Are you, or do you know, a UK-registered student with an interest in the future of pensions and long-term saving? If so, the Association of Consulting Actuaries Student Essay Competition for a prize of up to £3,000 is open for entries!
Find out more below, and apply here: https://aca.org.uk/aca-75th-anniversary-future-of-pensions-student-essay-competition-entry-form/
How do I know if I’m ready to apply for a fellowship?
Many factors come into play in determining if you’re ready to apply for a fellowship, such as your research discipline, career stage and goals, and your personal readiness. In some disciplines, it is normal to be ready for a fellowship towards the end of your PhD while in others you need to have established postdoctoral experience before you can begin.
Look at current fellowship holders in your discipline to get an idea of what is expected. Next, consider your career stage and how independently you are handling your research. As you embark on applying for a fellowship, it is a good idea to reflect on how a fellowship will impact your future career. Map out what your next steps might be if you get one, or if you don’t.
Finally, searching for and applying for fellowships is a lengthy process which requires dedicated time and energy. Weigh up the drawbacks and benefits of spending that time and energy before you begin. You may decide not to apply due to personal commitments and responsibilities or it may be advantageous to focus your time and energy on making progress toward your research goals instead.
Interviews can be stressful, especially if you don’t know what to expect. Here Jane Street share some insights that might help you feel more prepared.
What we’re looking for
The main thing we’re looking for throughout the interview process is what it might be like to work together day-to-day. While it may seem like the interview is about solving the problem and getting to the correct answer, we’re much more interested in how you approach it, what you’re able to learn, and how you’re able to apply that to something more complex in the future. Read more
We invited four former Cambridge researchers who have been through the process of academic recruitment in other countries to come back to talk about their experience. We heard what helped them to navigate their route internationally. If you haven’t had the chance to listen back to the full panel from last Michaelmas, here are some of their top tips for applications and interviews from their experience in navigating the academic job market internationally. And some of their top tips can be applied more broadly in academic recruitment. Read more
Like any sector in the economy, academia is made up of a diverse set of organisations which are influenced by a range of political, social and economic factors. It’s a highly international sector with a wide range of ways of operating, stakeholders and influences. In this blog, Careers Consultants, Lucy Romijn and Vicki Tipton outline some of the key components of the sector and the influences they have and highlight why it’s important for your career to develop an awareness of what’s going on in academia. Read more