Programme

Time	Session	Session Details
9:30 - 10:00	Networking session	Interactive welcome session
10:00 - 11:00	How to get your next academic job: experiences and skills required	A talk delivered by Prof. Anvar Shukurov
11:00 – 12:00	Practical tips on preparing CVs and personal statements	A 20 min talk delivered by Nabil Iqbal followed by an interactive CV sharing session
12:00 – 13:00	Break Lunch*
13:00 – 14:00	How to write a winning fellowship proposal	A talk given by Johanna Gascoigne-Owens and Holly White
14:00 – 14:30	Coffee Break
14:30 – 16:00	World Café	An interactive session during which the participants will be split into 3 groups and rotate between tables that will be dedicated to discussing 3 different topics: Non-academic career paths: what are the options outside academia? (Lead by June Kay and Karen Parkhouse) Mental health: how to handle the stress and the anxiety of the job market. (Lead by Hannah Harvey) Equality-Diversity-Inclusion (EDI): how various forms of discrimination may manifest themselves in the process of applying for academic jobs, both from the candidate’s perspective and also from the committee side, quotas, and EDI policies in the academic sector. (Lead by Christine Stretesky) The session will conclude with the 3 experts giving a brief summary of the main ideas discussed during the session.

*During the lunch break there will be a drop-in session for individual CV review by David Henderson from the Careers office.