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Building Your Academic Capital: Planning Your Doctoral Career Beyond the Thesis

Discover how to maximize your doctoral journey by focusing on crucial elements of academic capital: publications, teaching, and networking. This guide provides actionable tips for identifying your research's unique aspects, understanding current hot topics in your field, and sharpening your research skills. Learn the importance of networking and transferable skills to enhance your academic and professional development. Engage with fellow researchers and stay connected for future opportunities. Your thesis is just the beginning—plan for a thriving career!

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Building Your Academic Capital: Planning Your Doctoral Career Beyond the Thesis

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  1. What next? Planning your doctoral career

  2. There’s more to life than your thesis… Or, your research degree as personal and professional development

  3. Maximising your ‘academic capital’ “In general, there are three types of academic capital that every doctoral student needs to gain if she wishes to become a lecturer or postdoctoral fellow. These are (1) publications, (2) teaching and (3) networking.” Eddy, M D (2006). Academic Capital, Postgraduate Research and British Universities: A Bourdieu Inspired Reflection. Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies, 6:1, 211-223. http://prs.heacademy.ac.uk

  4. Tips for identifying and building your academic capital • Can you answer… • “What is it, in one phrase, that describes what I’m researching?” • “What is the most original aspect of my research?” • What are the ‘hot topics’ in your field (research and teaching), and how does your own work relate to these? • Practice makes perfect… http://prs.heacademy.ac.uk

  5. Reviewing the big picture • Eddy’s (2006) ‘academic capital graph’… • How does it all fit together? • Where might it lead you? • In which direction(s) might you lead it? Networking Publications Teaching http://prs.heacademy.ac.uk

  6. Research skills programme aims • To provide practical, subject-specific support for sharpening skills in researching, writing, presenting & publishing • To offer regional networking opportunities • To relieve the sense of isolation • To identify & develop transferable skills http://prs.heacademy.ac.uk

  7. What have we learned? • What were the key points for you? • What are you going to do as a result? • What (if anything) would you like us to do? http://prs.heacademy.ac.uk

  8. Thank you for taking part! Please stay in touch: • Rebecca O’Loughlin (Theology & Religious Studies): rebecca@prs.heacademy.ac.uk • Clare Saunders (Philosophy & HPS): clare@prs.heacademy.ac.uk Subject Centre for Philosophical & Religious Studies Department of Theology & Religious Studies University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT Website: http://prs.heacademy.ac.uk Email: enquiries@prs.heacademy.ac.uk Tel: 0113 343 4184 Fax: 0113 343 3654 http://prs.heacademy.ac.uk

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