Career profiles: PhD – Page 4

Career profiles: PhD Degree: Life Science Left academia after: 3-6 years postdoc Sector: Publishing

Alison Murphy

Associate Medical Writer at Oxford PharmaGenesis

My advice for researchers leaving academia would be: do not be afraid! There are many varied roles out there – more than you realise!

Career profiles: PhD Degree: Life Science Left academia after: PhD Sector: Charities Sector: Policy

Ben Bleasdale

Policy Adviser at Wellcome Trust

There are plenty of (paid!) chances to see what the world of Policy is like, and researchers are welcomed with open arms.

Career profiles: PhD Degree: Biochemistry Left academia after: PhD Sector: Consulting

Nikola Novčić

Consultant at Boston Consulting Group

There are a lot of amazing opportunities outside of academia and leaving does not mean you have ‘given up or failed’.

Career profiles: PhD Degree: Physics Left academia after: 0-3 years postdoc Sector: Consulting

Diana Di Paolo

Senior Consultant at Cambridge Healthcare Research

As much as I enjoyed my PhD, towards the end of it I started hearing a little voice in my head that made me doubt if my long-term career was going to be in academia.