Meet the new team member! Plus: you have every right to be here

Hello, I’m new here! My name is Amy Shaw, I’ve just started as an Academic Developer in the Researcher Development team here at Sheffield. Firstly, this blog is full of *so much* good stuff, I urge you all to look through the back-catalogue because there’s gold in them there archives, I tell ya. Secondly, the fact there is so much good stuff here did mean that I broke into a cold sweat when it was my turn to bring wisdom to the table. However, that moment of feeling intimidated was, in itself, worthy of writing about.

Leaving the Classroom: A Headteacher’s Journey from Teaching and Leadership to Postgraduate Research

Today’s guest blog is written by Ian Widdows. Ian transitioned from a successful 28-year career in teaching to academia and … More

Career Management for Researchers online course

Career Management for Researchers is a bespoke online course developed by specialist researcher careers consultants at the universities of Sheffield, … More

Prep for PREP

This year’s PREP scheme is now open for applications from University of Sheffield PGRs. The aim of the scheme is … More

When Networking Goes Right: An Unexpected Success Story

This post has been written by Dr Lauren Alex O’Hagan, Research Associate in The Department of Sociological Studies Okay, I’ll … More

Creative approaches to gaining experience

Researchers have always struggled to find a good time to gain additional experience or skills. Formally advertised opportunities often don’t … More

Completing my fellowship outcomes with TRAM

Overall, the TRAM programme is supporting the completion of fellowship outcomes. It has strengthened my approach to project planning for the various fellowship activities such as fieldwork, workshop organising and funding proposal development. In addition, the leadership and team building lessons are supporting the activities for network-building, as a fellowship outcome, for knowledge exchange and dissemination.