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Workshop: CienciaUK 2016. The research career and other scientific jobs in the UK

Life and Matter Sciences Workshop November 25, 2016 Madrid

 

 

 

General information

Venue: Fundación Ramón Areces, Vitruvio, 5. 28006. Madrid

Organized by:

Ramón Areces Foundation and Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK/CERU)

In cooperation with:

Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT)

Coordinator/s:

Eduardo OliverSpanish National Cardiovascular Research Centre (CNIC)

 

Lorenzo Melchor Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) in the Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom

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The Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK/CERU) celebrates on the 25th November 2016, in the headquarters of the Ramon Areces Foundation in Madrid, a conference day for science careers advice for postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and other science graduates in their last year of master or degree. With this conference, which is celebrated for the third year in a row, it is intended to both offer information and guidance about the variety of science careers, and inspire new vocations, through the wide experience of different professionals in sciences invited by SRUK that will cover the following topics:

  • Researcher career in the United Kingdom: differences and similarities with Spain
  • Funding opportunities for stays in the United Kingdom
  • Research in the private sector
  • Skills and capabilities acquired during a science background
  • Science careers outside research such as management, communication, quality control, business development or science diplomacy

Introduction

Did you know that a country with a science and technology system as developed and diverse as the United Kingdom is only able to consolidate with tenured positions in academia to the 3.5 % of PhDs in sciences? Taking this into consideration, it is needed to show all different science careers beyond university and research centres at a young age.

The traditional researcher career is often shown as a professional career with stages that are very well-defined in length and in merits to advance from one stage to another, so that a graduate does a Postgraduate Course, a Master, a PhD, one or two Postdocs, and sooner or later, gets his academic Tenured Position. However, it is important to provide information about the difficulty of this career and about how one can progress considering the path is often not that straight. Additionally, it is required to show that there are other professional careers for young scientists, so they can choose sooner rather than later whatever is better for their personal and professional development.

A background in sciences or a PhD does provide quite comprehensive knowledge and skills, which are transferables to other professional sectors and that provide a competitive advantage for any type of job, within or outside the academic world.

In the United Kingdom, it is common practice that universities and research centres have these professional advice services for the young scientist: workshops, mock interviews, advice for CV writing… Having this in mind, as well as the origin of SRUK and the experience of their membership, SRUK organises this day to provide a similar guidance to all Spanish young scientists, with special attention to the opportunities present in the United KIngdom both within and outside the research field (either in academia or in the private sector).

Friday, 25

9:00

Opening

9:30

Welcome

Raimundo Pérez-Hernández y Torra
Director of the Fundación Ramón Areces.

José Ignacio Fernández Vera
Director of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT). 

María Jiménez Sánchez
MRC Fellowship and Principal Investigator at King's College London.  President of the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK/CERU).

SESSION 1: The academic career

 

Chairman:
Eduardo Oliver
Research Fellow. Spanish National Cardiovascular Research Centre (CNIC).

9:45

The PhD in the United Kingdom: differences and similarities with Spain

Ibón Santiago
PhD Student. University of Oxford.

10:10

Postdoctoral Opportunities in the United Kingdom

Estrella Luna
Researcher in the Plant Production and Protection (P3). University of Sheffield.

10:35

Consolidation and Tenured in the Academic Career in the United Kingdom

Pablo Casaseca 
Senior Lecturer. School of Engineering and Computing. University of the West of Scotland.

11:00

Guest Speaker I: Research Opportunities at the University of Edinburgh

Lara Isabel
Assistant Director & Head of Operations and Projects. Institute for Academic Development. University of Edinburgh.

11:25

Break

SESSION 2: Research in industry

 

Chairman:
Lorenzo Melchor
International Science Coordinator. Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) in the Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom.

11:50

The Transition from the Academic Research to the Pharma Industry

Irene Rebollo Mesa 
Associate director in Exploratory Statistics. Global Exploratory Development. UCB.

12:15

Research in the Telecommunications Industry

David Manuel Gutiérrez Estévez
Senior Researcher. Samsung Electronics R&D Institute UK.

12:40

Guest Speaker II: The United Kingdom: a Country of Science, Technology and Innovation

Sara Cebrián
Science Attaché. Embassy of the United Kingdom in Spain. UK Science and Innovation Network.

13:05

Debate about the Researcher Career

13:45

Break and networking

SESSION 3: Science beyond the bench

 

Chairmen:
Lorenzo Melchor 
International Science Coordinator. Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) in the Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom. 

Eduardo Oliver 
Research Fellow. Spanish National Cardiovascular Research Centre (CNIC).

15:00

Quality Software Control

Ernesto Abad 
Software Testing Engineer. Metaswitch Networks.

15:25

Managing a technology development company

Esther Alza
Manager at ERTFLOW.

15:50

Sales Agent and Business Development

Almira Bartolomé
Business Development. Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult.

16:15

Science Diplomacy

Lorenzo Melchor    
International Science Coordinator. Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) in the Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom.

16:40

Science Policy and Communication

Emma Martínez-Sánchez
Responsible of Science Communication and Policy. European Animal Research Association (EARA).

17:05

Debate about Science beyond the Bench

17:45

Closing

María Jiménez Sánchez 
MRC Fellowship and Principal Investigator at King's College London. President of the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK/CERU).

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