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

The Prosper Exchange is now live! You can now request enhanced support from Prosper in return for an in-kind contribution to our growing community of practice bit.ly/3GjeCZp Visit the link above to learn more, or watch the short vid below to hear about how Heriot-Watt University used the Exchange.

💡For anyone who missed it - our Employer Insight session with Ely Sandler (Harvard Kennedy School Fellow and Co-founder of Article Six Group) - 'Exploring careers at the intersection of academia and industry' - is now live on our Portal: bit.ly/3TAybPT

📅 Reminder - at 1pm next Thursday 26th June we'll be launching the pilot of our new Prosper Exchange - register here: bit.ly/430fj2o Join us to to learn more about the future of Prosper, connect with peers from across the sector, and get involved in our growing community of practice!

💡 #Didyouknow - Prosper's Learning and Development library (bit.ly/45mtqRm) is a handy way to navigate the Prosper Portal and find the resources you need. You can get there via the drop-down menu under 'Postdocs' at the top of your screen. (🧵1/3)

We're at @durhamuniversity.bsky.social today for a showcase event ahead of the institution's first Prosper cohort!

We asked @cledmonds.bsky.social from @sheffielduni.bsky.social about her time on our @prosperpostdoc.bsky.social programme and why she recommends it to other postdocs. Have a read on our website: whiterose.ac.uk/news/spotlig...

📣 Reminder - we have another great Insight session at 2pm tomorrow - there's still time to register: bit.ly/4jVBrR4 We'll be speaking to Ely Sandler, Harvard Kennedy School Fellow and Co-founder of Article Six Group, about careers at the intersection of academia and industry.

Always great to see how the @whiteroseuc.bsky.social Prosper cohort is coming along!

We caught up with former Prosper postdoc Rosa Morra, who was recently promoted to Principal Scientific Programme Manager at EMQN CIC ( 🎉 congrats!), to discuss her transition beyond academia - read more on our Portal here: bit.ly/4dOAt7i

📣 There's still time to register for our PI Network session at 12pm tomorrow - bit.ly/3RIFXGH. Join Katia Smith-Litiere (University of Cambridge) to learn about Research Canvas and how you can use it to guide ECRs and improve your own research planning

💡 What skills are employers beyond academia looking for in researchers they hire? Read our new blog on this very topic, which collects perspectives from our recent Employer Insight sessions with the Environment Agency and allegro. Inizio Medical: bit.ly/4kiDmQl

💡 What skills are employers beyond academia looking for in researchers they hire? Read our new blog on this very topic, which collects perspectives from our recent Employer Insight sessions with the Environment Agency and allegro. Inizio Medical: bit.ly/4kiDmQl

💡 #Didyouknow - Prosper's Career Development Navigator is a handy tool for 🔎navigating our Portal, and finding the right information for you and your situation - register now to take full advantage of it: bit.ly/4lmQuoH (🧵1/3)

💡 #Didyouknow: The Prosper Portal contains a range of tutorial videos: bit.ly/3G3WQJq You can find them in the 'Helpful Links' section at the bottom of all pages

Continuing our series of 🔎 case studies looking at how different HEIs are using Prosper, today we're featuring the University of Huddersfield, which has been building Prosper into its wider researcher development comms+offering You can read more here: bit.ly/4jiWzzX

Are you a postdoc social scientist thinking about where your career might take you next? Prosper, led by liverpooluni.bsky.social, has lots of information & resources for your career development journey. Explore ➡️ prosper.liverpool.ac.uk/postdocs/

If you missed last week's Employer Insight session with Inizio Medical (or simply want to revisit), you can now find it on our Portal: bit.ly/43ikoSz Many thanks to our guests for sharing their valuable insights into transitioning from academia into the medical communications industry

💡Join the Prosper Ambassadors Network to find suitable speakers for events at your HEI, or (if you're a postdoc/former postdoc who's engaged with Prosper) to help spread the word and share your knowledge+perspectives. Subscribe to the list here or via the QR code below: bit.ly/3XPm7O5

It was fantastic to meet our second cohort of the @prosperpostdoc.bsky.social programme last week at the beautiful Cloth Hall in Leeds. You can find out more about the cohort on our website: whiterose.ac.uk/what-we-do/w...

❗ 📅 Change of schedule - our insight session with Ely Sandler of Article Six Group, 'Exploring Careers at the Intersection of Academia and Industry', will now be at 2pm on 10th June. For more info and to register click here or scan the QR code below: bit.ly/4jVBrR4

📅 Reminder that this Wednesday 14th May, 12-12.45pm, we'll be hosting an online Employer Insight session with Inizio Medical, all about researcher careers in the Medcomms industry. There's still time to register and join: bit.ly/4jcVavV

📅 📣 Reminder that we have a great PI Network session coming up on the 4th June, from 12-1.30pm: bit.ly/3RIFXGH Katia Smith-Litiere from the University of Cambridge will be talking about how you can use Research Canvas to guide both your ECRs' research and your own - join us!

💡 Did You Know: The Prosper Portal (bit.ly/4lmQuoH) has an advanced search function to help you quickly find relevant resources. Click on the 'advanced' tab on the left of the search bar... (🧵 1/5)

"Prosper is one way that we saw how we could not only collaborate with other colleagues, but also really empower our postdocs and change the dynamic about the value that we have" - Andrew Moss, Research Culture Manager, Durham University

💡Did you know: if you're running an event open to the whole sector - you can promote it on our events page! You need an institutional account (registration is free: bit.ly/4lmQuoH). Then simply go to your account drop-down menu, select 'shared events', and click the 'share your event' button👍.

Thanks to Stuart Higgins from the Complex Interface Team @york.ac.uk who is talking to our @prosperpostdoc.bsky.social postdocs about his career in academia

🔎 📅 We have a great schedule of free online sessions lined up in May and June - you can register via the links and QR codes in the thread below below - and feel free to share among your networks!

Thankyou all who came along to our Employer Insight session with the Environment Agency on Wednesday - for those who missed it, or simply want to revisit, you can watch/listen on our Portal here: bit.ly/3Rzpi8n