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Published 30/05/2024 By James Reynolds Reading time 6 minutes

When holding on holds you back: navigating the sunk cost fallacy

It can be easy for postdocs to get caught in some version of the sunk cost fallacy when making career decisions – but how best to steer clear of its troublesome...

Published 14/03/2024 By James Reynolds Reading time 7 minutes

Reflections on recruiting Prosper's first business-as-usual cohort at the University of Liverpool

Reflections on the recruiting the University of Liverpool's first 'business-as-usual' Prosper cohort

Published 07/02/2024 By James Reynolds Reading time 5 minutes

An evaluation of Prosper's second career development pilot

A summary of the top-level findings from the evaluation of Prosper's pilot cohorts

Published 24/01/2024 By James Reynolds Reading time 7 minutes

'Life as a Researcher' doesn't have to mean 'Life as an Academic'

Many postdocs assume that a traditional academic career path is the only way to pursue a vocational love of research and being a researcher - but this simply isn't true

Published 24/02/2023 By James Reynolds Reading time 2 minutes

Prosper’s Second Cohort Celebrates End of Year

On Wednesday 15th February 2023, Prosper marked the successful completion of our second year-long career development pilot.

Published 12/10/2022 By James Reynolds Reading time 9 minutes

Reflect, Explore, Act – An Evaluation of the First Prosper Pilot

As we publish our comprehensive evaluation of Prosper’s first career development pilot cohort, we take a look at some of the key findings, and explore the impact of the...