Kerry McLaughlin
Grants Manager at NiumOnce you start looking, you’ll be amazed by the huge variety of opportunities outside of academia where your skills as an academic researcher will be valued.
Once you start looking, you’ll be amazed by the huge variety of opportunities outside of academia where your skills as an academic researcher will be valued.
I really enjoy being challenged to think ambitiously and creatively about complex problems, learning from internal and external experts, integrating knowledge across sectors and seeing the impact of my work on a daily basis.
I’m getting to see the technology that I invented move from academia towards the clinic. The further I get down this process the more I can see the end result and it’s an exciting thing to observe.
While academic work is very intellectually stimulating, I appreciated the more immediate impact that can be achieved by working in industry.