What’s coming up for researchers?
Upcoming events and opportunities for University of Oxford research students and staff.
The events listed below are either part of our bespoke researcher programme or sessions from our wider programme that will appeal to a researcher audience.
Sign up for the Careers Service newsletter via your CareerConnect account (click here to register for Career Connect) to receive a weekly summary of news and events specific to researchers during term-time, and remember that virtually all other opportunities offered by the Careers Service are open to research staff and students.
You can also:
- Sign up for our 3-part Career Design and Development for Researchers programme
- Find out more about the Careers Conference for Researchers
- Download a quick-reference summary of the services that we offer to researchers (PDF)
- Check CareerConnect opportunities tab for fellowship calls, job adverts, internships, scholarships etc.
UPCOMING CAREERS EVENTS
Research Internships (all disciplines) - How to Find and Fund Them
Event Date: 12:00 25 January 2021
Insight into Academia: Academic Career Paths and Job Search Strategy
Event Date: 13:00 26 January 2021
Career Design and Development for Researchers - Workshop 1
Event Date: 10:30 27 January 2021
Insight into Academia: Optimising your Academic CV
Event Date: 13:00 11 February 2021
#Career: Social Media for Researchers
Event Date: 14:00 15 February 2021
Career Design and Development for Researchers - Workshop 2
Event Date: 10:30 17 February 2021
Career Design and Development for Researchers - Workshop 3
Event Date: 10:30 10 March 2021
EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES AND COMPETITIONS
G-Research DPhil Prize in Maths & Data Science
Oxford University students in their final or penultimate DPhil years working across areas including, but not limited to: Quantitative Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, Machine Learning can apply for an academic prize of up to £10,000. Applications close: 22 January 2021.
Bennett Prospect Policy Prize for Early Career Researchers
Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge
The Bennett Prospect Prize for Public Policy is awarded by the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and is held in partnership with Prospect magazine. The goal is to encourage early career researchers and policy professionals to enter a short essay or film that explores creative solutions to a pressing public policy question of our age.
This year's question: "Is it possible to govern well in the age of populism?" Entries can be submitted in a 2,500 word essay or film. Deadline: 23.59 GMT, 31 January 2021.
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