📣 @dbaa-exeter.bsky.social are calling for higher education partners to trial researcher training and networking. Expressions of interest for this funded opportunity are open and will close on 1 May 2026. You can find all of the details in the link below: 🔗 tinyurl.com/3k6nx8xk

Before Easter, Jenny Brady ran a great session for us on personal branding. The session covered authenticity, what you stand for (and against), building visibility habits, and brand adaptation. Check out videos 5–8 on the portal using the link below to learn more: 🔗 tinyurl.com/4nbkzmzn

We have a great PI Network session coming up on the 7 May from 11:00am -12pm. Join us for a practical session on change theory, understanding your own reactions and building coaching skills to support others through change. Register here - www.eventbrite.com/e/1986413931...

We’ve been reflecting on our second Prosper Practice Exchange event and the insights shared during our postdoc panel session. It's always lovely to hear how Prosper has positively impacted postdocs' career development. See below for a short highlights video of the panel: 👉 tinyurl.com/4fjk5chw

Thrilled to see that the University of Liverpool’s 2026 Prosper Cohort is underway! Learn more about the cohort launch here➡️ prosper.liverpool.ac.uk/university-o....

We caught up with Dr Laura Bozicevic, a member of last year's University of Liverpool Prosper cohort, to talk about her experience with Prosper, career journey and future plans. You can read Laura's full case study over on our Portal: tinyurl.com/hbc5dkv8

Dr James Charles was a member of the University of Liverpool Prosper cohort in 2025 - we caught up with him to talk about his career journey, future plans, and experience with Prosper. You can read the full case study over on our Portal: tinyurl.com/james-charle...

Today, we welcomed our third cohort of Prosper business-as-usual postdocs at the University of Liverpool’s delightful School of the Art’s Library space. 📚 Over the next six months, cohort members will have access to a structured career development program, career coaching and a buddy scheme.

We want to say a big thank you to everyone who came to our second, annual Prosper Practice Exchange event in Birmingham yesterday! Many thanks as well to all our event speakers for contributing to the event and sharing your valuable insights with attendees. #PPE2026

We are getting ready for our second Prosper Practice Exchange event at the Eastside rooms, Birmingham. Excited to see all of our attendees soon! #PPE2026

Today, we delivered a short WIP talk at #REDSConference2026 about our game-based activity aimed at dismantling the cultural barriers of interdisciplinary collaborations. Thank you to REDs for the inspiring talks, and for allowing attendees to come together and discuss what creativity is.

📣 bit.ly/4q4XEiQ Our site has been live since late summer 2023 and we’ve been continuing to evolve and improve it with your input ever since. We made some changes to improve the way you can search and navigate the site. Read more about the changes on our blog:

Dr Sharon Lin was a member of the University of Southampton's first Prosper cohort in 2025 - we caught up with her to talk about her career journey, future plans, and experience with Prosper. You can read the full case study over on our Portal: bit.ly/3Kr1C6l

Places are fast running out for our second Practice Exchange event in Birmingham next February 3rd – attendance is free but due to the highly interactive nature of the event, space is limited – so register now! Link: bit.ly/472b7A7

There are all sorts of different ways to use Prosper and the Prosper Portal to enhance postdoc career development at your institution. We’ve compiled a select few examples here to demonstrate the variety (and perhaps provide some inspiration...): bit.ly/4pPulRn

💡 We're excited about the launch of this great project by @astonpress.bsky.social and @universityofleeds.bsky.social to explore the uses of publicly available AI tools across the doctoral research ecosystem - join its launch webinar here: bit.ly/47TTaEe #AI

Thanks to all who attended our final PI Network session for 2025 earlier - and many thanks to Andrew Moss at @durham.ac.uk for leading. For those who missed it, we'll be uploading materials to our Portal soon. In the meantime, be on the lookout for fresh PI Network sessions come the New Year!

We're at the Hilton in York today for UK Research and Innovation and C-DICE's workshop exploring the vital role of postdocs (quite a lineup of speakers, including Prosper's @fmcbride8.bsky.social) 🏰 The venue is right across from Clifford's tower, which is looking lovely in the November sunshine ☀️

We're excited to be spending today with our current @prosperpostdoc.bsky.social cohort for the second workshop of their programme. Today we're focusing on exploring diverse career pathways, both within and beyond higher education.

We have another great PI Network session coming up next week on the 11th, from 12-1pm: bit.ly/4oYJCyN Join Dr Andrew Moss from Durham University for a session about how organisational research culture strategy can support the development of ECRs. There are only a few spaces left, so register now!

📅 📣 Reminder that we're hosting our 2nd Prosper Practice Exchange on 3rd Feb 2026, at The Eastside Rooms in Birmingham: bit.ly/472b7A7 We have limited space and places are going fast - so register now! You can find more info and register at the link above and below bit.ly/472b7A7

For anyone wanting to revisit Dr Taryn Bell's excellent PI Network session on Narrative CVs - video and session materials are now live on our Portal: bit.ly/3LvMzIr (including the link to Taryn's wonderful curated Padlet of all things NCV!)

Many thanks to Taryn Bell for facilitating an excellent PI Network session yesterday - all about the power of Narrative CVs for career development (both for your postdocs, and your own!) For those who missed it, or wish to revisit, we'll be putting materials on our Portal later this week (🧵 1/2)

📅 If you were (or are!) a Prosper participant, join us on 18th November for a chance to meet and connect with other Prosper 'alumni' - bit.ly/4h8K6Q2 The event is open to Prosper alumni from any HEI - you can get more info and register from the link above, or the QR code below.

Reminder that we have a PI Network session coming up in a week's time - there's still time to register via the link below! 📅 21st October, 12-1pm - a session all about how narrative CVs can be used to support career development, led by Dr Taryn Bell at the University of Leeds: bit.ly/4nTAb2S

We're proud to support this valuable initiative for postdocs across the White Rose universities @prosperpostdoc.bsky.social

📣 Register your place at our next Prosper Practice Exchange! bit.ly/472b7A7 We're heading to Birmingham on 3rd February 2026 for our second annual event. Attendance is free, but due to the highly interactive nature of the event, spaces are limited – so register now: bit.ly/472b7A7

@whiteroseuc.bsky.social has made Prosper one of its flagship offerings, running cross-institutional Prosper cohorts for postdocs at @york.ac.uk, @universityofleeds.bsky.social and @sheffielduni.bsky.social Read our institutional case study on our Portal to learn more: bit.ly/4gWQ1HT

We've a great couple of PI Network sessions coming up for you to add to your calendars: 📅 21st October, 12-1pm - a session all about how narrative CVs can be used to support career development, led by Dr Taryn Bell at the University of Leeds: bit.ly/4nTAb2S (🧵1/2)

📅 SAVE THE DATE! Following a week and a half of fantastic events and conferences, we're delighted to announce the date for our next Prosper Practice Exchange. This year we're heading to The Eastside Rooms in Birmingham on 3rd Feb (10:00-16:00). Registration will be open soon, so stay tuned!

We're having a great time on day 2 of #VitaeCon2025 - fantastic talk from Dr Julie Bayley, and a Prosper shout-out from our long-standing collaborator Dr Anne Marie Sowerbutts at The University of Manchester

We're at the @britishacademy.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Network's National Postdoc Conference today - getting ready to talk about Prosper! #NPAW2025 💡 Key quote from opening session by Professor Rebecca Earle: "Your skills are more transferable than you might think"

We're at #IRCC25 in Warwick today - lots of great discussion and a good chance to network and catch up with colleagues from across the sector! Lots of stimulating discussion re: global research culture, contract precarity, support for mid-career researchers, the PCE pilot, and more!

Dr Shunqi Zhang was part of the University of Southampton's first Prosper cohort. We caught up with her to talk about her career journey and her experience with Prosper - read more on our Portal here: bit.ly/4mjnSf9 #LovePostdocs #NPAW2025

📅 It's National Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🎉 🎊 #NPAW2025 The week kicks off at 10.30 today with the national online event: bit.ly/41WdnqN - including, apparently, the first ever postdoc-themed musical 👀

As part of National Postdoc Appreciate Week, we're running a workshop next Wednesday 17th from 1.30-4pm - with a focus on writing for public audiences The workshop is online and open to postdocs and PGRs anywhere - for more info and to register, click here or scan the QR code: bit.ly/4nkSmyg

We spoke to Dr Alzbeta Chabronova, a molecular and cellular biologist and postdoc and member of the University of Liverpool's 2025 Prosper cohort, about her career journey and experience with Prosper - you can read the full interview on our Portal here: bit.ly/4phPFzn

At #VitaeCon2025 online this week? Join our session at 1.15 on Wednesday as we explore collaboration with employers beyond academia - bit.ly/3JiL2EC

We caught up with Dr Rebecca Jensen - a pharmacologist and member of the University of Liverpool's 2025 Prosper cohort - to talk about her career journey and experience with Prosper. You can read the full interview on our Portal here: bit.ly/4m8yoWm

At #VitaeCon2025 online this week? Join our session at 1.15 on Wednesday as we explore collaboration with employers beyond academia - bit.ly/3JiL2EC

Earlier in the year, the University of Southampton ran its first Prosper cohort We caught up with one of its participants - Zaihao Tian - to talk about his career journey, plans, and experience with Prosper. You can read the full interview over on our Portal here: bit.ly/4p9f7Xy

If you're attending this year’s #VitaeCon2025, Prosper is running a session on Wednesday Sep 10th between 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM - 'Opening doors together: collaborating beyond academia to support researcher career development' Link here and below: bit.ly/3JiL2EC We'd love to see you there!

From @universityofleeds.bsky.social: Meet Dr Clare Danek, a participant from our first @prosperpostdoc.bsky.social cohort and postdoctoral researcher in cultural data and cultural policy.

Last Thursday, we wrapped up our 2025 Prosper cohort at the University of Liverpool with an event at the beautiful School of the Arts library. You can read some of their insights and feedback on our blog here: prosper.liverpool.ac.uk/reflections-...

A wonderful end to our 2025 University of Liverpool Prosper cohort, at the ever-lovely School of Arts Library. It's been a great six months - many thanks to all the members for their enthusiasm and contributions!

For those who missed or it, or wish to revisit, our recent PI Network session 'Developing your ECRs using the Research Canvas', led by Dr Katia Smith-Litiere at the University of Cambridge, is now live on our Portal: bit.ly/44STwur

Want to learn more about the Prosper Portal and how you can use it to augment your postdoc career development offering? Join the team at 11.30am this Weds! Details and link to register below:

The Prosper Exchange is now live! If you're responsible for postdoc career development at your HEI, and you're planning for the next academic year - why not get in touch, and see if there's scope for collaboration? prosper.liverpool.ac.uk/the-prosper-...

We caught up with one of the postdocs who was part of the University of Liverpool's first business-as-usual Prosper cohort - Dr. Paras Naik. You can read more about his experiences and career journey here: bit.ly/4nomHwF

📣 Back by popular demand - we're running a free online Portal Made Easy session next Wednesday 9th July, from 11.30-12.30 - with a particular focus on our Curated Lists functionality. For more info and to register: bit.ly/4l4918p