Degree: Classics – Research Careers

Career profiles: PhD Degree: Classics Left academia after: Other Left academia after: PhD Sector: Publishing Sector: Research Development

Louise Rebecca Chapman

CEO of Lex Academic at Lex Academic

I am grateful that I get to wake up every day as my own boss, able to help researchers who do want to achieve academic career success go as far as they want to.

Career profiles: PhD Degree: Classics Left academia after: Part-time PhD while working Sector: Heritage

Alexa Frost

Archivist at Blenheim Palace Heritage Foundation

I have no regrets in the decisions I have made relating to my career.

Career profiles: PhD Degree: Classics Left academia after: 0-3 years postdoc Sector: Policy

I would encourage people to think deeply about what they really want – if you truly wish to be an academic, that’s wonderful, but there is no shame in deciding on a different career, even if you have been successful in academia so far.