Madeline Nightingale
Senior Analyst at RAND Europe‘Academic’ research doesn’t only happen in universities; there might be more overlap than you think between academia and industry.
Sector: Consulting
25 posts
Tom Charlton
Senior Associate Consultant at Cambridge Healthcare ResearchI enjoy interacting with clients and starting new projects, where you have to dive into a space and quickly familiarise yourself with it.
Philipp Langer
Senior Associate Consultant at Cambridge Healthcare Research (CHR)The problem-solving aspect is what I enjoy the most and the direct impact/value my work has is very rewarding.
Nikola Novčić
Consultant at Boston Consulting GroupThere are a lot of amazing opportunities outside of academia and leaving does not mean you have ‘given up or failed’.
Laura Churcher
Innovation Consultant at Innovia TechnologyThere are many more options out there than you’re easily aware of – some careers services may channel people towards certain career paths. It can be hard to see options other than academia when you’re in academia, but leaving isn’t a sign of failure, it’s a choice.
Ashley Page
Consultant at NewtonConsulting 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.
Charlotte Barthen
Senior Life Sciences Specialist at L.E.K. Consulting LLPResearchers are highly valued by industry, so don’t be afraid to explore the opportunities that are available outside of academia.
Elizabeth Irvine-Cadman
Senior Associate Consultant at Teneo Consulting (prev. Credo Business Consulting)Whilst 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
Senior Consultant at Cambridge Healthcare ResearchAs 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 / Physicist at TTP plc (The Technology Partnership)During my DPhil I also found more time to get involved in extracurricular activities compared with my undergraduate degree.
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.
Dominic Hall
Senior Consultant at Chartwell ConsultingI 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.