Medical Training after the Doctorate?

Each year a handful of PhD’s seriously considers going into medical training. This one day course should help:

Exploring Graduate Entry into Medicine
24 February 2009-01-20
www.careers.lon.ac.uk/med

 Accelerated medical courses are designed specifically to train graduates with a non-medical degree as doctors.

This course will help you to find out about:

* Specific degrees, by talking to admissions staff, course organisers and medical students
* The major differences between the courses offered
* How to fund your medical degree
* Writing a successful application form and support statement
* The various entrance exams schools use.

The day will consist of:
* Presentations – from representatives of key medical schools
* Networking Session – with admission tutors and staff
* Medical Student panel – to which you can ask questions on what it is like to do an accelerated medical degree.

Confirmed attendees include:
Cambridge, King’s College London, Leicester, Nottingham, Swansea, Oxford, Queen Mary, Keele and Imperial.

There is also a free book on entry to medical school available at the Careers Service.

Going for an Assessment Centre?

The Careers Service is organising a week focusing on Assessment Centres from 2 – 6 February.

We have a number of companies coming in to run talks & group exercises, giving students a real chance to get to understand what an assessment day consists of, what will be expected of them, how to impress the recruiters and the chance to practice the interactive group exercises.

Full details of the week and a downloadable brochure can be found on the careers website at: www.kcl.ac.uk/careers/events then select Assessment Centre Week  from the left menu.

 

Healthcare Consultancy Graduate Scheme

If you want a challenging and fulfilling career in healthcare consultancy and love to travel … then the Adelphi Runway Programme is for you

Why Runway?
The Adelphi Runway Graduate Programme provides you with an opportunity to gain insight and experience of the various services involved in healthcare consultancy.Graduates work as part of a team on live projects with client contact and will rotate around the companies starting a new placement every 3–4 months. Runway is based mainly in the UK headquarters, with one 3-month placement in one of our offices in the USA or mainland Europe.

During the course of the scheme, graduates also complete an assignment, selected jointly by the graduates themselves and the CEO of Adelphi, on a subject that will benefit the business.

What we offer

·                                 A unique opportunity to gain experience in the range of business disciplines within healthcare consultancy

·                                 A comprehensive 16-month development programme including a fully funded 3–4 month overseas placement

·                                 An external training and development programme in parallel to your placements

·                                 Support to allow you to succeed in a leading healthcare consultancy business

We consider applicants from all disciplines but a strong interest in healthcare is essential.

How to apply
To apply for September 2009 entry please send your CV and a covering letter, quoting reference: MR09 and explaining why we should consider you, along with a short essay of your own work (maximum 750 words) on either of the following topics:

“Healthcare Tomorrow — Should the Patient Pay?”
“My Favourite Global Brand and the Secret of its Success”

www.adelphigroup.com/jobfair/graduate_scheme.asp

:

Michelle Foden
Adelphi Group, Adelphi Mill, Bollington, Cheshire SK10 5JB, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1625 577233 Fax: +44 (0)1625 575853
Email: michelle.foden@adelphigroup.com remembering to Quote Reference: MR09 or look for ‘Adelphi Runway’ on Facebook

A PhD working in Management Consulting

A King’s Graduate School Careers Seminar 

Mckinsey and Company, one of the really big global names in strategy consulting, are exceptional in offering a recruitment stream exclusively for PhD’s/ Postdocs.

 

On Thursday 12^th February, a King’s Doctoral Graduate will talk about her route into the company and how her PhD skills are used on a day to day basis.

 

We will also circulate details of the ‘European Insight’ event, the 2 day event designed to introduce PhDs and post-docs to Management Consulting.

 

Waterloo Bridge Wing

Graduate School Training Room 4.14

Thursday          12^th February

17.00 – 18.30

 

If you wish to attend, please e-mail your intention to

Phd-careers@kcl.ac.uk

 

Terry Jones

The Graduate School

Social Science Research Symposium

Call for 250 word abstracts for papers in Social Science and Public Policy areas and Lsw for the Plymouth Postgraduate Symposium 15th May 2009.

Deadline for abstract submissions – 6.2.09

Abstracts to michelle.jolly@plymouth.ac.uk

Poster plans to till.paasche@plymouth.ac.uk

www.ppgs-research.org/

Working in a Charity

This London University 1-day course has interested King’s PhD students in previous years

There will be speakers from Barnardo’s, Cancer Research UK and the Refugee Council.

The course takes place on 2/3/209

Applications from www.careers.lon.ac.uk/charity

Also www.careers.lon.ac.uk/facebook/charity

New Job Board for Biologists

The Institute of Biology agreed to merge with the Biosciences Federation in December 2008 

 

• The Institute of Biology has done some work recently to produce some profiles of biologists on its website – http://www.iob.org/general.asp?section=education_careers/education_iob/careers/week_life 
• Another new initiative is the job board with vacancies, including PhD vacancies, in the members’ area of the website
• Members can now search online for other bioscientists working in specific interest areas and locations. 

 

Edinburgh staff training job

This might suit a postdoc planning to change direction…but it is only temporary

 

Educational Development Officer – (60%FT, Temporary )

 

The Educational Development Unit seeks to appoint a temporary, part-time Educational Development Officer to support the work of the Learning and Teaching Development Coordinator and of the Research Development Coordinator. The post is available on a 0.6 temporary basis for an initial period up to the end of June 2009.

 

The principal focus of this post is to collaborate with other staff in the EDU in delivering a range of course-related activities across the University.

 

The successful candidate must have experience as a teacher in HE, and be able to communicate confidently with staff and PhD students. You will have excellent communication skills and a good working knowledge of current policy, issues and practice in University academic staff development. Further details are available at

http://www.hw.ac.uk/hr/v_academic_related.php#0509

 

The closing date for this post is 26th January 2009.

Research and Development Job

Suitable for students with a strong chemistry or engineering background – Reckitt Benckiser are recruiting R&D Trainees.

www.reckittbenckiser.com/ukgraduates

Deadline upcoming – 26th Jan.

McKinsey European Insight programme for PhD’s and Post-docs

 McKinsey & Company, one of the leading global management consulting firms, would like to invite PhD students and Post-Docs who have displayed a record of outstanding leadership, personal initiative and achievement, to apply to attend a 3-day programme in Kitzbuhel, Austria.

McKinsey & Company is a place where you can serve leading clients, develop your talents, and be part of a team that generates high-calibre ideas.  It is also where you can have immediate and direct contact with some of the world’s top CEOs and public leaders and where you are encouraged to give your opinion.

European Insight 2009 offers you a unique opportunity to learn about different techniques for solving problems and a chance to see what it would be like to work as a consultant – and to find out why they chose to make the transition from academia into consulting.  

 This 3-day programme will offer you the chance to meet consultants with diverse backgrounds from McKinsey’s world-wide offices and gain an insider’s view of how McKinsey helps organisations achieve world-class performance.  You will also be able to have your questions answered in a relaxed and informal atmosphere and have fun, whilst discovering exciting career opportunities.

To find out more and to apply visit http://www.europeaninsight.mckinsey.com.

Selection decisions will be communicated to all applicants by 6 March 2009.
If you are unable to attend European Insight 2009 but are interested in learning more about McKinsey, please send an e-mail to international_opportunities@mckinsey.com.  

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