Career Pathways day for final year PhDs and post-docs

Wednesday 18/03/09 (12.00 – 6.00 pm)

Garrod Building (Old Anatomy Lecture Theatre), Whitechapel Campus

Register for this event on www.esdcourses.org.uk

The purpose of this event is to provide an overview of some career paths available to both final year PhDs and postdoctoral researchers.

Confirmed speakers:

Working in a Research Institute / Industry vs Academia Dr Greg Elgar (QMUL)
Science Writing & Publishing Simon Frantz (Noble Foundation)
Patent Attorney Dr. Howard Sands (Boult Wade Tennant)
Head of Research Operations Dr Karen Sergiou (Imperial College)
Teaching Dr. David Vine (Sutton Grammar School)

Ever thought about teaching? Great opportunities for Chemistry/Physics/Engineering PhDs

CAN YOU INSPIRE A FUTURE GENERATION OF CHEMISTS AND PHYSICISTS?

A number of highly competitive Foyle Science Scholarships available for PhD Graduates and Post-Doctoral Researchers

● Do you have, or are you soon to have, a PhD in Physical Sciences or Engineering?

● Are you interested in playing a pivotal role in an innovative project aimed at raising aspiration of school pupils to study physics and chemistry in state secondary schools?

● Are you keen to combine your creative ideas gained through research with teacher training to communicate the excitement of Physics or Chemistry to school pupils?

● Would you like to gain a teacher training qualification (PGCE)?

If yes, then the INSPIRE project will be of interest to you

Applicants from EEA (European Economic Area) or with resident status are invited for a nine months PGCE studentship of £15,000 (equivalent to approx £25k per/annum) and payment of home student fees. For TDA requirements, please see www.tda.gov.uk

Download an application form and find out more: here

E-mail the completed applications with a copy of CV to: s.alizadeh@imperial.ac.uk

Closing date: 9th March 2009
Interviews will be held on 25th and 26th March 2009
Starting date of the PGCE course 1st September 2009

Internship opportunities for research students at the British Academy

The British Academy, the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences (HSS), is offering internship opportunities for HSS research students. Interns will support the Academy’s policy activities, making valuable contributions to public policy topics that require input from HSS.

More details can be downloaded from here.

The internships are for three months and can be full- or part-time.

The closing date for applications is 6th March.

Business Plan Competition - Montreal

Business Plan Competition

Finalists receive cash prizes, all-expenses paid trips to the Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada) Spring Meeting on the 5th May 09 in Montreal, world-class mentorship & networking opportunities!

Do you have an interesting business idea with intellectual property and commercial potential?

The Licensing Executives Society are inviting Masters and PhD students from any discipline to apply to their business plan competition.

What you will need to do

Submit a comprehensive business plan with a core intellectual property (IP) licensing component.
Entries are judged on attractiveness of the venture, quality of the product/service offered, market opportunity and investment potential.

What you can win

Finalist teams receive all-expenses paid trips to compete in Montreal at the LES Spring Meeting (5th May 09)
Unique network opportunity with licensing professionals.
The winning team will receive $10,000 and runner-up team will win $1,000.

Deadline 4 March 09. For more details on guidelines visit the LES foundation website.

If you are interested, please contact your Business Manager at Queen Mary Innovations for help with submitting your application.

Opportunity for third year Social Science PhD students

The University of Durham is running a writing workshop on 30th/31st March targeted at year three students who have used qualitative methods of data collection and who are at the point of translating this data into written out-put for a thesis or for publication. The costs of the workshop will be covered by ESRC.

If you are interested, further details can be found here. Students have to be nominated by their supervisors to attend, and the nomination forms and eligibility criteria can also be found through that link.

The closing date for nominations is 20th Feb.

A chance to highlight your skills to employers

Vitae are currently gathering information about the skills that researchers possess, in order to increase employers' understanding of what they could gain by employing PhD graduates. They would like PhD students to leave comments here about the experiences they have had and skills they have developed during their PhD. The aim is to use some of these comments as part of a publication which can be circulated to employers outside the higher education sector, who may not currently be aware of what PhD graduates can offer their company.

So, have a think about what you have done/learned during your PhD that you would want employers to be aware of, and visit the Vitae page to leave your comments.