Career tracker

The Wellcome Sanger Institute Career Tracker annual survey aims to follow the careers of our former Postdoctoral Fellows and Faculty members. We are particularly interested in finding out the reasons for choosing your career path and to what extent your experience at the Sanger Institute has played a part in your career. We will use this data to better understand the career trajectories of our former Postdoctoral Fellows and to support the career development of the future cohorts of Postdoctoral Fellows at the Sanger Institute.

The survey should take about 15 minutes to complete. For more information about the career tracker please see our website www.sanger.ac.uk or contact career-tracker@sanger.ac.uk. The reporting will be in aggregate form only to preserve individual anonymity. Your answers will be stored securely in accordance with the privacy policy and not shared with anyone outside the Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Please read our privacy policy below:

Wellcome Sanger Institute - Survey Privacy Notice

Thank you for your interest in participating in a survey for the Wellcome Sanger Institute (“we” or “us”). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Notice explains how we, as Data Controller, handle your personal data when you submit survey responses. It also provides details of the rights that you have under data protection law. Such laws, for the avoidance of doubt, include the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and its implementing legislation in the UK.

Our contact details:

Wellcome Sanger Institute
Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton Cambridge CB10 1SA
+44 (0)1223 834244
career-tracker@sanger.ac.uk
dataprotection@sanger.ac.uk
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/

What type of data we collect about you

Through your participation in the survey, we may collect a variety of data from you and about you, including but not limited to the following:

  • Name
  • Contact details (postal address, telephone number, email address)
  • Employment details
  • Any other information you provide

This data will only be collected directly from you.

Purposes and legal grounds for processing

The reason we collect this personal data is to understand career paths for former Sanger scientists, and how experiences at Sanger play a part in those scientists’ career progressions.

Our lawful justification in processing your personal data is your consent. You can withdraw consent and/or request that your personal data be deleted at any time.

What we do with the data and who we share it with

We use the information that you have given us for the to better understand the career trajectories of our former scientists and to support the career development of the future cohorts at the Sanger Institute.

We will aggregate data from survey responses received and may present results and statistics on our websites and/or in our promotional materials. We will not include any identifiable data in any of these reports or results.

We will not share any identifiable personal data with any other third parties.

How we store your data and when we delete it

Your personal data and responses to surveys will be stored on secure Sanger servers with password protection. Survey responses from anyone who agrees to take part in further annual surveys will be kept for longitudinal comparison. Survey responses from anyone who does not agree to take part in further annual surveys will be deleted after three (3) years.

We will delete any other personal data when your survey responses are deleted and/or if you request that we delete your data.

Your data protection rights

You may have the right to request access, rectification or erasure, amongst other rights, in relation to your personal data.

Any request to exercise one of these rights will be assessed by us on a case by case basis. There may be circumstances in which we are not legally required to comply with a request because of relevant exemptions provided for in applicable data protection legislation. If we are required to comply, we have one month to respond in most cases.

Please contact us at dataprotection@sanger.ac.uk if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

If you have concerns about how we have handled your personal data, you should get in contact with us at dataprotection@sanger.ac.uk in the first instance. If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have the right to complain to your Data Protection Authority. In the UK, that is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

The ICO’s contact details:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

Thank you again for your participation in our survey.

As you have selected not so share your personal data we are unable to proceed with this form

Part 1: Background

Are you currently employed by the Wellcome Sanger Institute?

Thinking about your postdoctoral experience at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, which of the following applies best to you?

Thinking about your postdoctoral experience at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, which of the following applies best to you?

Part 2: Future intentions

Thinking of your future career, what options are you considering?

Please tick all that apply.

Part 2: Employment

Which of the following best describes your current employment status?

In which of the following sectors are you currently mainly working/ studying? (select ONE)

Which of the following best describes your current area of work?

Tick all that apply and specify how much time you spend on them.

Teaching (higher education)

Teaching (non-higher education)

Academic research

Clinical work

Science administration

Science policy

Ethics and governance

Science communication/writing

Technology transfer

Scientific sales

Medicine/healthcare

Start-up

Other

Do you work in an academic institution?

Which of the following best describes your current role?

In the last 12 months, have you undertaken any of the following

Please indicate your current management/supervisory responsibilities

How likely are you to return to academic research at a later stage?

Part 3: Achievements

We’d like to know more about your achievements. In the last 12 months, have you done any of the following? (Click on all that apply)

Part 4: Sanger experience

Thinking about your experiences as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, what are your views about the opportunities you have?
Looking back at your time as Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, what are your views about the opportunities you had during that time?

Training opportunities

Opportunities to attend internal seminars

Opportunities to present at internal seminars

Opportunities to attend external training events

Opportunities to attend external conferences

Opportunities to present at external training events and conferences

Support in applying for your own external fellowship

Opportunities to pursue independent research

Managerial support

Mentoring

Regular feedback on performance

Acknowledgement of my accomplishments

Collaboration opportunities

Networking opportunities on campus

Networking opportunities with Cambridge University and/or organisations in and around Cambridge

Peer network at Wellcome Sanger Institute

Were you offered the opportunity to have a mentor by the Wellcome Sanger Institute?

Do you have a mentor?

Did you have a mentor while you were a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute?

Who is your mentor?

Who was your mentor?

What are your views on the quality of mentoring received so far as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute?
 

What are your views on the quality of mentoring received during your time as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute?
 

Contact with your mentor

Advice from your mentor to help you in my role as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute

Help from your mentor in securing opportunities that helped your future career

Advice from your mentor on your career development needs

To what extent do you think the skills you are acquiring during your time as Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute will be useful in your future career?

In your subsequent roles, to what extent have you used the skills and competencies acquired during your time as Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute?

Do you have a mentor at the moment?

Are you a mentor?

Part 5: Improvements in pursuing a career in science

Part 6: About you

The following information will help us to contextualise the data that we collect and drive improvements for the Postdoctoral Fellows programme. This data will be treated as sensitive and any findings will help us ensure equal opportunities to all employees of the Wellcome Sanger Institute. However, if you do not want to answer any of these questions, please select 'Prefer not to say'.

Did you have any career breaks (including maternity/paternity leave, parental or carer’s leave) while you were a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wellcome Sanger Institute?

A career break here is understood to be a period of time, either paid or unpaid, during which you are not working

Have you had any career breaks (including maternity/paternity leave, parental or carer’s leave) since you left Wellcome Sanger Insitute

A career break here is understood to be a period of time, either paid or unpaid, during which you are not working

What is your gender?

Do you identify as trans?

What is your age?

Which ethnic group(s) do you consider yourself to belong to?

Which of the following best describes your sexual orientation?

The following questions ask about disability and long-term conditions in different ways. Asking about disability is complex, and these questions will help us to develop a broader understanding and compare with existing statistics. Please answer each question separately and don’t feel that your answer to one should determine your answer to the others.

Do you consider yourself to be a disabled person?

Do you have any of the following disabilities, long-term conditions or impairments?

Staying in touch

We would like to stay in touch with you and collect this information once a year. Your responses will help us better understand the career choices of the Postdoctoral Fellows, and help tailor the support for Postdoctoral Fellows during their time at Sanger. We would also like to invite alumni back to the institute for career talks or similar events, or to join alumni groups.

We will always try to contact you initially by email, other contact details are only used if we have problems getting in touch with you via email. If possible, please provide personal email address or one that’s less likely to change in the future. We will not share any of your contact details with anyone outside the Wellcome Sanger Institute.

Future follow-up research

In addition to our Career Tracker survey, we may be carrying out follow-up qualitative research, which may include interviews and focus groups. Any follow up research we contact you about will only be related to the Wellcome Sanger Institute Career Tracker.

If you agree to take part in our research, you will be contacted directly by the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Any findings from the interviews will be produced in aggregate form only, though we will make our findings publically available.

 
Submit survey

Thank you for taking part in this survey! Please click the 'Submit' button to send us your reply.
 

Thank you

Thank you for your submitting your survey

If you have any questions, please email us: career-tracker@sanger.ac.uk