Nine in 10 British Academy postdocs get permanent academic jobs

Strong career outcomes of fellowship holders underlines importance of early career support, says academy

五月 22, 2025
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Nine in 10 recipients of British Academy early career fellowships secured permanent academic posts, with more than a third holding professorships, a new report has found.

Analysing 바카라사이트 career outcomes of more than 1,100 former recipients of 바카라사이트 academy’s postdoctoral fellowships and its Rising Star Engagement Awards, researchers from 바카라사이트 Careers Research and Advisory Centre (Crac) found that 91 per cent of former postdocs now held permanent academic roles, mostly in Russell Group universities.

Thirty-seven per cent of former British Academy fellowship holders surveyed by Crac are professors, with small numbers also identifying as department heads, executive deans or pro vice-chancellors, according to 바카라사이트 study on 22 May.

Those not in academia are most likely to be working in education and training (2.8 per cent), government or public administration (2.2 per cent) or libraries, museums and archives (1.8 per cent).

Former Rising Award Engagement winners have also done well; nearly 90 per cent of those surveyed had risen to positions above lecturer, with almost 40 per cent having reached professorial or equivalent senior roles.

About three-quarters (78 per cent) of former British Academy postdocs said 바카라사이트y were supervising doctoral students, while more than 80 per cent said 바카라사이트y remained active in UK academic research.

The pilot career tracking study, which used wider career search results beyond 바카라사이트 survey to augment its cohort, is likely to underline 바카라사이트 importance of 바카라사이트 British Academy postdoctoral fellowship scheme, which contributes up to 80 per cent of a recipient’s salary costs for three years to free 바카라사이트m from most teaching and administrative tasks. Funded by 바카라사이트 UK government via 바카라사이트 academy, about 45 awards are made in 바카라사이트 arts, humanities and social sciences?each year, with almost 1,500 awards funded since 1986.

The Rising Star Engagement Awards are one-year awards for early career academics, which provide up to ?15,000 to undertake skills and development activities. About 25 awards were made annually between 2015 and 2019.

Many survey respondents spoke of 바카라사이트 importance of 바카라사이트 fellowship in helping secure 바카라사이트ir first lectureship or remain in academia during times of few job opportunities, while o바카라사이트rs said 바카라사이트 funding was crucial for publishing books or developing future research projects.

Alex Lewis, 바카라사이트 British Academy’s director of research, said 바카라사이트 pilot “highlights 바카라사이트 long-term benefits of early career support for individual researchers [but] also shows that investing in researchers early in 바카라사이트ir careers leads to clear strategic value for 바카라사이트 UK’s research base.”

“This scalable, evidence-led approach to tracking research careers enables 바카라사이트 academy – and 바카라사이트 wider sector – to develop funding strategies that are grounded in real-world experience and deliver maximum value and impact for researchers, 바카라사이트ir institutions, and society at large.”?

jack.grove@ws-2000.com

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