Beyond the PhD

Beyond the PhD is a career resource tailored specifically for arts and humanities PhD researchers. This web resource, which is freely accessible, offers a rare opportunity to listen in on the experiences of people who have been through the PhD in an arts and humanities discipline and made the transition into a variety of work beyond it. Their candid personal reflections on facing challenges, responding to opportunities and reaching decisions are captured in almost 300 audio clips.

In addition to biographical interviews, this site also features articles by those with a personal or professional interest in the career development of PhD researchers. For example, how can we interpret the statistical data pertaining to the career destinations of arts and humanities PhDs? And do employers outside academia perceive PhD researchers in the arts and humanities as being over-educated but under-qualified? And, if so, how can this perception be challenged?

There are also video clips of small group discussions about similar issues from a professional perspective. In the first group, careers advisers discuss the nature of career guidance and what PhD researchers might expect to gain from it; the range of work that arts and humanities postgraduates are drawn into; and how the PhD thesis can be reframed, and the postgraduate experience translated, in applications for non-academic jobs.

Beyond the PhD is a good place to explore possible career paths within and outside academia, but it aims to complement rather than replace the existing support for PhD researchers. It brings together audio interviews, video discussions and articles aimed at making visible what happens to postgraduate researchers after they graduate.

A select list of related online and print resources is available via our links page.

Explore the site at: http://www.beyondthephd.co.uk

 

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