Post university travelling: Antje Fiebig
Anni writes about her round-the-world trip that she did after her PhD and before her current job. Post-degree travel is popular, can enhance your CV, and can be a welcome change of scene.
Antje Fiebig (Institute of Plant Sciences & Resource Conservation)
Antje is now employed at the Horticultural Sciences Department of the Institute of Plant Sciences and Resource Conservation in Bonn (Germany) as the lab manager and supervises PhD/Master’s students.
Jenny Turton (British Antarctic Survey: PhD)
Jenny, who spent the second year of her degree in Oregon, USA, is now in her third year of PhD at the British Antarctic Survey.
Beth Brockett (Natural England)
Working as Lead Land Management Adviser at Natural England, Beth covers the South West Peak District…
Resources for PhD students and beyond
Looking for further opportunities? Read on to find links to academic jobs sites, fellowships and also careers outside academia.
Former MSc Volcanologist awarded prestigious fellowship
Congratulations to Dr Mike Cassidy (MSc Volcanology and Geological Hazards, graduated 2009), who has been awarded a prestigious NERC Independent Research Fellowship at the University of Oxford.
Connecting degree/PhD skills to the workplace
Need help to building your CV? Here you can find info presented by Dr Michael Wilkinson that nicely maps university/PhD skills onto the sorts of transferable skills that employers are looking for.
British Ecological Society “Careers in Ecology” Conference: A student’s view
Back in February, Emma Pearce (MSci Biological Sciences) won an internal competition for funding to attend the British Ecological Society Careers in Ecology Conference in London. This is her report from that event.
What’s it like doing an environmental science PhD?
Former LEC PhD student Ben Langford describes his PhD research in the Amazon and Borneo.
