Creating a strong academic CV can open doors to research opportunities, faculty positions, and grant funding. An academic CV highlights your scholarly achievements, teaching experience, and contributions to your field - as well as your education and career history. In this blog post we offer eight top tips to help you build a clear, compelling academic CV that stands out to hiring committees and grant reviewers. Organize Your CV with Clear Sections Structure your CV into distinct sections...

The job market is tough right now — particularly for researchers, early career academics, and professionals working on short-term contracts. At Bridge Research, we’re having more and more conversations with people exploring alternatives to traditional academic careers, including freelancing, consultancy, and portfolio careers. If you’re considering a move beyond academia, you’re not alone. Structural challenges - limited long-term contracts, short-term funding cycles, heavy workloads, poor...

Meaningfully engaging young people in consultations remains a persistent challenge across public policy, research, and service design. While many organisations recognise the importance of youth voice, consultations are often designed in ways that unintentionally exclude young people or limit their influence. Too often, engagement is one-off, inaccessible, or tokenistic — rather than participatory, relational, and embedded in decision-making. Yet decisions about transport, housing, health,...