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Published 30/05/2025 By James Reynolds Reading time 7 minutes

What skills are employers beyond academia looking for?

Learn what transferable skills employers are looking for when hiring postdocs (with insight from the Environment Agency and Inizio Medical)

Published 14/04/2025 By Stefania Silvestri Reading time 4 minutes

Keeping track

Learn more about Prosper’s efforts to longitudinally track the careers of postdocs from its pilot cohorts

Published 28/03/2025 By James Reynolds Reading time 4 minutes

Career journey interview: David Ashmore

A career journey interview with Dr David Ashmore, a former Prosper postdoc who now works for the Met Office.

Published 12/09/2024 By James Reynolds Reading time 7 minutes

Demystifying careers in academia

Forging a career path within academia can sometimes be a daunting prospect. Here are a few things to consider as a starting point, as well as some handy links.

Published 15/07/2024 By James Reynolds Reading time 9 minutes

Postdoc skills: how to use them in and beyond academia

Top tips from former postdocs that have charted careers beyond academia from our MAI panel session with research-careers.org

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