• Question: how did you come across and eventually get your job?

    Asked by hams532abas58 on 23 Jan 2026. This question was also asked by mara532oars4, hare532emmy52, dove532rynd94.
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      Daisy Pickup answered on 23 Jan 2026: last edited 23 Jan 2026 10:17

      Towards the end of my PhD I worked with my supervisor to contribute to a research project proposal that got funding and led to the job I’m in now. Often postdoctoral jobs (referred to as postdocs) are advertised heavily across universities.

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      Martin McCoustra answered on 18 Mar 2026:

      In terms of getting my first academic job, my supervisor told me there are lectureship offered at UEA in Norwich. I didn’t know where that was or who was there and asked my supervisor the latter. He told me the name of a very famous scientist, Norman Sheppard, who was one of the fathers of infrared spectroscopy. I decided that I’d give it a go and got the job. I started as a lecturer in physical chemistry on 1st April 1988. The rest is history!

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      Matt Ames answered on 23 Mar 2026:

      I studied Biomedical Science at university and enjoyed it so much that I continued on this path, eventually deciding to do a PhD.

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