Ashley Page
ConsultantConsulting seemed like a natural place to apply the analytical skills that I’d gained during my PhD, whilst providing the opportunity for enormous professional development.
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Charlotte Barthen
Senior Life Sciences SpecialistResearchers are highly valued by industry, so don’t be afraid to explore the opportunities that are available outside of academia.
Jessie Hronesova
Programme Manager for Western BalkansI have a background in international area studies and political science. I have spent the past 13 years working on and in the Western Balkans, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Deepak Mahtani
Community Manager & Data ScientistCommunication is key! As a data scientist, your stakeholders could be from a technical or non-technical background. Being able to explain the work you are doing in a clear and easy to understand way is really important.
Elizabeth Irvine-Cadman
Senior Associate ConsultantWhilst I greatly enjoyed both research and teaching, I felt that in the longer-term I would enjoy the team-work and the fast-paced environment provided by consultancy.
Diana Di Paolo
Associate ConsultantAs 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.
Hannah Hare
Consultant / PhysicistDuring my DPhil I also found more time to get involved in extracurricular activities compared with my undergraduate degree.
Robert Fordham
Associate ConsultantWhen looking for jobs in my final year at Oxford, I wanted to find a position where I could both utilise my Engineering degree and work with talented people to solve complex problems.
Dominic Hall
Senior ConsultantI use the skills from both sides of my degree every day in what I do. Physics teaches you to take an exceptionally complex system and boil it down to the main factors at play.
Christian Proctor
ConsultantI enjoyed writing my dissertation in fourth year, but I chose to leave academia in favour of industry because I wanted to work in an environment where results could be achieved quickly, which a DPhil could not offer me.