'What Next’ Video, The: Career Planning Your Phd

Synopsis: A new video which aims to help PhD students understand what to do, apart from working on their thesis, to become employable. The film starts from the premise that a PhD by itself is rarely enough to launch a career these days, whether in academia or anywhere else.

Through drama scenes, expert interviews and documentary case studies of recent PhD graduates, including a young academic, someone employed outside academia, and someone who has started his own business, the video offers practical advice for becoming employable on completion. Topics include:

expanding your skill set and developing your CV
identifying your transferable skills
thinking outside the academic box
finding good careers advice

The ‘What Next?' Video was produced in partnership with Royal Holloway University of London and is the tenth in a series for doctoral students now used in around 80 UK universities.
Series: Videos for Doctoral Students
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2017
Subjects: Careers Guidance; Education
Keywords: higher education; postgraduate students; doctoral students

Name: Angel Productions
Contact: Stephen Engelhard
Email: enquiries@angelproductions.co.uk
Web: http://www.angelproductions.co.uk External site opens in new window
Phone: 08444 1555 34
Address: 239 Preston Drove
Brighton
BN1 6FL
Notes: Videos to support doctoral students on topics ranging from preparing for a viva to working with supervisors and coping with stress, produced in partnerships with Birkbeck, University of London and other institutions. For sale to HE institutions. Angel Productions also has an older catalogue of videos for equality and HR training in the workplace.

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