Lecture Theatre
SUMS (Sheffield University Management School)

Location

SUMS (Sheffield University Management School)
Conduit Road, Sheffield, S10 1FL
Category

Date

19 May 2025

Time

Lunch and refreshments provided
10:30 am - 4:00 pm

Building Sustainable Academic Careers

This in-person SBE Pathway event is open to social sciences PGRs from all Interdisciplinary Pathways and all WRDTP-affiliated institutions.

Session details:

A sustainable career is one in which you  remain healthy, productive, happy and employable throughout (De Hauw & Greenhaus, 2015, p.224). This event is designed to help PhD candidates reflect on and plan for a sustainable career in academia. 

We will begin with a panel of three academics who will discuss their own experiences of their careers. Our three panellists reflect a range of levels (lecturer, senior lecturer and professor), as well as gender and nationality. Each of them have experience of conducting and publishing research relevant to the SBE (Sustainable Growth, Business, Work and Economic Productivity) Pathway. 

This session will provide you with real and contextualised insights into the journeys and decisions that are involved in academic careers, with a view to broadening the discussion beyond a narrow definition of success. There will be opportunities for questions and discussion, so you will be an active participant in this training event. 

Lunch will be provided for all participants (1-2pm). Following lunch, there will be a planning and reflection session (2-3pm) to allow you to apply any insights from the panel to your own development, as well as providing an opportunity to build meaningful networks with your fellow PhD candidates. The planning and reflection session is optional, and you are welcome to attend just the morning panel if that is a better fit for your current development needs.

Session outcomes:

This session will support attendees to develop:

  • Strategies for building a more sustainable career;
  • A better understanding of UK Higher Education;
  • A realistic job preview for a career in academia.

  • Dr Ciara Kelly

    SBE Pathway Deputy Director and Lecturer in Work Psychology, University of Sheffield

  • Jenny Pickerill

    Professor Jenny Pickerill

    Professor in Environmental Geography, University of Sheffield

  • Paul Tobin

    Dr Paul Tobin

    Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in Politics, University of Manchester

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    Dr Jiao Ji

    Lecturer in Finance, University of Sheffield

This training session will be delivered in person at SUMS (Sheffield University Management School).

Bookings will close at 9am on Tuesday 13th May.

As places are limited, please book a place only if you are sure that you will be able to attend.

When booking, you must use your institutional (.ac.uk) email address and complete all fields of the booking form. Your booking will otherwise be cancelled, and you will need to re-book (subject to availability). Thank you for your understanding.

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