Made in Wales: Researcher Career Stories 2025
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Early-career researchers from across Wales are invited to a series of on-line career events in 2025. The purpose of these events is to give early career researchers an insight into the great variety of career options alongside the “traditional” academic route and are aimed at post-graduate and post-doctoral researchers.
The speakers contributing to the sessions all started their careers at a Welsh University and have since gone on to have successful careers in other sectors either within Wales or elsewhere. These events will celebrate individual career stories as well as showcasing the ways in which Welsh HEIs contribute to the development of a highly skilled and talented workforce for Wales, the UK and beyond.
We are delighted to announce these fabulous speakers for the third session on Thursday 19th June:
- Sara Elin Roberts (FLSW), Medievalist and award-winning Author of The Growth of Law in Medieval Wales (2022), and Children and Parents in Medieval Welsh Law (MHRA, 2025), Honorary Professor at the School of Welsh, Bangor University.
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- Melda Lois Griffiths (LSW ECR Network member) Senior Behavioural Science Specialist at Public Health Wales, Research Fellow for National Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research, and an Honorary Lecturer at Swansea University Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science.
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- Dafydd Tudur is Head of Engagement at the National Library of Wales, with nearly two decades of experience leading digital projects and programmes. His work has supported the development of key initiatives including Welsh Newspapers Online, the Dictionary of Welsh Biography, People’s Collection Wales, and the Wales Broadcast Archive. Dafydd studied History at Aberystwyth University and completed his Ph.D. at Bangor University, focusing on The Life, Work and Thought of Michael Daniel Jones (1822–1898).
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For more information about the event and to register, please click here.
The sessions will be delivered via Zoom or Teams and are being organised by the Wales Concordat Network (that has representation from Aberystwyth University, Bangor University, Cardiff University, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wrexham University, Swansea University, the University of South Wales and the University of Wales Trinity St David) in collaboration with the Learned Society of Wales.
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Early-career researchers from across Wales are invited to a series of on-line career events in 2025. The purpose of these events is to give early career researchers an insight into the great variety of career options alongside the “traditional” academic route and are aimed at post-graduate and post-doctoral researchers.
The speakers contributing to the sessions all started their careers at a Welsh University and have since gone on to have successful careers in other sectors either within Wales or elsewhere. These events will celebrate individual career stories as well as showcasing the ways in which Welsh HEIs contribute to the development of a highly skilled and talented workforce for Wales, the UK and beyond.
We are delighted to announce three fantastic speakers for our second session on Thursday 1st May:
- Dr Kevin Gallagher, Managing Director, Amberleigh Care Ltd (PhD in Therapeutic Residential Interventions for Harmful Sexual Behaviour, Wrexham University)
- Dr James Kolasinski, Deputy Director, Business Data Operations Division, Office for National Statistics (PhD in Neuroscience, University of Oxford; Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow; Cardiff University)
- Dr Mair Rigby, Engagement Officer (Cynnau | Ignite), Cardiff University (PhD in English Literature, Cardiff University)
Our speakers will talk about their varied careers and career paths from doing PhD research to where they are now. This will be followed by a Q&A. Please join us for what promises to be an interesting, insightful and inspirational afternoon – all welcome!
For more information about the event and to register, please click here.
Our final session for this academic year will take place on Thursday 19th June 2025, 12-1pm (details to be confirmed) – please save the date!
Early-career researchers from across Wales are invited to a series of on-line career events in 2025. The purpose of these events is to give early career researchers an insight into the great variety of career options alongside the “traditional” academic route and are aimed at post-graduate and post-doctoral researchers.
The speakers contributing to the sessions all started their careers at a Welsh University and have since gone on to have successful careers in other sectors either within Wales or elsewhere. These events will celebrate individual career stories as well as showcasing the ways in which Welsh HEIs contribute to the development of a highly skilled and talented workforce for Wales, the UK and beyond.
We are delighted to announce three fantastic speakers for the first session on Thursday 20th February:
Dr Adam Bryant, CEO and Co-Founder CanSense (PhD in Theoretical Physics, Cardiff University, 1998)Dr Emily Hardman, Senior Integrated Marine Management Officer, Marine Management Organisation (PhD in Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, 2004)
Dr Ian Lewis, Head of Transformative Technologies, BBSRC (PhD in Biochemistry, Cardiff University, 2005)
Our speakers will talk about their varied careers and career paths from doing PhD research to where they are now. This will be followed by a Q&A. Please join us for what promises to be an interesting, insightful and inspirational afternoon – all welcome!
