Networking

Although institutional staff profiles and social media make it possible to make contact with people you’ve never met, face-to-face networking is still absolutely essential: if a person can put a face to a name your request is more likely to be passed on to the right person or responded to quickly.

Some people love networking, but other people would rather hide in a bathroom than drink coffee with strangers. So using the unscientific approach of Google, office anecdotes and personal experience, I’ve generated these top tips: