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The Careers Podcast for PhD Students and Research Staff at King's College London.
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Series 9: Ep5 - From Policy to Professor with Michael Sanders from 2023-12-01T09:00
Join us for an inspiring chat with Professor Michael Sanders as he lets us in on his approach for getting things done in academia, the need for code-switching to develop a career in multiple sec...
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Series 9: Ep4 - Researcher Mobility: "There's no experience that's not experience" from 2023-11-24T06:01
Can researcher career paths span academia and industry? Is it possible to simultaneously work in both? Dr. Lizzy Moyce, Arup's Research Development Manager and Careers Consultant La...
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Series 9: Ep3 - Sex Robots and Research from 2023-11-17T09:30
In this episode we meet Chloe Locatelli, a PhD student at King's College London, who is currently close to completing her thesis on sex technology. We speak about the importance of her femin...
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Series 9 EP:2 - From PhD to academic from 2023-11-10T09:30
In this episode, Dr. Pavan Mano tells us about his journey from PhD to research fellow and then to his current lecturing post at King's College London. Pavan tells us about the importance of...
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Series 9: EP1 - Leading and Succeeding in Industry - Kinga Bercsenyi, previously a postdoc and now VP explains all from 2023-11-03T09:30:25
Kinga Bercsenyi is VP of Business Development at Arctoris and has never seen a job description. She also had no idea what she wanted to do after her PhD and says she has never attended a formal ...
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Series 8, Epsiode 3: Podcast Takeover: From Research Assistant to the Civil Service from 2023-06-23T09:30:38
This mini-series of Careers in Your Ears is hosted by King's PhDs and researchers. In this episode, Tisha Dasgupta, Research Assistant and PhD student in the Department of Women’s & Chil...
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Special Episode: International Women's Day 2023 from 2023-03-08T08:13:54
In this special episode for International Women's Day 2023, Dr. Risha Govind, Senior Clinical Informatics Scientist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, speaks about her career journey an...
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Special Episode: National Careers Week 2023 - Career Thinking and Career Consulting from 2023-03-06T08:15:14
In this special episode for National Careers Week 2023, Dr. Emily Prpa, Science Manager at Yakult UK and Ireland and Donald Lush, a careers consultant working with PhDs and research staff at Kin...
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Series 8, Episode 2: Podcast Takeover: A career in AI research in academia and industry from 2023-01-20T10:47:32
Join Mackenzie Jorgensen, PhD student in machine learning models (and our takeover host for this episode) as she interviews Dr Luis Pizarro, Global Responsible AI Leader at EY and Visiting Senio...
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Series 8, Episode 1: Podcast takeover: Researching and supporting sustainability from 2022-12-13T16:28:31
Join Aline da Silva Cerqueira, PhD student (and our episode takeover host!) researching sea birds and marine soundscapes in the Dept of Geography at King’s College London, and Dr Maud Borie, Lec...
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Series 7, Episode 6: What to do when you're experiencing feelings of guilt and anxiety during your PhD? With Dr Melissa Willis. from 2022-04-01T09:00
Dr Melissa Willis is the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Research Team Lead at Sellafield Ltd. Prior to this she was a PhD researcher in material sciences at the University of Manchester. M...
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Series 7 - Episode 5 - Researcher Developers Supporting Mental Health from 2022-03-04T09:00
In this episode we hear from Dr. Nigel Eady, Dr. Amy Moore and Dr. Kathy Barrett. All our guests began their careers in research and now have roles at King's College London where they support th...
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Series 7, Episode 4; Professor Evelyn Welch talks about practical ways to support early career researchers, with a little bit of Michelangelo thrown in! from 2022-02-04T10:00
Professor Evelyn Welch, Senior Vice-President for Service, People & Planning at King’s and Professor of Renaissance Studies talks about her own career journey from when a PhD was expected to...
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Series 7, Episode 3; Professor Sir Simon Wessely: a senior clinical academic's career, and researchers' mental health from 2022-01-28T10:00
Listen to this episode of Careers in Your Ears to understand more about a very experienced academic's route. Kate Murray talks to Simon Listen
Series 7 Episode 2; Professor Tim Newton discusses Research Culture and mental health from 2022-01-21T10:00
In this episode of Careers in Your Ears, we talk with Tim Newton, Professor of Psychology as Applied to Dentistry and Dean for Research Culture at King's College London. We hear about Tim's jour...
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S7 E1: Managing wellbeing with Roger Carles-Fontana, King's Doctoral Association (KDSA) from 2022-01-14T10:00
Roger Carles-Fontana is a PhD student at King's College London and Mental Wellbeing and Events Lead at King's Doctoral Students Association (KDSA). He talks with us on this episode of Careers in...
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Series 6, Episode 9: Race and Identity in Research Careers: Part 2 from 2021-09-03T08:00
This episode is the second part of a conversation about race and identity in research careers which we recorded in June 2021. Alexandria Mitchell, a PhD student at King's College London (KCL) an...
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Series 6, Episode 8: Race and Identity in Research Careers: Part 1 from 2021-08-27T08:00
This episode is the first part of a conversation about race and identity in research careers. Alexandria Mitchell, a PhD student at King's College London (KCL) and co-chair of the Listen
Series 6, Episode 7: Understanding Labour Markets [August 2021] with Professor Rebecca Oakey and Andrew Wright from 2021-08-20T08:00
In this episode we wanted to explore what’s happening with recruitment to roles in academia and in sectors outside academia, which PhDs and Research Staff are typically attracted to. To do this,...
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Series 6, Episode 6: Becoming a Data Scientist & Coding Beyond Academia with Dr Jason Myers from 2021-08-06T09:00
Dr Jason Myers is a Data Scientist with Faculty AI. Prior to this, he completed his PhD with the 'Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Non-Equilibrium Systems' (CANES) Centre for Doctoral Trai...
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Series 6, Episode 5: Squiggly Careers for Researchers from 2021-07-30T08:00
Dr. Hilary Jones is a former post-doctoral researcher who has worked in careers and employability, started her own business, is in training to be a psychotherapist and is now working for a non-p...
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Series 6, Episode 4: Gloopy cells and Higher Education Policy work; what is the connection? With Bethan Cornell from 2021-07-23T08:00
Bethan Cornell is a final year PhD student at King’s College London’s Physics Department and she’s also a Policy Officer in the Higher Education Unit in the UK’s Department for Education. We dis...
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Series 6; Episode 3: "Taking it on the chin": Applying for, and starting a PhD with Mohamed Ali from 2021-07-16T09:00
We explore why Mohamed decided to do his PhD (which is around differences in neurodevelopment in children with different diseases). Listen to this episode, to find out more about finding (...
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Series 6, Episode 2 - Researcher Careers and Leaving Academia from 2021-07-09T09:00
Dr. Fawzi Abou-Chihane is a former science researcher who now runs his own careers consulting business. He has a background in sustainable technologies and sensor development. In this episode he...
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Series 6, Episode 1: Career transitions and managing your PhD part-time from 2021-07-05T15:38:09
Vicki is a part-time PhD student with extensive work experience in international banking and science policy, doing a PhD in Policy and Bioethics, incorporating publications. Join us as we explor...
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Series 5: Episode 5 - The Philosopher Queens from 2021-02-05T09:00
Why do women disappear from the history of philosophy? What can be done about it? In this episode we interview Rebecca Buxton and Lisa Whiting the editors of the recently published book "T...
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Series 5 Episode 4: From Acting to Academia from 2021-01-22T09:00
Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham is a pharmacist, Lecturer in Pharmaceutics at King’s College London, Founder and Academic Lead of King’s College London Fight the Fakes. She also leads her own research ...
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Series 5, Episode 2: Navigating an academic career with Dr Jennifer Jackson from 2020-12-18T10:00
In this episode we are joined by Jennifer Jackson, Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary and a Kings alumna. Join us for a positive and uplifting conversation covering Jennifer's expe...
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Series 5, Episode 1: Applying for a PhD at King's College London, with Alexandria Mitchell from 2020-12-11T10:00
In this edition of Careers in Your Ears, Kate Murray talks with Alexandria Mitchell, PhD student in the Comprehensive Cancer Centre at King's College London, about her reasons for deciding to do...
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Understanding labour markets with Andrew Wright from 2020-08-28T09:00
We talk to Andrew Wright, Head of Employer Engagement, in the Careers & Employability team at King's College London. We're hearing a lot about recession and unemployment in the news ev...
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Resilience with Shelly-Ann Gajadhar from 2020-07-03T08:00
Shelly-Ann Gajadhar is a PhD student at the Business School at King's College London. She owns her own career coaching business and is a former criminal prosecutor. In this episode, she ta...
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Reaching Out to Others from 2020-05-29T09:00
In this episode we're joined by Donald Lush, Careers Consultant for Researchers, King's College London (KCL) to talk about how we can use social media to support our career thinking. Donal...
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Helping researchers reflect on what they have to offer with Dr Kate Daubney from 2020-05-15T08:00
In this episode we're joined by Dr. Kate Daubney, Head of Careers & Employability, King's College London (KCL). Kate tells us about her own research and her journey from PhD to heading...
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Taking Action in Uncertain Times from 2020-05-01T08:00
In this short episode, Careers Consultants for Researchers at King's College London (KCL) discuss what action can be taken in these uncertain times and share with listeners how to access support...
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Women Working in Technology - Part 2 from 2020-01-17T10:00
Today’s joint episode with Researc/hers Code, is the second part of a conversation we had at the end of 2019, with...
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Women Working in Technology - Part 1 from 2019-12-13T10:00
Today’s joint episode with Researc/hers Code, is the first part of a conversation we had with Ella Fitzsimmons, Charlotte Fereday and Chloe Tartan,...
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The Academic Dress Code with Emma Davenport from 2019-12-06T10:00
Emma Davenport teaches Critical and Contextual Studies for the Design department at The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design, part of London Metropolitan University. She research...
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From Academic to Employee Engagement Consultant with Dr Nick Lynn from 2019-11-29T09:00
Nick Lynn, Senior Director at Willis Towers Watson talks with Vicki Tipton about his journey from Geography lecturer to Employee Engagement Consultant. Listen in to hear Nick's thoughts on the f...
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An Arts Academic with Dr. Kai Syng Tan from 2019-11-22T09:00
Kai is a senior lecturer at the Manchester School of Art, at Manchester Metropolitan University and was previously a research fellow at Ki...
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Working in Health Policy with Dr Deborah Fenney from 2019-11-15T09:00
What does it mean to work in health policy? What does a policy researcher do day to day? And, if your research has been in one topic, how do you transition into another area? L...
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Bonus Episode: Getting Researchers Voices Heard at the Vitae Conference 2019 from 2019-09-30T14:00
This bonus episode was taken from our live recording at the Vitae International Researcher Development Conference earlier this month, where we led a Special Interest Session along with KCL’s pos...
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Series 2; Episode 5: What to do during your PhD? With Stephanie Arnold from 2019-06-28T08:00
Stephanie Arnold, until very recently a King's PhD student, and now Senior Scientist at Astra Zeneca, talks to Careers Consultant, Vicki Tipton about how she worked out what she wanted to do aft...
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Series 2, Episode 4: Remote Careers Support for part-time and remote PhD students from 2019-06-21T08:00
Vicki Tipton talks with Craig Dooley, KCL's E-Learning Development Advisor in the Centre for Doctoral Studies. In this edition of Careers in Your Ears, Craig and Vicki focus on part time and rem...
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Series 2 Episode 3: Managing your career from 2019-06-14T08:00
In this episode Donald Lush talks to Julia Yates and Tristram Hooley, two academics who research career thinking and planning. We discuss the latest research and the practical advice emerging fr...
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Series 2; Episode 2: From academia to government: working on the UK's exit from the EU from 2019-06-07T08:00
In this episode Kate Murray, Careers Consultant, talks with Dr Alessandro di Bona, an EU Exit Policy Adviser. You'll hear about Alessandro's time as a PhD student and whether it connects to his ...
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Series 2; Episode 1: Moving from Academia to Data Insights in the Pharmaceutical Industry from 2019-05-31T08:00
This edition of Careers in Your Ears, the podcast for researchers at King’s College London, is hosted by Kate Murray, Careers Consultant for Researchers and Deputy Head of King’s Careers &...
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Bonus Episode: International Women's Day with Dr Sarah Barry from 2019-03-08T09:00
It's International Women's Day 2019, and the campaign this year is 'Better the Balance, Better the World', so in today's bonus episode we talk to Dr Sarah Barry, a Senior Lecturer in Chemical Bi...
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Series 1; Episode 5 - Self Employment with Miranda Asher from 2019-03-01T09:00
Miranda Asher is PhD student and a part time consultant. In this episode she talks about balancing her workload, the attractions and challenges of self-employment and the issues you should pay a...
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Series 1; Episode 4 - Careers in Academia with Dr Nicola Leveringhaus from 2019-02-22T09:00
In this episode, we talk with Dr Nicola Leveringhaus, a lecturer in the War Studies department at King's College London. We discuss her career journey in academia, how to get into good tim...
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Series 1; Episode 3 - Working in Banking & Finance with Dr Asma Ounnas from 2019-02-15T09:00
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Series 1; Episode 2 - Imaging Sciences with Dr Dan Metcalf from 2019-02-08T09:00
In this episode, Dr. Dan Metcalf tells us about his PhD research and how it led to a career installing high resolution microscopes at the imaging company Nikon. He also talks about the qualities...
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Series 1; Episode 1 - Who are you and what do you do? from 2019-01-17T14:34:36
Welcome to Careers in Your Ears! This is a podcast for PhDs and Research Staff at King's College London. In this episode we explain how the Careers team can support researchers. In future episod...
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