Beyond the Doctorate – Careers Day Event

Programme:

Session One: Careers in Academia - How to succeed?

09:15 Coffee and Registration
09:30-09:40 Welcome and Introduction

09:45-10:00 Katrin Deinhardt - University of Southampton
10:05-10:20 Hannah Siddle - University of Southampton
10:25-10:40 David Tumbarello - University of Southampton
10:45-11:00 Cristina Lo Celso - Imperial College London

11:00-12:00 Coffee and round table discussion - speed dating style - each table 15 mins with each speaker

12:00-13:00 LUNCH

Session Two: Working Outside Academia
Focus: Why leave academia? What transferable skills are important to employers? Why is doing a PhD beneficial?

13:05-13:10 Introduction

13:15-13:30 Sam Littlejohn - Amazon
13:35-13:50 Samantha Gingell - Delloitte
13:55-14:10 Gemma Basevoy - Clinical Trials
14:15-14:30 Annie Cardew - Quintiles

14:35-15:35 Coffee and round table discussion - speed dating style - each table 15 mins with each speaker

Session Three: How to get Employed Outside Academia?
Focus: What do business's look for in a successful candidate? Why employ people who have undertaken a PhD? What extra skills do PhD graduates bring to the table?

15:40-15:45 Introduction

15:50-16:10 Tom Hebbert - Tesco
16:15-1635 Peter O'Donovan - Wellcome Trust
16:40-16:55 Alex Johnston - Teaching Science
17:00-17:15 Matt Findlay - Teaching Maths

17:20-18:20 Cheese and wine with round table discussion - speed dating-style - each table 15 mins with each speaker

Pub and further discussions.

Early Career Researchers (ERCs)