Your Path, Your Terms
In this transformative experience, you'll gain the tools and confidence to actively shape your research career journey, addressing the key challenges researchers face today. We'll explore strategies for navigating career transitions—whether you're moving from academia to elsewhere, elsewhere to academia, or seeking progression within your current path.
This mini-course is co-hosted by Dr Janet Salmons (When the Field Is Online) and Dr Eleanor Pritchard (PhD Progress Weekly). And from 15th May, you can find us together at Reimagine Research, thinking about all things research career related for social researchers!
Over the course of a month (see logistics details in bold below), you'll discover how to articulate your unique skills and translate your research expertise across different contexts, aligning your professional journey with your personal values and any practitioner or activism interests. We'll examine practical approaches to funding challenges, from securing independent research support to navigating periods between institutional backing.
The programme addresses maintaining research momentum and scholarly identity, including publishing pathways, protecting your intellectual property, and sustaining your research practice outside traditional academic structures. We'll tackle employment concerns by exploring diverse opportunities that match your specific qualifications and circumstances, including part-time and flexible work arrangements.
Throughout, you'll build connections with a supportive community of peers facing similar challenges, creating a network that extends beyond our time together. You'll develop personalised strategies to overcome common obstacles like impostor syndrome and decision paralysis.
Leave with a clear vision, practical approaches to your specific challenges, and the confidence to navigate your research career on your own terms—whether you're a PhD student, early career researcher, or career changer.
