Louise Rebecca Chapman
CEO of Lex Academic at Lex AcademicI am grateful that I get to wake up every day as my own boss, able to help researchers who do want to achieve academic career success go as far as they want to.
I am grateful that I get to wake up every day as my own boss, able to help researchers who do want to achieve academic career success go as far as they want to.
My academic background allows me to understand the main issues related to the job and the research project, and how to offer potential solutions to that.
Understanding what really motivates me and gets me out of bed in the morning tended to steer me in the right direction and enabled me to realise my calling.
When the job is highly related to my PhD field, I’m able to ramp up faster and apply my domain knowledge to the job. When the job is less related to my PhD, self-learning and soft skills are generally useful.
My research training set me up to… Organise my time and available resources efficiently and understand the value of determination and perseverance.
My research training set me up to… be resilient!
For my students, the possibility to interact with a teacher who can tell them how science works and how it develops is really stimulating and positively challenging.
I started a process of self-awareness to understand where I could apply my skills and which were my main motivations from a personal and professional point of view.
The PhD is a hidden superpower, not a ball and chain.
I consider myself a permanent student and I am always curious
Every post/job I have completed has been a learning curve. Without the experiences gained from the different positions, I would not be where I am today
‘Academic’ research doesn’t only happen in universities; there might be more overlap than you think between academia and industry.