"community" blog posts

Narrative CVs: telling your storyHannah Dutton

Narrative CVs: telling your story

Hannah Dutton, Research Development Facilitator, in the central Research and Partnerships team at the University of Liverpool, discusses the rise of narrative CVs and their pros and cons.

Posted on: 15 March 2024

Embracing Inclusive Collaboration for Research Excellence Portrait of Alys Kay

Embracing Inclusive Collaboration for Research Excellence

Alys Kay, Senior Researcher Developer (Leadership) for Thrive and Career Coach, discusses the power of inclusive collaboration in research.

Posted on: 15 March 2024

Just Ask: How to build your industry networkPortrait of Hazel Kennedy

Just Ask: How to build your industry network

Hazel Kennedy, External Engagement Manager at the University of Liverpool Management School, discusses how to build your industry network.

Posted on: 15 March 2024

Consultancy: knowledge exchange that helps create impact and raise profilesAn illustration of cogs travelling between two outlines of heads, illustrating the sharing of ideas.

Consultancy: knowledge exchange that helps create impact and raise profiles

Dr Susan Kenny, Senior Consultancy Manager, discusses how consultancy is an important form of knowledge exchange.

Posted on: 15 March 2024

My experience joining the Research Steering Association A picture of a white woman with shoulder length blonde hair wearing circular glasses and a green crocheted top, with a variegated spider plant in the background

My experience joining the Research Steering Association

Alexandra joined the department of Health Data Science as a research assistant specialising in Prediction modelling. Working on several projects across the week, she has also begun a part time PhD to gain her Doctorate in Health Data Science. Alexandra’s PhD project will develop and validate a clinical prediction model to predict the risk of emergency caesarean births in mothers giving birth for the first time.

Posted on: 5 February 2024

Learning from experience to develop Narrative CV resourcesHeadshot of Lydia Nicholson

Learning from experience to develop Narrative CV resources

Lydia Nicholson writes about learning from researchers’ experiences to develop resources about writing Narrative CVs

Posted on: 30 May 2023

A sense of community, identity and belongingJoan Chang and Blanca Perez-Sepulveda

A sense of community, identity and belonging

Being a postdoc often feels like a transition state; we’re no longer students but we’re still finding our niche.

Posted on: 9 September 2021

Existence is not an individual affair: Reflections of a new postdoc starting their role during the pandemicCaroline Redhead profile picture

Existence is not an individual affair: Reflections of a new postdoc starting their role during the pandemic

Caroline Redhead reflects on the experience of starting a new postdoc role during the pandemic.

Posted on: 11 December 2020

From one to three hats – why is it important to engage outside our research?Blanca_profile

From one to three hats – why is it important to engage outside our research?

Dr Blanca Perez Sepulveda blogs about why it is important to engage outside of our research.

Posted on: 13 November 2020