Engage our doctoral researchers and research staff with your opportunities and expand your organisation's talent to this specialised cohort.

Our Researcher Careers Networking Night showcases a breadth of roles outside academia to candidates keen to take their research skills into new commercial and public sector opportunities. If you have dedicated recruitment streams, or have viable opportunities that would benefit from this talent pool, this is the event for you.

Alongside a panel discussion, this is an opportunity for employers and alumni to chat to our researchers about moving beyond academic research for example:

• discovering more about what you look for in researchers
• how they can market their transferable skills
• the types of roles that are available including work experience opportunities.

Who should attend?

We would love you to send representatives who have made that transition themselves and/or are experienced in hiring researchers specifically.

You will be provided with:

• name badges
• light refreshments, snacks and soft drinks

Who will attend at King's?

This event is targeted at students in the Focus stage of their career thinking, with existing ideas about the roles or area of climate & sustainability they are looking for internships or graduate roles but will also see students exploring the array of available roles for the first time.

What's the format of the evening?

• 17:30-17:45 - Arrival and informal networking
• 17:45-18:30 - Formal panel chaired by King's Doctoral College on hiring trends for doctoral researchers (N.B. panellists will be selected separately to attendees booked for the networking element of this event)
• 18:30-19:30 - Formal networking between representatives and King's attendees, segmented into 'zoned' business areas [refreshments served]

Why should I attend this event?

1. It's FREE to attend compared to our main careers fair which has a cost incurred.
2. Engage across our doctoral researcher cohort with an existing clear thinking about their career direction - many attendees will have already made a clear choice beyond academia into these sectors as their future aspiration, or commenced applications and will be looking to meet business representatives and ask questions about day-to-day life in your organisation.
3. Directly engage your King's alumni and other organisation representatives in sharing their great experiences of your organisation culture, business projects and opportunities.
4. Maximise your brand and attraction at King's by spreading the resource allocation of your Graduate Recruitment or HR teams by engaging other business representatives on your behalf.

PRICING PACKAGES

• Standard package: FREE for up to 3 nominated business representatives per organisation

Completion of a booking request does not guarantee attendance - please review our Disclaimer.  Please see our Terms & Conditions

This event was paused in 2025, so historic attendance data is not available for this year.