Category Archives: Skills development

Find out more about publishing

Posted on May 23, 2017 by

We’ve been notified of an event on publishing at the end of June that you may be interested in.  There are free places available for PhD students.  Have a look at the details below if you think you may be … Continue reading →

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Resilience in career management

Posted on January 24, 2017 by

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.   Winston Churchill I’ve been thinking about resilience lately.  It’s cropped up in things I’ve been reading and in some conversations so I thought I’d share a few reflections. … Continue reading →

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Understanding yourself and working more effectively

Posted on September 15, 2016 by

It’s the start of a new academic year.  Some continuing PhD students may not notice the difference as research continues over the summer vacation period, although if you’re involved in teaching you’ll be starting to juggle that alongside your research.  … Continue reading →

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Academic careers: Insights from the Principal Investigator Role

Posted on April 25, 2016 by

I was at a conference last week on ‘Supporting the transitions of research students and staff’.  One of the speakers was Professor James Cunningham from the Newcastle Business School at the University of Northumbria.  He talked about the research he, … Continue reading →

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Volunteers wanted for a new community engagement project

Posted on April 4, 2016 by

Today’s post is from Dr Ben Fletcher-Watson who is a Student Community Engagement Development Officer here at the University of Edinburgh. Research students looking to gain experience in public engagement are encouraged to apply for a new project which links … Continue reading →

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CareerConfident16 – Transitioning from student to professional

Posted on January 14, 2016 by

CareerConfident16 is a week long programme of events designed to help University of Edinburgh students to manage the transition from student to professional smoothly. Events will take place during the week beginning Monday 18th  January. Employers are increasingly looking for … Continue reading →

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Managing conferences

Posted on December 9, 2015 by

If you haven’t come across it already, you may want to have a look at the series of posts on The Guardian Higher Education Network on academic conferences.  There’s a lot of good advice, some of it light-hearted, both on … Continue reading →

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