Researcher’s portal

The researcher’s portal provides information and advice on how to make the most of your time in academia as well as tips on boosting your employability, be it in an academic career or further afield.

The guide Moving on: The physics PhD student’s guide to boosting employability is written specifically for PhD students and contains useful information on:

  • The value research experience can add to your career
  • How to take control of your career
  • Tips on how to make your career transition

Included in this section are case studies of past and present researchers. Their stories illustrate the benefit of networking, collaboration, writing publications and of course working as a researcher.

This section will expand over the next year and, if you have any ideas or thoughts on what would most benefit you, please let us know.

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Moving on: The Physics PhD Student’s Guide to Boosting Employability

Moving on

The number of people entering the labour market with a degree has grown dramatically in the last generation

last edited: April 19, 2012



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