Arijit Patra
Senior Principal Scientist at UCB PharmaBe like a cat. Cats don’t have imposter syndrome; each cat believes it’s the most special cat in the world. If you’re doing a PhD, be a cat.
Degree: Engineering Science
6 posts
Natalie Morse
Senior Data Scientist at Torqata Data and AnalyticsI learned to try and be OK with failure. Again, something that not many people have in industry as it is easier to ‘do what they tell you’ than to think critically.
Sam Keyes
Technical Assistant at D Young & Co. LLPA few days of holiday can be used to get a first-hand picture which can, as in my case, provide the confidence I needed to turn a hunch about a career change into a reality.
Emma Horrigan
Membership Manager at Royal Society of BiologyMy research training set me up to rapidly synthesise information from a range of sources and to think about problem solving in a different way.
Robert Fordham
Associate Consultant at Chartwell ConsultingWhen 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.
Christian Proctor
Consultant at Chartwell ConsultingI 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.