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Spencely, Carol

After completing a BSc in physiology and pharmacology, Carol worked as a clinical scientist for the NHS in the immunology department at the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield. During this time she also completed an MSc in pathological sciences. Carol completed her PhD in immunology at the University of Liverpool before moving to Imperial College London for a postdoc position at the National Heart and Lung Institute. This led to three postdoc contracts and a teaching fellowship at Imperial before she decided to move away from lab-based research. Carol worked for a brief time as a medical writer for a communications company, but she was then drawn back to Imperial where she helped to set up the Postdoc Development Centre before joining the Researcher Development Programme at the University of Surrey in September 2012. During this time Carol led on the programme for early career researchers and had a particular interest in supporting researchers with their research funding bids. This led to the publication of her first book "What every postdoc needs to know", and to publication of a further title, "Navigating research funding with confidence". In 2018 Carol moved to the new Foundation Year in Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Surrey where she leads on experimental design group projects, a business case assignment and a conference project. She is also a member of the Academic Skills & Development team supporting Learning Development for students across the university. This is further developed through her active role in learning development research projects and her role as chair of the FEPS Teaching Network.