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Careers, employability and professional development for postgraduate researchers
A research degree builds far more than subject expertise. This page is a summary of the support that Durham offers for your skills development and career planning during and after your programme, and the professional development on offer to help you build the wider skills that employers, academic and non-academic alike, may value most.
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Durham Centre for Academic Development (DCAD)
DCAD’s Academic Excellence Team are here to support all staff and discuss any aspect of your teaching and student learning.
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Careers, enterprise, and employability
Wherever your skills and experience take you, career planning works best when it starts early rather than in your final year.
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Developing engagement and impact skills
If you are considering a career outside academia, the skills you gain from a PhD are more transferable than they can feel from inside a thesis.
Durham Centre for Academic Development (DCAD)
DCAD’s Academic Excellence Team are here to support all staff and discuss any aspect of your teaching and student learning.
Careers, enterprise, and employability
Wherever your skills and experience take you, career planning works best when it starts early rather than in your final year.
Developing engagement and impact skills
If you are considering a career outside academia, the skills you gain from a PhD are more transferable than they can feel from inside a thesis.
Doctoral School
Palatine Centre
Durham University
Stockton Road
Durham
DH1 3LE