Marta R.
About me
| Marta R. | |
| Politics, Economics and Philosophy | |
| Philosophy and Politics | |
| Undergraduate | |
| James | |
| 2012 | |
| Latvia |
My employment
| MPhil | |
| Politics: European Politics and Society | |
| University of Oxford | |
| United Kingdom | |
| 2012 | |
| 2014 |
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Masters study has led on to an analyst position with a think tank
Why I continued studying
I continued studying to in order to gain research skills in preparation for pursuing research as a career (at the time I was considering doing a PhD straight after the Masters).
My career goals when I graduated
Just after graduating I was sure I wanted to pursue a career in Academia. However, after finishing my first research project during my Masters I came to better understand the difficulties that come with academic work (solitude, uneven work hours among others). Therefore, after I graduated from my Masters I decided to do research on policy outside of the university to see whether I would prefer this type of work better. Currently I am still considering going back to do a PhD in a year or two.
My career history
After finishing my MPhil in Politics I have been working as a Junior Analyst in a think tank.
What has helped my career to progress
Getting good grades and a 1st class honours degree definitely helped to get into a competitive Masters programme. Afterwards the good reputation of York and Oxford, as well as the research experience gained during the Masters programme helped me to secure my current job.
What surprised me about my career so far
It was almost like a culture shock to see how policy analysis work in a think tank differs from the kind of research done in universities. Policy work needs to be performed much quicker, there is much less opportunities to research issues in depth.
Where I hope to be in 5 years
Though since graduating I have become only less and less sure of what I would like to do, in 5 years time I would love to have finished a PhD programme (or perhaps working towards one in the US).
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