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  • Sense of loss
  • Emptiness
  • Anti-climax
  • Disappointment
  • What do I do now?

after the viva

Store your viva notes carefully!

- make them legible/sensible

- put them in a safe place

...then take a break and do something different

  • Perhaps explore a project you'd left to one side?
  • Or do something you've always wanted to?
  • Get involved in academic activities
  • Organise conferences and events
  • Get teaching experience
  • Keep up to date
  • Network at eveny event
  • Get to know key people in your field

According to Vitae...

9 things you can do to increase your chances

  • Publish in well recognised journals
  • Gain experience of applying for and securing research funding
  • Demonstrate efficient project management that delivers stated outcomes on time and in budget
  • Gain experience of designing, delivering and evaluating degree level courses
  • Understand the process of quality assessment in academic teaching and research
  • Be conversant with current issues in HE
  • Network with people who are aware of your ambitions and can advise on job search strategy
  • Use conferences as a way of raising your profile and as a springboard for publications
  • Analyse the selection criteria of academic selectors and provide convincing evidence that you meet their standards
  • Research councils
  • British academy
  • Leverhulme trust
  • Oxford and Cambridge
  • jobs.ac.uk
  • times higher ed
  • Departmental mailing list
  • Think about this option well in advance
  • Make sure you know deadlines
  • Get advice from supervisor and host institiution
  • Contact referees well in advance

Use web 2.0

  • Academia.edu
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Create RSS feeds of your job searches

Other jobs

What are my skills?

Specific skills...

Is there a sector where my knowledge will be useful?

Hard skills:

  • Knowledge
  • Languages
  • IT skills
  • Project management
  • Writing
  • Developing arguments
  • Communication
  • Problem solving
  • Tenacity
  • Commitment

Make something of

your activities...

  • Committees
  • Conferences
  • Professional bodies
  • Voluntary activities
  • Hobbies and interests
  • History Lab

Identify gaps and fill them

Be flexible and adaptable

Whatever options you pursue

  • keep updating your skills
  • renew your interest all the time
  • make the most of what you already have
  • keep trying
  • be prepared to face rejection with a smile
  • ...possibly lots of times
  • remember why you're doing this!

Academia

Competitive but rewarding

Long hours

Needs self-motivation

What next?

Get work published

Articles

Reviews

Apply for funding

Is the passion still there?

Apply for jobs

Moving on can be difficult

Be prepared to look far and wide

  • jobs.ac.uk
  • times higher ed
  • chronicle.com
  • universityaffairs.ca
  • acu.ac.uk

Don't be discouraged!

Thesis

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