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Explore career development resources and join networks designed to support Early Career Researchers and PhD students at UCL.
UCL Researcher Initiatives
UCL Researcher Initiatives offer a variety of learning and networking opportunities for Early Career Researchers and doctoral students.
Research Fellowships
UCL's Research Fellowship Programmes seek to recruit the highest calibre early career researchers from across the globe, supporting them to become the research leaders of the future.
Peer coaching
Join a community of researchers using coaching skills to tackle work-related issues and goals.
Researcher Development Framework
The Researcher Development Framework covers the knowledge, methodologies, personal effectiveness, and professional standard needed to create impactful research.
Festival of Early Stage Researchers
The Festival of Early Stage Researchers (FESR) is an annual week-long celebration of the invaluable contribution from UCL’s early-stage research community to research and innovation.
UCL Early Career Networks
UCL's Early Career Networks (ECNs) offer training, career advice, mentoring, and networking opportunities. They also provide information regarding training and funding opportunities.
- Collaborative Social Science Domain (CSSD)
- Cancer Domain ECN
- Personalised Medicine Domain ECN
- Institute of Healthcare Engineering Early-Career Researchers
- Environment Domain ECN (EDEN)
- Microbiology Domain Early Career Researchers
- UCL Health of the Public ECN
- UCL Institute of Education (IOE) ECN
- UCL Division of Medicine ECR Network
- Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) ECN
Bloomsbury Postgraduate Skills Network
The Bloomsbury Postgraduate Skills Network is a network of leading Higher Education institutions, created by UCL in order to share best practice in skills training for postgraduate research students.
Researcher-led Initiative Awards
UCL Researcher-led Initiative Awards offers funding for early stage research and teaching staff and postgraduate research students. The awards enable researchers to design, manage, and deliver new professional development activities for their peers, allowing them to develop the skills and experience needed to progress their careers.
Leadership in Action
Leadership in Action is an intensive experiential leadership programme designed to prepare early career researcher staff for leadership and team roles in Higher Education.
UCL Careers
UCL Careers provide dedicated support for early stage researchers and research students, including one-on-one advice, practice interviews, events and workshops, and internship opportunities.