Careers in Your Ears
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Series 7, Episode 4; Professor Evelyn Welch talks about practical ways to support early career researchers, with a little bit of Michelangelo thrown in!
Professor Evelyn Welch, Senior Vice-President for Service, People & Planning at Kings and Professor of Renaissance Studies talks about her own career journey from when a PhD was expected to last 10 years (hers didn't!), balancing temporary jobs with
Series 7, Episode 3; Professor Sir Simon Wessely: a senior clinical academic's career, and researchers' mental health
Listen to this episode of Careers in Your Ears to understand more about a very experienced academic's route. Kate Murray talks to Simon Wessely (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/professor-sir-simon-wessely), Professor of Psychiatry at King's College Lon
Series 7 Episode 2; Professor Tim Newton discusses Research Culture and mental health
In this episode of Careers in Your Ears, we talk with Tim Newton, Professor of Psychology as Applied to Dentistry and Dean for Research Culture at King's College London. We hear about Tim's journey in academia and why he ventured into Ethics and now Resea
S7 E1: Managing wellbeing with Roger Carles-Fontana, King's Doctoral Association (KDSA)
Roger Carles-Fontana is a PhD student at King's College London and Mental Wellbeing and Events Lead at King's Doctoral Students Association (KDSA). He talks with us on this episode of Careers in Your Ears about why PGR students might struggle with their m
Series 6, Episode 9: Race and Identity in Research Careers: Part 2
This episode is the second part of a conversation about race and identity in research careers which we recorded in June 2021. Alexandria Mitchell, a PhD student at King's College London (KCL) and co-chair of the KCL Race Equality Network (www.kcl.ac.uk/hr
Series 6, Episode 8: Race and Identity in Research Careers: Part 1
This episode is the first part of a conversation about race and identity in research careers. Alexandria Mitchell, a PhD student at King's College London (KCL) and co-chair of the KCL Race Equality Network (www.kcl.ac.uk/hr/diversity/get-involved/networks
Series 6, Episode 7: Understanding Labour Markets [August 2021] with Professor Rebecca Oakey and Andrew Wright
In this episode we wanted to explore whats happening with recruitment to roles in academia and in sectors outside academia, which PhDs and Research Staff are typically attracted to. To do this, we spoke with Rebecca Oakey, a Kings Professor of Epigeneti
Series 6, Episode 6: Becoming a Data Scientist & Coding Beyond Academia with Dr Jason Myers
Dr Jason Myers is a Data Scientist with Faculty AI. Prior to this, he completed his PhD with the 'Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Non-Equilibrium Systems' (CANES) Centre for Doctoral Training at King's College London. Jason joins us on Careers In Y
Series 6, Episode 5: Squiggly Careers for Researchers
Dr. Hilary Jones is a former post-doctoral researcher who has worked in careers and employability, started her own business, is in training to be a psychotherapist and is now working for a non-profit organisation. In this episode she tells us her career s
Series 6, Episode 4: Gloopy cells and Higher Education Policy work; what is the connection? With Bethan Cornell
Bethan Cornell is a final year PhD student at King’s College London’s Physics Department and she’s also a Policy Officer in the Higher Education Unit in the UK’s Department for Education. We discuss taking on other opportunities during the PhD, the value