{"id":15709,"date":"2017-11-08T10:54:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T10:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/?p=15709"},"modified":"2017-11-08T10:55:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T10:55:53","slug":"naturejobs-podcast-life-in-the-phd-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2017\/11\/08\/naturejobs-podcast-life-in-the-phd-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"Naturejobs podcast: Life in the PhD lane"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"nj7677-549a-i1\"<\/a>The Naturejobs<\/em> team looks at\u00a0 careers in sports science and life as a PhD student in 2017 following publication of Nature’s<\/em> biennial PhD survey, which sought the views of 5700 students worldwide.<\/h2>\n

Jenny Kedros, research manager at Shift Learning, the educational research agency that helped analyse the data, talks about the survey’s main findings to chief careers editor David Payne.<\/p>\n

You can read about the results in the article\u00a0Graduate Survey: A love-hurt relationship<\/a>. The underlying raw data available via this Figshare<\/a> link.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/images.nature.com\/original\/nature-assets\/multimedia\/podcast\/naturejobs\/naturejobs-2017-11-08.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Sports science\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The survey asked about career satisfaction, a big driver behind career choice. Naturejobs editor Jack Leeming talks to Juan Delgado<\/a>, head sports scientist and applied neurotechnology specialist in the New York Sports Science Lab<\/a> in Staten Island, New York. Juan’s career didn\u2019t quite turn out the way he had planned, but he found another path that has had a big impact on his work, and life. You can read more about Juan\u2019s work, and about sports science in general, by reading the article\u00a0Smarter, Not harder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

#AskTheExpert<\/strong><\/p>\n

This month’s #AskTheExpert question comes from a speaker at last month’s 2017 London Naturejobs Career Expo. Esther Melo Herr\u00e1iz<\/a>, a postdoc researcher who now works in the partnering division at healthcare company Roche<\/a>, wants to know more about how to plan for future careers.\u00a0Nana Lee<\/a>, assistant professor in the biochemistry department at the University of Toronto, Canada, answers Esther’s question.<\/p>\n

Ask your question<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve got a science career question we can help you find the answer. Simply send your question to naturejobseditor@nature.com<\/a> and we will do our best to find a science career expert to answer it in a future podcast episode.<\/p>\n

Julie Gould<\/a> is a freelance podcast producer and science journlist.<\/p>\n

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