The 6th Edition of the Arqus PhD Career Week will be held at Maynooth University from 8 to 12 June 2026, a 5-day programme intended to support PhD researchers in exploring and pursuing career paths beyond university research.
The programme offers talks and workshops, led by a group of career experts with international backgrounds, to help participants recognise their labour market skills and give insight into application and hiring processes, as well as company cultures outside academia. We will partner with two Irish-based doctoral programmes for some of the activities during the week.
Applications are open until Saturday, 31 January 2026, 23:59 CET.
All the information may be found here.
What is the Arqus Career Week?
The Career Week is a combination of expert input and participatory approaches, focused on discussion and self-exploration. A draft schedule for the week is available here. This schedule is subject to minor changes. Topics to include:
- The Skills Audit: Mapping Your PhD Talent Development to New Career Paths.
- Unlock Your Career Capital: Assess and Grow Your Professional Power.
- Effective Communication.
- Generative AI use in cover letters and CVs.
- Industry and Academic Roundtables – small roundtable discussions with PhD graduates in industry and academic positions.
- LinkedIn profile and marketing yourself.
- Should I stay or should I go: How to handle being uncertain about your academic career.
- Job Interview Skills.
- Research Funding Pathways and Grant Funding.
- Fiasco Fest – an event where career misfortunes in academia are shared and we celebrate each other as excellent researchers.
For questions, please get in touch with phd-pursuit@arqus-alliance.eu or stephen.carroll@mu.ie.