Career Development

Do you find it hard to talk about your skills, accomplishments, and career trajectory to a stranger? Join us virtually on November 10th to learn and practice skills for how to conduct effective informational interviews and learn how to best present yourself in an interview setting.

Still looking for funding? Or planning ahead for 2021-2022? Attend the next Finding Funding Workshop on November 6th and learn about campus and external funding.

Join the Center for Innovative Teaching, Research, and Learning (CITRAL) and Instructional Development for their first (online) Engaging Teaching Symposium Series! The Symposium is a great opportunity to learn about innovative teaching practices at UCSB, and will be presented by both instructors (graduate students and faculty) and learners. The Symposium will run on Wednesday and Friday afternoons, October 14–30. Read on to learn more!

Do you ever have a question like, "How I do I find the right job for ME?...What are my job options outside of academia?" Free the PhD is running an entire summit from Oct. 25 - Nov. 1 to help you work through all your career developments needs and questions. With 76 speakers and 34 categories, it's a career palooza! Read on to learn more and register.

On March 4, join Instructional Development for a workshop on interpreting and analyzing ESCI scores. You will learn to interpret statistics from your ESCI (UCSB's student evaluations of teaching) reports, find trends in the data, and strategize about how to enhance your teaching based on students' feedback. They will also discuss approaches for summarizing your ESCI data for the academic job market.  

On November 4, join Instructional Development for a workshop on interpreting and analyzing ESCI scores. You will learn to interpret statistics from your ESCI (UCSB's student evaluations of teaching) reports, find trends in the data, and strategize about how to enhance your teaching based on students' feedback. They will also discuss approaches for summarizing your ESCI data for the academic job market.  

Join UC Santa Barbara's Graduate Division on November 6th for the Multidisciplinary Research on COVID-19 and its Impacts (MRCI) Collaborative Symposium! This symposium recognizes the work of this summer’s MRCI mini-grant recipients. The students will share their experiences conducting research on a broad array of topics related to COVID-19 and its implications.

Check out this blog post from Beyond the Professoriate titled "5 Things Grad Students and Postdocs Should Do Right Now to Build Successful Academic Careers." Read on for a short summary and link to the full post!

Grad students, need help managing your research? UCSB Library is offering a workshop on Zotero, a popular open source citation manager. Learn how Zotero can help you efficiently collect and organize your research, create bibliographies, collaborate with your colleagues, streamline your research process, and more. This workshop will be offered three times in October. Sign up today to reserve your spot.

Grad students, need help managing your research? UCSB Library is offering a workshop on Zotero, a popular open source citation manager. Learn how Zotero can help you efficiently collect and organize your research, create bibliographies, collaborate with your colleagues, streamline your research process, and more. This workshop will be offered three times in October. Sign up today to reserve your spot.

The “Pillars of Teaching Assistantship” workshop series and certificate is designed to provide TAs with a comprehensive, research-based foundation for teaching in the role of TA. TAs will earn a Pillars certificate after completing all six workshops and their brief pre- and post- workshop activities. In this workshop on February 25, you will explore several classroom-based assessment and questioning techniques that are based on the principles of giving effective feedback. Read on to learn more!

The “Pillars of Teaching Assistantship” workshop series and certificate is designed to provide TAs with a comprehensive, research-based foundation for teaching in the role of TA. TAs will earn a Pillars certificate after completing all six workshops and their brief pre- and post- workshop activities. In this workshop, you will explore several classroom-based assessment and questioning techniques that are based on the principles of giving effective feedback. Read on to learn more!

In recognition of OA Week, the UCSB Library has announced new resources to help scholars navigate the increasingly open scholarly communication system, and more. Read on to learn more!

On October 22, join Instructional Development for a workshop on preparing your CCUT portfolio! The session will provide tips on writing the CCUT teaching portfolio, including ways of presenting teaching materials, documenting student ratings, meeting the technology requirement, tone of the portfolio narration, and more. Participants need to have completed at least two of the CCUT requirements.

On October 19, join Instructional Development for a happy hour on remote TAing! Remote TAing can be hard and rewarding at the same time - and we want to hear all about it! In this session you will hear from experienced TAs, talk with online teaching experts, resolve your challenges, and make new friends!