Blog Posts

Four quadrants of career development

How a simple framework from a strength coach can help illustrate different kinds of career management needs

My experience writing a PhD by Publication: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Reflections on what it was like to puruse a PhD by publication, rather than writing a thesis.

QS graduate employability rankings: What they measure and what they don’t

A column for the Campus Morning Mail newsletter._

Mapping graduate employability seminar recording

Recently, I was invited to share my recent research as part of the Centre for Global Higher Education webinar series

Authorship agreements for co-authored articles in a PhD by publication

In this article I share a co-authoring agreement that I have used to negotiate and keep records of my co-authored articles for my PhD …

Careers and employability learning: we need a more integrated pedagogy

Despite clear alignment, employability and career development are two distinct fields of research, with limited theoretical or …

Webinar: Mapping graduate employability and career development in higher education research

A presentation on my recently published article publication: Mapping graduate employability and career development in higher education …

Points on the board: How I gamified my PhD by publication progress

A gamified approach to to maintaining motivation and keeping track of my progress toward a PhD by publication

Why don't graduate employability and career development research talk to each other?

A summary of my recent publication: Mapping graduate employability and career development in higher education research.

Why careers and employability learning matters in higher education

A summary of the research evidence supporting quality careers and employability learning