Prosper appoints External Advisory Board for sector rollout
Prosper is delighted to announce the appointment of an External Advisory Board (EAB) to oversee its UKRI-funded sector rollout phase.
Posted on: 4 June 2024
When holding on holds you back: navigating the sunk cost fallacy
It can be easy for postdocs to get caught in some version of the sunk cost fallacy when making career decisions – but how best to steer clear of its troublesome pull?
Posted on: 30 May 2024
New PI Network events announced
We’re thrilled to announce a number of upcoming Prosper PI Network sessions over the coming months, with some great speakers from a range of HEIs. All sessions are free, online, and open to any PI or manager of researchers to attend.
Posted on: 10 May 2024
Reflections on recruiting Prosper's first business-as-usual cohort at the University of Liverpool
Following the success of our Research England Development funded pilot cohorts, and with our UKRI-funded rollout to the wider sector ongoing, we are now embedding Prosper as part of ‘business as usual’ within researcher development at the University of Liverpool (UoL). Our first cohort in this new phase kicked off on 13th February 2024.
Posted on: 14 March 2024
An evaluation of Prosper's second career development pilot
Prosper’s second career development pilot cohort – involving over 120 postdocs across the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester and Lancaster University – ended in February 2023.
Posted on: 7 February 2024
Life as a Researcher doesn't have to mean Life as an Academic
As we finalise preparations for our first ‘business as usual’ Prosper career development cohort at the University of Liverpool in 2024, we find ourselves reflecting on our two pilot cohorts, and what we learned along the way.
Posted on: 24 January 2024
Prosper’s Second Cohort Celebrates End of Year
On Wednesday 15th February 2023, Prosper marked the successful completion of our second year-long career development pilot.
Posted on: 24 February 2023
Reflect, Explore, Act – An Evaluation of the First Prosper Pilot
As we publish our comprehensive evaluation of Prosper’s first career development pilot cohort, we take a look at some of the key findings, and explore the impact of the pilot on participants’ confidence, perceptions, aspirations and behaviours.
Posted on: 12 October 2022
Prosper Career Development Pilot: Ensuring a Diverse Cohort
As 75 postdocs from our three partner institutions join our second career development pilot, we reflect on the recruitment process and the make up of the final cohort.
Posted on: 26 May 2022