Careers Service Events
Description: Career and employability events for University of Oxford research students and staff

The events listed below are either part of the Oxford University Careers Service’s bespoke researcher programme or sessions from our wider programme that will appeal to a researcher audience. www.careers.ox.ac.uk/term-planner

Event registration

Research Students can sign up for these sessions through CareerConnect

If you don’t have a CareerConnect account and you are a member of Oxford’s Research Staff, you can sign up by completing a New user registration form. Once the account is confirmed, you can simply Login to CareerConnect.

Find out more about using the CareerConnect platform.

Careers guidance for for University of Oxford researchers

The Careers Service offers support to research students and fixed-term researchers working at Oxford University through one-to-one advice by phone or online appointment (in person appointments available by request), and researcher-specific events and development programmes.

We are here to support your career decision-making and next steps, wherever you are in your journey and whatever your aspirations or concerns. Find out more about our support for researchers: www.careers.ox.ac.uk/researchers
Talks:

Tuesday 17 February 2026

Academic Publishing Roundtable
Date: 17 February 2026, 11:00 - 13:00
Speaker s: Dr Susan Black (Oxford University Careers Service), July Kim (Bentham Publishers)
Venue: Careers Service, 56 Banbury Road OX2 6PA
Venue Details: 56 Banbury Road
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 February 2026

Introduction to Careers in Pharma and Biotech - Healthcare Consultancy
Date: 23 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 February 2026

Narrative CVs for Funding Applications
Date: 24 February 2026, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker s: Mary Muers (Research Culture Facilitator, Medical Sciences Division), Kanza Basit (Senior Research Facilitator, Social Sciences Division), Gavin Bird (Research Facilitator, Earth Sciences), Dr Susan Black (Oxford University Careers Service)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 March 2026

Your Next Career Step — How to Get Ready and Find Support
Date: 12 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker s: Dr Chris Jeffs (Oxford University Careers Service), Dr Susan Black (Oxford University Careers Service)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 4 June 2026

Narrative CVs for Funding Applications
Date: 4 June 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker s: Mary Muers (Research Culture Facilitator, Medical Sciences Division), Kanza Basit (Senior Research Facilitator, Social Sciences Division), Gavin Bird (Research Facilitator, Earth Sciences), Dr Susan Black (Oxford University Careers Service)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 16 June 2026

Your Next Career Step — How to Get Ready and Find Support
Date: 16 June 2026, 10:30 - 12:00
Speaker s: Dr Chris Jeffs (Oxford University Careers Service), Dr Susan Black (Oxford University Careers Service)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

This list contains talks from the following series:
Careers Beyond Academia: Options and Pathways for Researchers
Postdoc Power Hour (PoPoH)