We are continuing our several years of experience in academic mentorship, coaching, and consultancy in this new venue.

Below are the testimonials from earlier years.

Testimonials

  • “Dr Sertaç Sehlikoglu has a keen sense of the contemporary academic field and has helped me greatly with my funding and academic job applications. Her stellar academic experience is coupled with her wider awareness around changing socio-economic landscapes, making her suggestions both innovative and appealing. Dr Sehlikoglu’s expertise is reflected greatly in the elegant fine-tuning of research questions as well as research design, which, I believe, would set your applications apart from your competitors.” 

    Associate Professor - Istanbul & Senior Research Associate - Berlin, Germany

  • “Dr Sertaç Sehlikoglu has an excellent track record in funding capture at both national and international levels. Based on her success as an ERC (European Research Council) Starting Grant holder, she guided me through my own application for the same funding programme. She generously gave me the chance to study her application closely and then to have a series of one-to-one conversations with her about my own draft proposals. By the end of the process, her input into the final proposal was no doubt substantive. If you are thinking of working with her, you should rest assured that she will make her exceptional experience, skills, and networks fully accessible to you so that your work becomes the best possible version of itself.”

    Professor, Hamburg, Germany

  • “Dr Sehlikoglu is an exceptional teacher and an inspiring mentor to many people. Herself an established critical thinker and visionary scholar, she generously invites people in the early stages of their education and careers into the open and meaningful spaces for collective learning that she enthusiastically curates. Her passion for scholarship is only surpassed by her passion for people and community. In Dr Sehlikoglu's eyes, knowledge production is a fundamentally social activity. It is her nature to share her experience and knowledge with others, to give and receive honest and constructive feedback, and to value the perspectives of others with great care. Understanding the many ways in which institutions create obstacles for people from less privileged backgrounds, she is particularly keen on helping people understand and navigate the power structures that stand in their way.”

    Junior Research Fellow, Oxford, UK

  • “I received individualised mentorship from Sertaç. She is a great mentor, who guides with knowledge and kindness. She gave me the tools to communicate my skills and expertise in a concise manner. I cannot recommend her enough for both junior and mid-career academics and institutions seeking for guidance towards various grants.”

    Lecturer, Sussex, UK

  • "Dr Sertac Sehlikoglu has an excellent understanding of expectations and priorities in academic institutions. She has been of great help for me in my job and grant applications. One can easily get lost in the details when writing cover letters or grant applications. Her guidance helped me to highlight my expertise and communicate my skills and experiences in a more concise way."

    Lecturer, London, Uk

  • "I have known Dr. Sertaç Sehlikoglu more than one year now. From the moment we met my academic projects, writing, questioning and organizing skills got better and better. You could ask her about the most complicated issues as well as the most simple ones, she would answer them just the same with the amazing blend of empathy, professionality and exceptional experience in the field. Especially if you have a non-academic background and suffer from its obvious disadvantages, Sertaç would be of great help and support, she would enable and illuminate your way wonderfully. And besides her academic excellence, she also provides an astonishing emotional support along the way, which I will cherish for the rest of my life. She is right there beside me, encouraging my future plans, celebrating my success, and most of all giving consolation for rejections and motivation to go on."

    Independent Scholar

  • "Dr Sehlikoglu is an extremely generous scholar and a colleague with a keen perception of the inner workings of academia. She helped me prepare for my job interview, which I believe would not be able to be successful without her support. Not only that she went over and helped me to revise my PowerPoint presentation several times but she also gave me amazing tips about possible questions and how to respond to them. Dr Sehlikoglu's excellent academic achievements and great mentoring skills, combined with her feminist ethics of care make her a number one go-to person for those who need academic advice."

    Lecturer, Newcastle, UK

  • "Sertaç’s academic rigour is matched by her kindness and camaraderie. She has been immensely helpful and generous with her time and knowledge. She helped me think through my early-career plan, and walked me through a step-by-step workflow for preparing for the tumultuous months of the job season. Her clear-headed and calm demeanour made a huge difference (and her coffee is delicious). I still have the notecards from those days, and I have passed this knowledge onwards whenever possible."

    Lecturer, Edinburgh, UK

  • "Sertaç provided invaluable support in my effort to secure a permanent academic job. She arranged a time to meet with me to help me to prepare for the job interview. She asked me in advance to send her any questions I was preparing along with information about the vacancy itself. When we met, we rehearsed some of my suggested questions as well as some she had thought of. She gave excellent feedback, advice and suggestions in a manner that was both constructive and candid. She helped me to identify areas of my practice that were relevant to the recruitment process and worth celebrating!"

    Lecturer, Cardiff