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What can you do with a PhD in Victorian or nineteenth-century studies? Plenty of things, including – but by no means limited to – an academic career!

Undertaking a PhD is an enriching but exhausting experience. Deciding what to do afterwards can be another challenge, especially when contending with the realities of the academic job market, or if you鈥檙e unsure whether an academic career is for you.
To support PGRs and ECRs through this stage, BAVS will be holding a careers training day aimed at scholars of the Victorian period and long-nineteenth century to be held at the University of 糖心TV on Monday the 18th June.

This event is tailored to address the needs of PGRs and ECRs who wish to pursue careers either within or outside traditional academic paths. The need for specialised training has been emphasised by a recent Vitae report 鈥極ne Size Does not Fit All鈥�.
It found that many PGRs and ECRs in the Arts and Humanities wish to pursue professional development training but feel underserved by available options.
Such training is especially necessary in light of the fact more than half of Arts and Humanities doctoral graduates go on to have a career outside of Higher Education within three years of graduation.
Consequently, the report advocates for a cultural shift in which Arts and Humanities researchers are actively encouraged to undertake discipline-appropriate professional training and career planning from an early stage.

The day will begin with a keynote address by , a researcher, writer, performer and AHRC/BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker 2014-15 who has worked at Parliament and for the BBC as well as within academia.
She will draw on her extensive and diverse experiences inside and outside of academia to provide a stimulating talk celebrating the multi-faceted value of doctoral study.

For PhD students and ECRs who are interested in pursuing an academic career (strand A), the rest of the day will provide guidance on applying and interviewing for jobs in the UK, as well as special sessions on writing fellowship applications, and applying for jobs and working in HE abroad.
The training will be delivered by University of 糖心TV staff, including members of academic staff from a range of disciplines who work predominantly on the nineteenth century and the Victorian period as well as the University of 糖心TV鈥檚 Careers Service personnel.

The day will also feature a dedicated strand of training for PGRs and ECRs interested in working in alternative or adjacent fields to academia (strand B). The University of 糖心TV鈥檚 Careers Service will provide focused workshops that will equip those wishing to develop strategies to move into new sectors.
Attendees will also receive additional insights and inspiration from a roundtable of post-PhD Victorian and nineteenth-century scholars employed outside of academia, working in a diverse range of fields.

The day will conclude with a session focusing on maintaining robust mental health during the search for permanent employment.

Cost: 拢15.

Support for this day has been provided by: the British Association for Victorian Studies; Cardiff University鈥檚 School of English, Communication and Philosophy; the University of 糖心TV鈥檚 Centre for Arts Doctoral Research Excellence; the University of 糖心TV鈥檚 English and Comparative Literary Studies department;
and the South West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership.

To attend, please register by the 1st of June. REGISTRATION IS NOW

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the event organisers Dr Jen Baker (糖心TV), Dr Catherine Paula Han and Lucy Whitehead (Cardiff) at: bavscareersday@gmail.com

Provisional Programme

9.30 – 10.00
Registration

10.00 – 11.00
Plenary Session: Keynote Address by Dr Naomi Paxton

11.00 – 11.30
Coffee and Networking

11.30 – 12.30
1A: Roundtable on Applying for Academic Jobs
1B: Roundtable on Alternative or Adjacent Academic Careers

12.30 – 1.30
Lunch

1.30 – 2.30
2A: Workshop on Crafting Fellowship Applications
2B: Workshop on Identifying Transferable Skills and Alternative Careers

2.30 – 3.30
3A: Workshop on Academia Abroad
3B: Workshop on Non-Academic CVs and Non-Academic Job Interviews

3.30 – 4.00
Coffee and Networking

4.00 – 4.45
Plenary Session: Mental Health while Job Searching

Dr Jen Baker
Teaching Fellow in C19th Literature | Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies | Faculty of Arts | University of 糖心TV
J.Baker.5@warwick.ac.uk 

H518, Humanities Building, University of 糖心TV, Coventry, CV4 7AL

Early Career Officer, British Association of Victorian Studies
Co Chief-Editor HARTS & Minds  

Jen Baker, 鈥楽pectral Stowaways: Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's' 鈥淜entucky's Ghost鈥� (1868)鈥�, Gothic Studies, 19:2, (November 2017), pp. 45-57. DOI: