Leveraging transferable skills - pivoting from a PhD into a non-academic career
A PhD research programme has as a fundamental objective to develop advanced research skills and knowledge in a chosen field that will allow the candidate to become an internationally recognized independent researcher. That said, it is important to acknowledge that the majority of PhD graduates will pursue their careers outside an academic environment and potentially outside of a research environment. The goal of this presentation will be to highlight the transferable skills developed during a PhD programme that will allow candidates to pivot in their career paths while still valuing the substantial investment involved in PhD study. Via a number of examples, it will be shown that a PhD provides unique skills and competencies that can generate opportunities in different career paths.
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- Date: 18 May 2022
- Time: 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
- All times are (UTC+10:00) Brisbane
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- University of Queensland
- Staff House Road, St. Lucia
- Brisbane, Queensland
- Australia 4072
- Building: Advance Engineering Building (49)
- Room Number: 313A
- Starts 30 April 2022 10:30 PM
- Ends 18 May 2022 08:00 AM
- All times are (UTC+10:00) Brisbane
- No Admission Charge
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Dr John McDonald of EDF (Electricité de France)
Leveraging transferable skills - pivoting from a PhD into a non-academic career
Biography:
Dr John McDonald completed his PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of Queensland in 2004. From 2004 to 2009 he was a research associate in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Imperial College London as part of the Control and Power Research Group. In 2009 he joined EDF (Electricité de France) in the Research & Development Division where he spent the next 10 years holding positions of project manager, expert and team leader in the field of electrical distribution system reliability/resilience and asset management. In 2019 he joined EDVANCE, an EDF subsidiary providing engineering support to nuclear power construction projects where he is the Nuclear Safety referent in the Electrical & Instrumentation department.
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