Alison Murphy
Associate Medical Writer at Oxford PharmaGenesisMy advice for researchers leaving academia would be: do not be afraid! There are many varied roles out there – more than you realise!
My advice for researchers leaving academia would be: do not be afraid! There are many varied roles out there – more than you realise!
There are plenty of (paid!) chances to see what the world of Policy is like, and researchers are welcomed with open arms.
There are a lot of amazing opportunities outside of academia and leaving does not mean you have ‘given up or failed’.
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.