Monthly Archives: August 2021

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Career profiles: PhD Degree: Literature Left academia after: PhD Sector: Careers Advice

Holly Prescott

Careers Adviser for Postgraduate Researchers at University of Birmingham

If I was going to turn this into my ideal job, what bits of it would I keep, what would I lose, and what would I want to add?

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.