Careers Talk

Today, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend a life sciences careers talk by the Society of Biology (www.societyofbiology.org)  This, apart from making me miss lunch, allowed me to learn about loads of different careers that a graduate biologist (which I hope to become one day) can do.

Before this I did not realise the sheer breadth of jobs that were available to a science graduate, biological or otherwise.  As well as the obvious (academia, teaching and research) there is also : Consultancy, Communication, Patent Law and Policy and Legislation.  

This talk also gave me advice on what experience to do and I managed to sign up to become an affiliate member of the society.  As well as the obvious benefits (being able to claim that I'm a member of a science society) I am also able to receive a bi-monthly magazine "The Biologist", 20% life Science publications, free careers conferences, and access to research and travel grants, quite handy since I think this is what I want to do when I do eventually graduate.   All of this for only £15 a year, sounds like a bargain to me.

After the talk I was able to have a chat to the speaker where she gave me a handy leaflet with more info about bioscience jobs. Pictures to follow shortly

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