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Published 13/01/2021 By Fiona McBride Reading time 6 minutes

How can you want what you don’t know about? The importance of career visibility

Take a look at what we know about postdocs' hopes and expectations for their careers, plus what Prosper can do to broaden these.

Published 21/09/2020 By Stefania Silvestri Reading time 6 minutes

Looking to the future during National Postdoc Appreciation Week

In the first of our guest blog series, Dr Annette Bramley, Director of the N8 Research Partnership, takes a look at how postdocs are vital to the North's Covid-...

Published 27/05/2020 By Stefania Silvestri Reading time 8 minutes

Who’s who? Profiling the UK postdoc population

In our latest blog, Prosper's Evaluation Researcher, Dr Peny (Panagiota) Sotiropoulou, dives into the data and looks at what it can tell us about the UK postdoc population.

Published 13/05/2020 By Fiona McBride Reading time 10 minutes

What is a postdoc? Part 2

Following part 1, in this piece we take a closer look at the skills, personality traits and outlook of postdocs.

Published 27/04/2020 By Fiona McBride Reading time 6 minutes

What is a postdoc? Part 1

Since Prosper began, we've often found ourselves facing the question 'so what is a postdoc?' Our Research Staff Developers, Dr Catherine Charlwood and Dr Fiona McBride, look at defining...

Published 27/04/2020 By Fiona McBride Reading time 6 minutes

Why Prosper?

In our second blog, Prosper’s Senior Project Manager, Lucy Williams and Communications Manager, Catherine Kennedy take look at the project's wider context and why it's needed now...