Overview
Being an early career academic researcher, whether you’re a doctoral student or research staff, can be challenging: should you pursue further academic research? What skills will help you progress in an academic career? What other career options are open to you?
On this Career Management for Early Career Academic Researchers course from The University of Glasgow by FutureLearn you will answer these questions and more, considering how to manage you career and reflecting on what you want out of a career. You will be encouraged to consider different career options, both within and outside academic research, and build your confidence in marketing yourself in applications and interviews.
Learning on this course
You can take this self-guided course and learn at your own pace. On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
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What topics will you cover?
Factors that are important when considering future career development including key drivers, strengths, interests, personality, and values and how these impact on career choice
Experience, skills and qualifications that aid progression in an academic career and how to build relevant experience
Common career areas researchers enter outside academic research and how to generate and research individual career ideas
CVs for different roles and how to present experience effectively when applying for academic and non-academic jobs
What to expect at academic and non-academic interviews, and how to prepare effectively for these
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Duration
- Part-time
- 1 months
- 3 hrs/week
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Education Educational Research Human Resource Management View 36 other Short Courses in Human Resource Management in United KingdomExplore more key information
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- This course is for academic researchers - both postgraduate researchers (PhDs) and early career researchers (post-docs).
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International
104 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 104 USD for the full programme during 1 months. -
National
104 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 104 USD for the full programme during 1 months.
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