What Can You Do #WithAPhD Outside Academia? (Online)
What Can You Do #WithAPhD Outside Academia? (Online)
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Date: 8th March 2022
Time: 15:00 - 17:00
Venue: Google Meet (Invitation Only)
Description
During a PhD there is information thrown at you from everywhere, strict deliverables, pressure to succeed, and then there is your future. Do you want to pursue an academic career on the subject of your studies? Or do you want to leave the sector and do something else? And if you left, what could you do? Anything is doable, but not many are talking about options and pathways to alternative careers. Between Academia and Industry (whatever that is for different disciplines) there are plenty of other options that you could pursue and make a difference! As someone who pivoted from a solid engineering degree and career prospects to a completely different area, having tried bits and bobs along the way, I can share my experience. If you want to find out about my journey so far, what I learnt from my PhD besides cool science, and how I found myself where I am today, join the talk!
Key elements:
My journey in and out of academia
How I made it work for me
Where you can start
Takeaway points:
A PhD is not all about science + Academia
There are always opportunities around
The earlier you start thinking about your future, the better
Speaker
Eleni Routoula
Originally from Greece, I moved in the UK 6 years ago to pursue further studies. My educational background has been in chemical engineering, but after 10 years of chemeng studies including a PhD on the topic, I realised that my passion was not about the practice of the profession as a researcher or industrial engineer. During my PhD in chemical engineering I discovered an interest in teaching, researchers’ development, science communication, networking, and employability, through participation in numerous extra-curricular activities. My non-research interests ranged from teaching assistance and participating in outreach, to chairing committees and an editorial placement in the journal Nature. I decided to pave my way in a sector different than originally intended, by pursuing further experience and employment in areas of interest. Currently, my main focus is educating students and researchers on the realisation and development of transferable skills and extracurricular experience as a means to shape and pursue conventional and unconventional careers.
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