Research Openings

2 research openings in the current Prospects Graduate magazine.

One (actually two) in Media Research. One job called media researcher, the other called ‘Data Interpretation Analyst,’ seeks a strong mathematical or stats ability.

For more details, click here.

Meanwhile back at Buckingham Palace – guess what – they are looking for a research assistant:

‘You will be responsible for undertaking and presenting research on designated topics including geographical analysis of Royal engagements, compiling and monitoring guest lists for events and researching organisations for patronage.”

For more details, click here.

 

Enhancing your transferable skills

Research Council funded PhD students are now expected to acquire transferable skills, in addition to their core area of research. The full statement from the Research Councils, which details the kind of skills training you should be undertaking, can be found here.

You can develop your transferable skills at King’s by using the online courses in the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), which you can access by clicking on the link in the right-hand side of this page.

We also have face-to-face courses, details of which can be found in the Calendar section of the VLE.

In the new academic year we will have a wide range of both face-to-face and online courses.

Job Opportunity

We have received the following from Insight Research Group

Research Assistants

Healthcare sector: market research with healthcare professionals and patients on behalf of clients within the healthcare and pharmaceuticals industry.

For further details and an application form, click here.

Lecturing Opportunities in Mexico

Our postgraduate careers officer, Terry Jones, had received news of some opportunities from the The University of Monterey, Mexico.They are full time, tenure track Professorships.
One for a PhD in Communication or Mass Media ( Experience in TV produsction required )
One for Psychology PhD  ( need 4 years teaching experience )
One for a Mathematician ( need 5 years teaching experience )
For more information, click here.

Today and Tomorrow

What does the future hold?

 

Job opportunity: Mobile Research Analyst

Mobile Research Analyst for Screen Digest magazine.

PhD required to specialise in researching the mobile media sector

Camden based

£20k- £23k

CV and 2 examples of written work to Rebecca.Jacoby@screendigest.com

Or for further info e-mail Phd-careers@kcl.ac.uk .

RONAN DE RENESSE is Screen Digest’s senior analyst for the mobile sector and has overall responsibility for the online Mobile Media Intelligence service and all related activities. Prior to joining Screen Digest, Ronan was an academic researcher at the Centre for Telecommunications Research at King’s. Besides his work for Screen Digest, Ronan is also finishing his PhD in telecommunications at King’s.

Phenomenex

Phenomenex, a company dealing in Life Sciences and Pharmaceuticals is seeking  PhDs in Biology or Biochemistry to train as technical sales consultants.

For more information click here. Alternatively, email phd-careers@kcl.ac.uk for details of their current jobs.

Supervision Excellence Awards

The Graduate School is seeking nominations for its Supervision Excellence Awards

The awards recognise and reward excellence and innovation in postgraduate supervision. Last year the awards attracted nearly 120 nominations, with seven supervisors winning £1,000 each.

For 2008, the nomination and selection procedures have been revised. Supervisors can now be nominated by their Schools, Departments or by their Heads of Graduate Studies, as well as by their students. Schools will shortlist nominees and a Graduate School selection panel will make one award per School. The successful candidates are required to make a contribution to the dissemination of their good practice during the year.

You can get the nomination form by clicking here.

Careers in Investment Banking

2.00pm to 6.00 pm, Wednesday 18 June 2008
The Investment Banks are increasingly interested in hiring research students from science and engineering for analytical roles, for econometrics, for quantitative analysis and for technology sectors.

Following the very successful PhD workshop in 2007, which attracted 300 attendees, University College London is again organising a workshop to bring together experts from the financial services industry to present their work and to discuss opportunities for PhDs. Places are open, free of charge, to any interested PhD student, or Post Doc, from leading UK universities.
Due to the popularity of the course, you must register for a place in advance. Please send an email to the Administrator Ben Colvill (ben.colvill@ucl.ac.uk), detailing your programme of study (PhD etc) and your institution.
Speakers from major investment banks will include: Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, HSBC, BarclaysCapital and Royal Bank of Scotland, as well as leading investment funds.
Among the Topics covered are: The structure of the Financial Services Industry, Algorithmic Trading, Analytics & Risk, Empirics: Econometrics, Stats, Signals & AI, Derivative Product Modelling, Quant Trading, Algorithms and Financial IT.

If you are interested in pursuing a career in investment banking, you can also upload your CV to the website bankingscience.com used by leading banks and funds seeking to employ PhDs. Click here. 

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