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The programme is designed to prepare you for employment in a wide variety of professional careers and helps to develop the key transferable skills valued by employers, such as problem-formulation and problem-solving, evidence appraisal, reflective practice, teamwork, leadership and professional communication skills. Key vocational skills, such as advanced laboratory training within molecular biology, also enhance your employability. Additionally, those students undertaking a Professional Training Year have an additional and invaluable insight into the professional workplace, having also gained an employer referee for their CV.
Science graduates compete well in the wider graduate employment market, as they offer strong analytical and problem-solving skills valued highly across all sectors.
Future career pathways include:
- research eg postgraduate study or NHS research training
- pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
- health technology assessment research
- healthcare science
- scientist training programmes
- graduate entry to medicine or dentistry programmes
- scientific officer eg in the health and safety industry
