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Early Career Researcher Professional Development

Events: Panel Discussions

The LMS Early Career Researcher Continuing Professional Development sessions are free online panel discussions, which are aimed at Early Career Researchers and run by the LMS Early Career Research Committee. Each session focuses on a particular element of career development for Early Career Researchers.

Schedule for 2024-25:

Register here to attend the Continuing Professional Development sessions in 2024/25. The Zoom link will be circulated to registered participants on the morning of the session. 

Session 1) Academic Job Search Thursday 20 February 2025 12pm (GMT)

Panellists: Johannes Hofscheier (Nottingham; Chair), Gemma Crowe (Manchester), Navid Nabijou (QML), Alice Pozzi (Bristol), Alice Rizzardo (Liverpool) and Jason Semeraro (Loughborough)

Session 2) Applying for a Grant Thursday 27th March 2025 12pm (GMT)

Panellists: Al Kaspryzk (Nottingham; Chair), Subhajit Jana (QMUL), Asaf Karagila (Leeds), Vanessa Miemietz (UEA) and Emma Foxell (EPSRC)

Session 3) Publication Process Thursday 24 April 2025 12pm (GMT)

Panellists: Al Kaspryzk (Nottingham, Chair), Simon Buckmaster (LMS), Jonathan Fraser (St Andrews), Martin Kerin (Durham) and Julia Wolf (Cambridge)

Session 4) Applying for a PhD Thursday 22 May 2025 12pm (GMT)

Panellists: Al Kaspryzk (Nottingham, Chair), Alexander Cox (Bath), David Jordan (Edinburgh), Kat Phillipa (Warwick) and Ed Segal (UCL)

If you have any queries and/or any suggestions for topics to be discussed at the next session, or future sessions, please email ecr.chair@lms.ac.uk 

Schedule for 2025-26:

The programme for 2025-26 will be finalised and published in September 2025. If you have any ideas for session topics, please email ecr.chair@lms.ac.uk by 1 June 2025.

Downloadable Content from Panel Discussions

Session 1) Academic job search Thursday 7th December 2023 at 12pm (GMT)

Panellists: Alexander Kasprzyk (Nottingham; Chair), Sabine Boegli (Durham), Chris Bowman-Scargill (York), Ana Rita Pires (Edinburgh) and Lewis Topley (Bath).

This panel covered the basics of applying for academic jobs (what material you need, where to find jobs, etc), and offered the opportunity to ask more detailed questions.  The target audience included both finishing PhD students and postdocs looking for their next position. 

Session 2) Publications and Peer-Review Thursday 1st February 2024 at 12pm (GMT)

Panellists: Al Kaspryzk (Nottingham; Chair), Simon Buckmaster (LMS), Laura Ciobanu (Heriot-Watt), Manuel del Pino (Bath) and Constanze Reim (Kent).

Slides from Sessions in 2022-23

Session 1) Academic job search slides from the session on Thursday 20th October 2022 at 12pm (BST)

This panel covered the basics of applying for academic jobs (what material you need, where to find jobs, etc), and offered the opportunity to ask more detailed questions.  The target audience included both finishing PhD students and postdocs looking for their next position.

Session 2) Applying for grants and fellowships slides from the session on Thursday 1st December at 12pm (GMT)

This panel covered the basics of applying for grants and fellowships, and offered the opportunity to ask more detailed questions. The target audience was postdocs applying for a first grant, and PhD students planning ahead.

Session 3) Writing and publication slides from the session on Thursday 19th January at 12pm (GMT) will be available soon.

This panel discussed aspects of writing and publication, and offered the opportunity to ask more detailed questions.  The target audience was early career researchers at all stages.

Session 4) Building your research community slides from the session on Monday 6th March at 10.00am (GMT) will be available soon.

This panel discussed how to find and build your research community, including how to find collaborators, and offered the opportunity to ask more detailed questions.  The target audience was later year PhD students and early postdocs.

Session 5) Applying for jobs in industry slides from the session on Thursday 30th March at 12pm (BST) will be available soon.

This panel discussed how to find a first job in industry (broadly defined), and offered the opportunity to ask more detailed questions.

Slides from Sessions in 2021-22

  • Session 1: 12.00pm (BST) Wednesday, 27 October 2021 The academic job search

This panel covered the basics of applying for academic jobs (what material you need, where to find jobs, etc), and offered the opportunity to ask more detailed questions.  Session 1: The Academic Job Search Slides

  • Session 2: 12.00pm (GMT) Wednesday, 30 November 2021 Starting your first post-doc

This panel covered what to expect and what to prioritise in your first postdoc.  The intended audience were people in their first postdoc, and PhD students planning ahead. Session 2: Starting your first postdoc Slides

  • Session 3: 12.00pm (GMT) 24 February 2022 Writing and Publication

Panellists: Jelena Grbic (Southampton), John Hunton (Durham) and Diane Maclagan (Warwick)

Session 3: Writing and Publication slides

  • Session 4: 12.00 (GMT) 24 March 2022 Building your research community

Panellists: Diane Maclagan (Warwick), Rachel Newton (KCL), Chris Parker (Birmingham) and Mariya Ptashnyk (Heriot-Watt)

This panel covered ways in which early career researchers can build their research community.  The intended audience were people in their first postdoc, and PhD students planning ahead. Session 4: Building your research community slides

Early Career Advice from the Newsletter Archive

Guidance for the Supervision & Support of PhD Students

The LMS Research Policy Committee in consultation with the LMS Early Career Research Committee have produced Guidance for the Supervision & Support of PhD Students. 

Sources of Funding for Fellowships

Academic Jobs Pages

Mailing list sign-up

If you would like hear about the Panel Discussion events and other activities to support Early Career Researchers' Professional Development, please email ecr.chair@lms.ac.uk to confirm that you would like to be added to the mailing list.