This event is FREE for Early Career Researchers from TCCE core member universities and Exchange partner universities

As increasing numbers of students are undertaking and gaining their PhD’s, traditional career routes within academia are contracting and changing, and finding a “standard” entry level job within the academy is increasingly challenging.  Early career researchers are having to become ever more creative, skilled and resilient in order to secure their first academic post.  Interesting and stimulating entry level jobs do still exist of course, and changing times are opening up new opportunities to work within and engage with the academy, however, a range of non-academic skills are needed to shine within this competitive and fast moving arena.

The evening will end with networking drinks.

Please note: 
Purchased tickets are non-refundable.
Attendees are asked to arrive from 6pm for a 6.30pm start.
Photographs/recordings may be taken for our promotional use.

Professor Carole-Anne Upton
Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries
Middlesex University London

Professor Upton is Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean, Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, at Middlesex University London. She joined the University in 2012 as Dean and Professor of Theatre. Prior to joining the University she held the Chair in Drama at the University of Ulster and was previously a lecturer in Drama and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Hull.

Dr Patrick Duggan
Director of the Institute of Performance & Director of Research, GSA
Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies
University of Surrey

Patrick joined the University of Surrey as Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance in February 2015; before that he was Lecturer in Drama at University of Exeter (2012 – 2015) and previously a lecturer in the Division of Performance Studies, University of Northampton. Patrick gained his PhD from the University of Leeds (2009) where he was also a visiting lecturer. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Dr Peter Mitchell
Research Fellow, Geography
University of Sussex     

Peter Mitchell is a post-doctoral research fellow at the School of Global Studies at Sussex University. He was Creative Works London Researcher-in-Residence at TCCE in 2014-15, and has produced exhibits and research for the Ragged School Museum in London. His writing and journalism has appeared in Asymptote, The Quietus and the TLS.