Why publishing your thesis can allow you to more effectively compete for higher value opportunities?

Having a qualification is important in today’s competitive academic and professional world but this alone rarely is enough. If you are applying for research posts, doctoral studies, teaching positions, grants, fellowships, or high-end industry positions, there are often many candidates applying who are equally as qualified from an educational perspective. It is visible evidence of your competence that allows you to really stand out. This is perhaps the single biggest benefit that you can gain from having your thesis published.

A thesis is a piece of work far beyond that of a mere academic exercise. It demonstrates competence in subject matter, original thinking, ability to manage long term projects, independent investigative work and critical analysis. What it will clearly reveal is your ability to get to grips with a problem, examine it in depth, analyse evidence and then to express yourself clearly and articulately in writing. All these qualities are of extreme value to employers in the majority of research and knowledge intensive sectors.

The trouble is that without publishing your thesis most of these attributes will probably remain undiscovered – stuck away in an institutional library where it will be seen by a small handful of individuals, perhaps some of them only when it’s being catalogued, rather than actively sought out. By publishing your thesis you put this valuable information into the public domain; you essentially make it available to those with recruitment and collaborative potential, who can then see something tangible that confirms both your aptitude and your seriousness as a researcher.

This is particularly useful if you are looking for higher value opportunities. For academic careers, it can make the difference to PhD, Postdoc and Faculty applications as well as for funding for research grants and collaborations. This signals that you are already engaged in the production of knowledge, not just the consumption of it. In more commercially oriented professions – the fields of policy, health, consulting, sustainability, social research, education and technology for instance – where employers look for staff who can think independently, tackle complex information and take a analytical approach to issues, a published thesis can really add value to their assessment.

Additionally, there is the visibility that comes from publishing a thesis. You can make yourself findable through various databases, search engines and academic networking sites – meaning that people will be able to find you and potentially be able to approach you with offers for employment or collaboration, such as speaking engagements or consultancies. Publishing your thesis also builds a degree of credibility – proving as it does that your research is of a standard and of such value that it can be shared with the broader community, and not just a mark scheme.

For most graduate students and early-career researchers, the issue is that it’s often not sufficient to be able, but to demonstrate it in ways that are readily accessible and which have real weight. Publishing your thesis is one of the easiest ways to achieve this – turning your most significant academic achievement into visible and tangible evidence of your ability, and thus making you a stronger candidate for opportunities with real potential to move you forward.

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