The Institute for Academic Development has a number of career development resources to support research staff with their career planning.
A PDF guide for those seeking fellowship opportunities. This guide provides information on the different types of fellowship, has guiding questions for self-reflection and covers the essentials of a compelling narrative for an application. This guide covers the following:
The PDF guide includes two tables that invite reflection in preparation of a fellowship application. For better use, these tables can be downloaded here as MS Word Versions.
A suite of mentoring resources for research staff.
The aim of these resources is to support individuals to consider mentoring as a career development opportunity, from both the mentor and mentee perspective. They explore what mentoring is and what it is not, the role of the mentee in finding and building mentoring relationships and the skills required in the role of the mentor. They also include resources for further reading and support.
A series of miniature workshops developed into short videos, based on materials drawn from already successful live workshop sessions and aimed at success in the job market. There are four videos available, including:
Benchmarking
Creating CVs for careers beyond academia
Career conversations is a series of recorded interviews with people who have transitioned from university research positions to careers outwith academia. Participants discuss their research background, their motivations for moving into a new sector, how they found out what CV, skills, experience were required and how they then acquired the necessary skills and experience. Participants also provide reflections on what they would do differently now, and on what, in their experience, is required for career success. There are 6 interviews available:
A guide with information and questions to consider when preparing for a career conversation with your PI / Supervisor
Career Conversations with your PI
Video and text case studies from PhD students, research staff, lecturers and Heads of School across all three Colleges at the University of Edinburgh showing the challenges and rewards of an academic career, and what can aid career progression.
Academic Career Journeys at Edinburgh
Video recordings of seminars are available on the Early Career Researchers web pages in the College.
Careers beyond academia seminar series and career conversations
A free, 8-module online course created by leadership development experts to support academics to focus on their research and priorities.
Developed at the University of Liverpool, Prosper is an online resource freely available to Postdocs, Managers or Researchers and institutions, it contains a wealth of information relating to all aspects of postdoc career development.
Postdocs can access a range of materials designed to help identify career goals, learn about opportunities beyond academia, and develop lifelong career skills, and managers of researchers have access to a range of resources to support their postdocs’ career development and foster a positive and inclusive working environment.
Prosper. [external link]
