Professional Careers Beyond Academia
Date and time
Location
Institute Of Child Health
30 Guilford Street London WC1N 1EH United KingdomDescription
PROFESSIONAL CAREERS BEYOND ACADEMIA
13th March 2015
This careers event plans to:
- Publicise career opportunities outside University academia
- Emphasise opportunities and employers with a preference for PhD graduates
- Highlight the variety of employment sectors relevant to the many transferable skills acquired during PhD training and post-doctoral research
Schedule:
8.45 Registration
9.20 Welcome and Introduction
Ed Fottrell, Chair UCL PLHD Early Career Network
9.30 UCL Careers
Kathy Barrett “Where am I going and why?”
10.00 UCL Consultancy
Björn Christianson and Nadja Race “Consulting at UCL: perspectives from outside and inside academia”
10.30 Researchers in Schools
Ross Neilson “Teach, train and research: high quality routes into teaching for post-doctoral researchers”
11.00 Tea
11.30 Winton Capital
Professor William Shaw “ Rigorous modelling in the financial industry – the Winton experience ”
12.00 Eximius
Tom Stoddart “The value of an experienced recruitment partner”
12.30 Networking Lunch
14.00 Wellcome Trust
Jonathon Best “Careers at the Wellcome Trust”
14.30 New Scientist
Penny Sarchet “From science research to science journalism”
15.00 Tea
15.30 Genomics England
Tom Fowler “Life in public health”
16.00 Generon
Mike Brownleader “Getting a job”
16.30 Networking reception
Who should attend?
This event is aimed at early career researchers (Postdocs and PhD students) working in population health, biomedical and related sciences, and is open to attendees across UCL.
Location: Kennedy Lecture Theatre, UCL Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH.
Registration is required (Free of charge)
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