Career Options and Support Services

Information on the University's support services for career advice and guidance.

The Careers Service offers guidance and job-seeking resources for postgraduates in any year of study. They can help with advice and information on permanent and temporary employment, on further study, professional training, work overseas and voluntary work. They also offer guidance on CVs, applications, interviews and LinkedIn profiles. 

Careers Service

 

Careers induction for students in Biological Sciences

In Welcome Week you will be introduced to the Careers Service.

There will be various events held over the academic year with dates and times to be confirmed. More information will be added here in due course. For more information, visit MyCareerHub.


Details of the below sessions will be released in due course. Recordings can be found on MediaHopper.

MediaHopper

Career Planning

This session will support you to make and implement well-informed career ideas. You will be introduced to resources and support that will help you to identify your motivators and skills, explore the options available, decide between options and progress your applications.

Graduate Job Market

Graduate employers advertise job vacancies for the following summer, from the start of each academic year. It therefore helps to consider how you would like to approach your job search at an early stage.

This session will provide an introduction to the graduate job market and will discuss where to look for vacancies, how to identify other potential future employers, developing a job search strategy, and making your applications count.

Applying for PhDs

This online session will provide insights and information for students who are considering undertaking a PhD.

This session will focus on exploring a number of related topics, including; your reasons for considering a PhD, when and how to apply, possible sources of funding and sources of further information and advice.​​​​​​


Kyla Atkinson is your Careers Consultant for the School of Biological Sciences and is based in the Nucleus Building at the King's Buildings Campus. Kyla offers both online and face to face short 1-1 appointments weekly throughout the Semester just for Biological Sciences students. Look out for more information in your weekly newsletter. All appointments are booked through MyCareerHub.

  • Head to: MyCareerHub
  • Click on the "Appointments" tab at the top
  • Scroll down to the "Talk to us" section and choose the first option "A discussion with the Careers Consultant for my academic school"
  • You can then choose the date and time you'd like to chat to Kyla.

Careers service support for PGT students can be found on the Taught Postgraduates page.

Taught Postgraduate

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