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Career Resources
Whatever you end up doing after your PhD, the resources below are designed to help you find career opportunities, optimise your CV, and keep up-to-date with the latest developments.
At Sussex
Careers and Employability Centre
The Careers and Employability Centre (CEC) offers a wide range of services and publications to help you develop your future prospects and find work during and after your studies.
See the careers pages for researchers; researching your career; and the Researcher's Guide to the Careers & Employability Centre.
All staff in the Careers and Employability Centre are available to help researchers. To arrange a one to one career advice consultation contact careers@sussex.ac.uk. A consultation can be very useful for help with your job search, researching a career that is right for you, and for advice on CVs, applications and job interviews.
Alumni Careers Network: The Alumni Careers Network allows you to access a network of 500 former Sussex students from around the world who have offered to give advice about careers to current students.
View further opportunities for development at Sussex
Beyond Sussex
Vitae: Researcher Careers
These webpages are tailored to researchers, and for those who want to pursue an academic career or who want to use their skills elsewhere. See the careers section for:
- Advice on applying for academic jobs
- Advice on doctoral careers outside higher education
- How to create an effective CV
- How to find research funding
- To hear other researchers's career stories
- Support on exploring and improving career opportunities
You can also download the Vitae publication 'The Career Wise Researcher' PDF[2.19MB] and find out ?'
NB: Sussex has an institutional subscription to Vitae - register with your Sussex email to access the site.
Beyond the PhD - for Arts & Humanities Researchers
Developed as a career resource for arts and humanities PhD researchers by the UK Centre for Career Management Studies (CCMS), this website offers thought provoking and professional insights into life after the PhD. There are no prescribed career pathways, rather a range of different perspectives to inspire you to create your own… life beyond the PhD.
Euraxess - Research Careers in Europe
is a unique European initiative providing access to information and support services for researchers wishing to pursue their research careers in Europe or stay connected to it. In the UK EURAXESS activities are co-ordinated by the British Council and the dedicated provides practical information for EU researchers working or looking to work in the UK.
The º£½ÇÉçÇø is a Euraxess Local Contact Point, meaning that the University has access to a large network of contacts in research organisations across Europe as well as a wealth of information that can be used to offer support and advice on researcher mobility related matters.
If you are a Sussex Researcher with a query that you think that EURAXESS can help you with please email Euraxess@sussex.ac.uk and we will either answer your question directly or put you in touch with someone who can.
Is an academic career for you?
Is an academic career for you? What do academics do? How do you become an academic?
The University of Manchester has put together a useful resource to explore these questions, and provide tailored information for discovering what it takes to make it as an academic. See the .
View further opportunities for development beyond Sussex