When you’re working, you’re working.
This morning I read a very interesting article titled “Time to call time on out of hours email?” Whilst this article could be easily categorised as just another treatise on work-life balance and the contemporary tendency to work long hours, its impact on me was driven by one sentence: “in 2015 people in the UK […]
What others think of us is none of our business
This morning I learned that someone from my childhood in another country has died. It is sad above all else for his family and friends, of whom I believe he had many. It is also sad for those who were his fans, who enjoyed the music he produced. Oh yes, did I forget to mention, […]
It’s not me, it’s you.
So, we have all been there, on the receiving end of unreasonable behaviour from another person; be it lover, relative, friend, customer etc… When I deliver a Coping with Stress session, for PhD researchers, I focus on the fact that we always have ultimate control over our own feelings and responses to the behaviour of […]
Commitment
Along with the University’s team, I attended the final of Engineering YES 2015. The post event talk was given by Lord Digby Jones, former head of the Confederation of British Industry. One of his central pieces of advice to the audience, comprised mainly of PhD researchers from Universities around the UK, was “whatever you do […]
An Academic Career – the ambition of every postgraduate researcher?
So you are doing a PhD? Why? In career management terms we find that PhD researchers can be categorosed in one of four ways, in terms of their reasons for doing a PhD. These are: 1. doing it as a natural progression from their previous studies, with a view to starting a professional career; 2. […]
Biotechnology YES and Environment YES
Once again applications are open for the 2015 versions of Biotechnology YES and Environment YES. These competitions present a wonderful opportunity for PhD researchers and Early Career Researchers to develop key to enhance employability skills for your future career. Participants develop skills in the development and presentation of original ideas that are essential for future […]
Cumberland Lodge Scholarships 2015
The Cumberland Lodge Scholarship is a scheme designed to enable current PhD researchers to develop skills for their career after completion of their PhD. Cumberland Lodge is offering the opportunity for 1st or 2nd year doctoral students studying at universities in the United Kingdom to develop skills in communication, public engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration through a […]
Updates on some of the career management activities happening at the University of Leicester
10th Annual CMBSP Postgraduate Careers Symposium Bookings have opened for the 10th annual Postgraduate Careers Symposium for the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology. Places are filling up quickly, with almost 50 people having booked their place since bookings opened on Tuesday last. With a total of 90 spaces available, the advice has to […]
You get out what you put in
The phrase brings back memories of sports training, many years ago, where success was predicated on effort. The idea being that the harder one worked, and of course the more effectively one focussed one’s efforts, the more likely one was to fulfil potential and/or be successful. In the context of career development a very similar […]
Begin with the end in mind
At the start of another academic year, it seems an apt time to consider what aspirations we have at the beginning of a new year or a new venture. A PhD is a 3 or 4 year full time venture; even longer part-time. Too often people set forth on this venture without considering what they […]
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