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Academic Job Interviews: Top Tips for Success – Google+ Hangout on Air

Interviews can be nerve-racking experiences. Academic job interviews, in particular, can be all-day events which usually involve a panel interview of three or more people and a lecture or presentation to future colleagues.

How to Secure a Job after your PhD – Google+ Hangout on Air

jobs.ac.uk organised a live video Q&A on the subject of ‘How to secure a job after your PhD’. Our panel of experts answered questions from our audience covering:

PhD Vlog Week 1 – Abigail Robertson

Want to get a real insight into what it’s like to do a PhD? Meet our vlogger Abigail Robertson a second-year PhD student in Medieval Studies at the University of New Mexico. In week 1 Abigail shares tips on life as a PhD student. Follow the vlogging month as we invite five PhD students…>

Competencies needed for collaboration

Use our decision tree to find out what competencies are needed and how they can be developed at each stage in the collaboration process. Our top tips for successful collaborations across disciplinary and geographic boundaries are: Understand the characteristics of collaboration – formal and informal and identify which you seek Identify the competencies you will…>

Making Academic Collaboration Work

In their 2012 paper, ‘The how and why of academic collaboration: disciplinary differences and policy implications’, Lewis, Ross and Holden argued that there was a useful distinction to be made between collaboration (lowercase c) and Collaboration (capital C). The idea is that, whether we recognize it formally or not, almost all academics engage in the…>

The immigration toolkit for international PhD students

Immigration adviser Jo Holliday explores the options for PhD students from outside the European Union who want to stay in the UK to look for work, start work or set up in business. These include some of the better known routes under the UK Points Based System (PBS) as well as some of the other…>

PhD Vlog Week 2: Abigail Robertson

Meet our vlogger Abigail Robertson a second-year PhD student in Medieval Studies at the University of New Mexico. In week 2 Abigail shares tips leading up to a presentation as well as insight into doing a PhD in America. Ready to start your PhD journey? Search for PhDs here

PhD Vlog Week 3: Abigail Robertson

In this week’s vlog Abigail shares tips how to stayed organised during the PhD application process. Watch this vlog to find out more! Ready to start your PhD journey? Search for PhDs here

PhD Vlog Week 4: Abigail Robertson

In week 4 it is conference week! Abigail shows insight into how to prepare for conferences, and presenting at a conference! Ready to start your PhD journey? Search for PhDs here

Work in Australia – Country profile

Australians have a reputation for being very laid back, and the country’s naturally temperate weather and outdoor lifestyle certainly help to encourage a relaxed atmosphere which values good work/life balance. With a diverse mix of cultures from the indigenous aboriginal people to the early European settlers and the more recent Asian migrants, modern Australia is very much multicultural.