PERCAT Seminar: Building an Academic Track Record and Navigating an Academic Career

To be delivered as a webinar.

We are delighted to welcome Prof Jeffrey McDonnell of the University of Saskatchewan, who will be speaking on Attributes of a Successful Researcher and Applying to Academic Jobs.  Prof McDonnell is Professor of Hydrology and Associate Director of the Global Institute for Water Security at the University of Saskatchewan and the author of Navigating an Academic Career: A Brief Guide for PhD Students, Postdocs and New Faculty. AGU/Wiley, 96p, ISBN: 1119642108.

We will also be joined by academic speakers from within EPS and LES who will talk about their own experiences of building their track record in order to develop their careers:

• Dr Andy Plackett, Royal Society University Research Fellow, School of Biosciences.
• Dr Alexander ‘Sandy’ Knowles, Lecturer in Nuclear Materials and EUROfusion Researcher Grant holder in the School of Metallurgy & Materials.

Please note that this workshop does not cover CV writing.  Training in CV writing can be accessed via Linkedin Learning. 

Who is this seminar aimed at?

All postdoctoral and early career researchers in EPS and LES who are seeking to develop an academic career and who wish to position themselves to make applications for fellowships and lectureships