There will be lots of opportunities during your doctorate to engage with training and development. These might vary from specific courses in your topic area to broader skills such as writing and communication.

In this podcast, Anna - an academic writing coach - advises on how to find professional development opportunities, their potential benefits, and ways to fund them.

Completing a doctorate will give you many skills, such as self-management, problem solving and creativity. These will be relevant to jobs inside academia (like going on to become a lecturer), but also to a whole host of other roles outside of that path. Be open to possibilities and opportunities.