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Five key resources for academic career development or exploring a career change

We are developing this website to bring you careers advice and resources to meet the needs of researchers at the university.

Please bear with us as we develop the content.

Prosper - Unlocking postdoc career potential

Prosper is a fresh approach to postdoc career development that seeks to unlock postdocs’ potential to thrive across multiple career pathways – both within and beyond academia. It was co-created with 120+ postdocs, as well as PIs, and employers.

Explore the Prosper Portal, a free-to-use online hub packed with insights and tools for developing yourself and your career – for postdocs regardless of disciplinary area.

On the Portal you can:

  • Reflect – Identify your strengths, skills, values and career goals.
  • Explore – Get insights from a wide range of employers in various sectors and discover opportunities and career pathways across 12 career clusters.
  • Act – Build practical career skills for effectively building professional networks, pursuing job opportunities, and developing in your current or future role.
  • Registering on the Portal for free unlocks the Career Development Navigator, which empowers you to customise Prosper’s resources to align to your unique career situation and trajectory.

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Careers and Employability Service

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