Career Development for STEMM researchers
Networking is essential to career progression, whether you want that coveted tenured position, or are looking to leave academia and forge a post-academic (post-ac) career elsewhere. In academia you have a readymade safety net of experienced senior colleagues who will hopefully vouch for you, interpret the nuances of the sector, and allow you access to … Read more
Landing a permanent research position in academia is tough. There simply aren’t enough permanent posts in academia to accommodate all the talented researchers who want one. The competition is fierce and future funding concerns will only exacerbate this issue. Some researchers already know they want to leave academia at the end of their current contract. … Read more
Academic training poses a conundrum. It develops early career researchers well for academic careers, but not so well for work outside the academy. Yet there is a global shortage of permanent academic jobs (and as I outlined last time this shortage is, in all likelihood, set to increase in the coming years). Estimates of how … Read more