by your biomedical research education? – Addicted to research (part 2 of 4)…(13/03/18)

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Happy Tuesday everyone, the week before last I gave you my career story in brief and highlighted three areas where I had experienced feelings of being trapped in my role as an academic researcher. That marked the beginning of a series of posts that I’ll write about what compels people to stay in the academic … Read more

5 Key Questions you Should Ask Yourself when Considering a New Career…(06/03/18)

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Here’s a question for you – What do you do if you find you’re ready to leave academic research, but you don’t know what you want to do next? Answer- Research the opportunities! Whilst this answer is clearly intuitive, it’s also daunting when you don’t know where to start. So how do you start exploring … Read more

Are you empowered or trapped by your biomedical research education? (Part 1 of 4) (27/02/18)

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My story 17 years ago I took a commercial graduate position as a quality control (QC) laboratory technician at a medical devices company. After only a few months, the job itself quickly became monotonous and to be frank, altogether downright tedious. This was due to the repetitive nature of the lab tests being conducted on … Read more