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As part of my academic career,
I have assumed responsibilities

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both within and
without the university.

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For example, I have been in
the position of a teaching

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assistant, or a guest
lecturer, as an examples

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of academic positions.

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As an example of
outside collaborations

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or responsibilities,
I have participated

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in consultancy work
for private companies.

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Both roles with and
without university

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come with their own
challenges and benefits.

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In my teaching responsibilities,
the main challenge that I found

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was to be able to
efficiently manage my time.

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While I was teaching
and giving lectures,

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I was still doing
my research, so I

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needed to be able to manage
both at the same time.

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For example, I was
responsible for delivering

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not only the module content,
in front of students,

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but also mark scripts,
supervise them in the laboratory

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while they work, and also
maintain open office hours

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for students with questions.

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In terms of benefits,
the main benefit

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that I got out of
teaching is the pleasure

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of sharing my
knowledge with others,

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and to be able to work with
curious and dedicated students.

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In terms of consultancy work,
the challenges that I've found

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are mainly to be able to
efficiently understand,

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and clearly understand
what the client wants,

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and to deliver the
results in a way that

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is interpretable
and clear to them.

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The benefits, or one
of the main benefits,

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is that I was able
to see an application

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of my theoretical work, in an
immediate practical sense.

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I would advise new
researchers to assume

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as many diverse responsibilities
as they can comfortably

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manage within their time.

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This will serve two purposes.

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Firstly, it will help them
develop a diverse skill

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set, which may help them
in their future careers,

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and secondly, it will teach them
how to prioritise their time,

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and how to give time to more
important things than others.

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I would advise them to reach
out to their line managers,

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to their departmental heads,
and other HR staff and superiors

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to be able to
identify such roles,

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because more often
than not, academia

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has a lot more to offer
than just doing research.