Early Career Network

The IAS Early Career Network brings together and supports early-career academics working in arts, humanities and social sciences across UCL.

What does the network provide?

• SHAPE-relevant skills development,
• career guidance, specific to the humanities,
• opportunities for sociability and informal sharing of ideas and experiences,
• a range of events, including workshops on writing and on crossing boundaries of all kinds.

We welcome suggestions and contributions of participants. 

Can I join?

If your work involves arts, humanities or social sciences approaches, feel free to join (even if you’re based in a primarily STEM faculty). Our definition of early-career is similarly broad: the network is open to PhD candidates at any stage and to all postdocs and lecturers (anyone on grade 7 or grade 8).

Events

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Other networks to join

Generic networks

• British Academy
• Collaborative Social Science Domain
• Institute of Education

Subject-specific networks

• Africa
• Capitalism Studies
• China
• Creative Practice
• Critical Global Health
• Digital Humanities
• Early Modern Exchanges
• French and Francophone
• Gender and Feminisms
• Health Humanities
• Health of the Public
• Language and Meaning
• Middle East
• Outer Space
• Postsocialist Art
• LGBTQ equalities, identities and histories
• Racism & Racialisation
• Refuge / Refugees
• South Asia and the Indian Ocean World

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Skills and training

• Bloomsbury Postgraduate Skills Network
• Careers Consultant-led workshops
• Doctoral Skills Development Programme (UCL DocSkills)
• Festival of Early Stage Researchers (FESR)
• Leadership in Action (LiA)
• Teaching and supervision training (Arena)
• Peer coaching
• Researcher-led Initiative Awards (RLIs)

PGR Funding

• Student Finance England – Postgraduate Loans
• UCL Scholarships Finder
• Arts & Humanities Funding register (A&H)
• Social & Historical Sciences Funding register (SHS)
• IAS Octagon (events) funding

Postdoctoral funding

• UCL Research, Innovation & Global Engagement (RIGE)
• Research Fellowships
• Royal Geographical Society ECR Funding
• Royal Historical Society ECR Funding
• Social Science Plus

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Doctoral Training Centres/Partnerships

• London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP)
• UBEL London Doctoral Training Partnership (UBEL)
• The London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership (NERC)
• Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage & Archaeology Centre for Doctoral Training (SEAHA)

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Postgraduate Teaching Assistants (PGTAs)

• Policies and Training
• PGTA job vacancies
• UCL PGTA Hub

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Key rights and obligations

• Code of Practice for Graduate Research Degrees
• PG Student programmes Terms and Conditions
• Research Integrity
• Risk Assessments

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Advice, Support, and Wellbeing

• UCL Research Student Log
• UCL Student Support and Wellbeing
• Students' Union Academic Representation
• Essential Information for PGR students
• Career resources for researchers

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Podcast series from the IOE Early Career Network