John Ankers
Director, specialist tutor and developmental coach at Woolton Tutors and Woolton CoachingDon’t limit yourself to searching in one sector, your skills are useful in lots of surprising places.
Don’t limit yourself to searching in one sector, your skills are useful in lots of surprising places.
I wanted to be a bridge between science and society. I wanted a better balance between scholarly and artistic work in my life.
That there will come a day when the rejection ends!
I am very passionate about higher education and I love that my work helps to improve student experience.
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.
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.
Based on my own experience and that of my DPhil friends, it’s much easier to transition into non-academic roles than I ever thought it would be.
I’m very glad I did a PhD. Going through the experience made me a much better teacher.