Academic and Non-academic Career Workshop

(Science, Engineering and Medicine)

WEDNESDAY 24TH JUNE 2020

Academic and Non-academic Career Workshop

(Arts and Social Sciences)

THURSDAY 25TH JUNE 2020

Morning Session - 9.30am to 12.10

Sign into the web and book via SkillsForge code = DC-ACW2

Morning Session - 9.30am to 12.10

Sign into the web and book via SkillsForge code = DC-ACW3

The morning will comprise of academic and alumni speakers talking about their own experiences on gaining a job in academia including (although subject to availability on the day):

• Dr. Peter Gammon (Engineering)
• Dr. Liz Blagrove (Psychology)
• Dr. Meera Unnikrishnan (Warwick Medical School)
• Dr. Kurt Debattista (Warwick Manufacturing Group)
• Dr. Mike Jennings (Alumni Engineering, Swansea University)

And

Dr. Lauren Schrock (Warwick Manufacturing Group) presenting on;

1. Academic Cover Letters;

2. Academic CV's;

3. Where to look for academic jobs;

4. As well as hints and tips when applying.

The morning will comprise of academic and alumni speakers talking about their own experiences on gaining a job in academia including (although subject to availability on the day):

• Prof. Nick Powdthavee (Warwick Business School)

• Dr. Charlotte Heath-Kelly (Politics and International Studies)
• Dr. Chris Strelluf (Applied Linguistics)
• Prof. Pablo Mukherjee (English and Comparative Literary Studies)

• Dr. David Doddington (Alumni History, Cardiff University)

And

Dr. Lauren Schrock (Warwick Manufacturing Group) presenting on;

1. Academic Cover Letters;

2. Academic CV's;

3. Where to look for academic jobs;

4. As well as hints and tips when applying.

Afternoon Session - 1.00pm to 5pm

Sign into the web and book via SkillsForge code = SCS-NACW2

Afternoon Session - 1.00pm to 5pm

Sign into the web and book via SkillsForge code = SCS-NACW3

The afternoon led by Chris Manley, Senior Careers Consultant will be a more practical and related workshop with speaker/s including:

• • Information and reassurance about the non-academic PhD job market
  • Understanding your skills
  • Where to look: Frequent options, resources available, developing your networks, sources of information, making an effective application
  • Speakers subject to the day are:

Radu Tusco, Indirect Tax Associate, based in Reading

Robin Verooij, Core consultant (Consulting Analyst), London

Manos Mastorakism Senior Associate Consultant, Blue Latitude Health (Pharmaceutical Marketing/Strategy Consulting), London

Rebecca Southwell, Metabolism Chemist at Sygenta

Andrea Martinez-Vernon, Bioinformatics Data Scientist,

Matt Lougher, Safety and Facilities Manager, London Centre for Nanotechnology

Azzedine Dabo, Analytical chemist

The afternoon led by Chris Manley, Senior Careers Consultant will be a more practical and related workshop with speaker/s including:

• Information and reassurance about the non-academic PhD job market
• Understanding your skills
• Where to look: Frequent options, resources available, developing your networks, sources of information, making an effective application
• Speakers subject to the day are:

Stephen Soanes, Student Recruitment Officer, University of Warwick

Alice Byrne, Assistant Headteacher, Coventry

Stephen Wigmore, Project Accountant, National Grid

Steven Lovelady, Global Home Care R&D Operations Manager, Unilever

Peter Fossey, Senior Academic Developer, University of Warwick

Maria Cohut, News Writer, Medical News Today (Healthcare Media UK)

David Rowthorn, software engineer based in Cambridge

Alexandra Dobra-Kiel, Head of Banking & Capital Markets Insights UK at Deloitte