Careers

Planning your career path series

RDO Summer Programme:

Develop your career, prepare for conference season, and build confidence in communicating your research through workshops, writing support, and specialist sessions.

No matter what stage of your PhD, you need to start planning where next now.

Our RDO Summer Programme places a strong emphasis on career development, helping you prepare for Conference Season and build confidence in communicating your research. Throughout the programme, you鈥檒l be supported to reflect on your next steps, explore different career pathways, and strengthen how you present yourself and your work.

Deciding what career will suit you and your skills, abilities and what you value will help you think about what you need to be doing now to get the career of your choice.

We will be starting our Summer Programme on 1st June 2026. open 11th May. We look forward to seeing you then

The Planning your Career Path Series covers your Internal Compass - finding out what you want from your career, and External Calibration, examining what is expected from the sector that you want to join.

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Career Development
What can you do with your Research Degree? identifying achievements & testing assumptions	01/06/2026	11.00-12.30
What role do you want? Searching for a career that is best for you	03/06/2026	11.00-12.30
Applying for Research Fellowships	08/06/2026	13.00-14.30
Preparing for a Job Interview	12/06/2026	10.30-12.00
Writing Research Grant Applications	13/06/2026	10.30-12.00
Hidden Opportunities: how reviewing could support your academic career	16/06/2026	10.30-12.00
Designing and Managing a Collaborative Research Project	17/06/2026	10.30-12.00
Developing your LinkedIn Profile	17/06/2026	13.00-14.00
Marketing your Skills - CV Building	18/06/2026	14.00-15.00
Developing your Leadership Skills	22/06/2026	11.00-12.30
What do Employers Want? Selling your PhD to future employers outside of academia	25/06/2026	11.00-12.30
Networking with Employers during your PhD	25/06/2026	14.00-15.30
Using Commercial Awareness to Strengthen Your Applications and Interviews	26/06/2026	10.00-11.30
Academic Interviews - making an impact	02/07/2026	11.00-12.30
What Editors Really Want: Publishing tips, advice and workarounds	02/07/2026	13.30-15.00
Dealing with Rejection in Academia	03/07/2026	10.30-12.00
Develop a Career Strategy to get the job you want (IN PERSON SESSION)	07/07/2026	11.00-16.00
Deconstructing Job Adverts	08/07/2026	13.30-15.00

Conference Season
Assertiveness for Researchers: Communicating & Collaborating	01/06/2026	13.30-15.00
Dealing with Social Anxiety (Particularly in Conference Season)	01/06/2026	17.30-19.00
Presenting your Research	02/06/2026	10.30-12.00
Creating a Networking Strategy for Conferences and Events (Saturday Session)	06/06/2026	10.30-12.00
Writing and Giving Conference Papers	11/06/2026	10.30-12.00
Design for Academics 1	16/06/2026	13.30-15.00
Research Poster Design (Saturday Session)	20/06/2026	10.30-12.00
Using Storytelling to communicate your research	22/06/2026	13.00-14.30
Making Connections: Strategic Networking for Researchers	23/06/2026	10.30-12.00
Design for Academics 2	23/06/2026	12.30-14.00
Organising and running an academic (or similar) conference	09/07/2026	10.30-12.00