Morning Session – What’s out there? – exploring possibilities and career choices:

09:30 – 10:00     Registration

10:00 - 10:30     Opening & Plenary Session

                           Conference Committee: Welcome and Open proceedings

                           Keynote Speech:  Prof Pauline Dixon

10:45 – 11:30     Parallel panel sessions

                           Working in Non Academic Research & Consultancy

                           Working in Public and Voluntary sectors

                           Working in the Cultural & Heritage Sector

                            Creative Practice & the Freelancer

11:30 – 12.00     Coffee Break

12.00 – 12:45     Parallel panel sessions

                           Working in Academia and Education – research and teaching roles

                           Working in Academia – professional support roles

                           Working with Words - Creative Writing, Translation, Writing for the Media

                           Working in Education sector 

12:45 – 2.00     Lunch and Information Central 

                          Including Careers Service, Rise Up Enterprise Support, Piirus - piirus.ac.uk, HEA Fellowship Information, Teach First

Afternoon Session – How to get there?

2.00 – 2.40    Digitising our futures: early career professionalization in the digital sphere

 – Dr Charlotte Mathieson

2.40 – 4:30     Presenting  your skills as a Researchers, interactive session – Dr Chris Humphrey

4:30 -  5:00     Thank you / close & take home messages – Professor Helen Berry, Dean of Postgraduate Studies

5:00 – 6:00     Drinks reception and Networking

A timetable and details of the panel sessions and speakers will be posted.