Placements & Academic Progression: How to Leverage Professional Experience in Academic Funding Applications
Where: ESRC Grand Union DTP Hub Space, Manor Road Building, Oxford
When: 27th November 2024, 14:00-15:30
Who is this session for?
This session is open to all and useful to anyone with professional experience interested in using it in academic funding applications. This includes internships arranged through the careers service or independently.
There will be one section within the programme (3., below) which is only of relevance to ESRC funded students, but the other sections will be of relevance and use to all.
Are you a doctoral student planning to undertake a placement? Have you already completed one and are uncertain what comes next? Or are you simply interested in learning more about how your placement can positively impact funding applications or even career progression more broadly?
If you answered yes to any of the above, then this session is for you. We will discuss how short-term professional experience can contribute to your academic progression, especially in the context of early career (postdoctoral) funding applications.
Even though the session has been developed with ESRC-funded doctoral students in mind, postgraduate students across Social Sciences (broadly defined) are welcome to attend and contribute to the discussion.
What is this session about?
During the session we will address the following questions:
- What are the benefits of undertaking a placement?
- Why are academics increasingly expected to gain professional experience beyond their immediate academic environment?
- How do ESRC doctoral placements compare to schemes supported by other funders and at different career stages?
- How can short-term professional experience bolster academic funding applications?
- How transferrable are professional skills to academic contexts?
Speakers:
This session will be delivered by Dr Alexandru Martalogu, Research Impact Facilitator at the Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford. We will be joined by GUDTP alumni and postdoctoral researchers discussing how their professional experience beyond academia helped their academic progression.
Contact details: If you have any questions about this event please contact placements.gudtp@socsci.ox.ac.uk
How to register: https://forms.office.com/e/EzZccfbi1z
