physics and astronomy careers 2011
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Physics and Astronomy Careers
Paul Brown
Director and Careers AdviserCareers Centre
Who’s here today?
• Graduating when?• Intentions at this point– Further study?– Physics related posts?– Interested in other employment options?
Employment for Physicists
• Areas of work which require Physics or another physical science degree - loads of options
• Looking at wider range of options, Physicists are prized for:
Problem solving Analytical skills Computational skills IT and technology capabilities Research skills
Research/knowledge based Careers
• Will require postgraduate study
• Many industry areas: energy, nanotechnology, defence, instrumentation, materials science, medical science, IT
• Obviously talk to your tutors about study options in St Andrews, Scotland, UK, beyond
• Lots of information available on funding eg IOP website and Careers Centre
Jobs directly drawing on Physics
Medical PhysicistEmployed in NHS and elsewhere. Training necessary!
Scientist training Programme in England and Wales, should be approx 200 training posts
Equivalent pre-Registration Training Programme in Scotland
More directly related options
Geophysicist– Masters or PhD may be
necessary– Oil companies – Consultancies
And teaching!
Still shortages
– Not so easy in Scotland
– New funding regime in England
– TeachFirst
Options which favour Physicists
Meteorologist Patent Attorney
Other options for Physicists
• Scientist in the Civil Service
• Operational Researcher
• Product development
• Software engineer
• Technical author
Actuaries, Bankers, Management Consultants and Accountants
Well paid jobs with many opportunities drawing on:
Analytical skills Problem solving abilities Numerical/mathematical skills Modelling capabilities Computational skills
All the other graduate jobs
Examples:Armed ServicesBroadcastingCivil Service Fast StreamJournalismLegal (especially Intellectual Property)LogisticsMarket ResearchPoliceRetailSales and marketingThink tanks, lobbyists, politics
Employability of Physicists
Rolls Royce
Babcock
Air Products
Jordan Valley Semiconductors
CentricaHyder Consulting
Dstl
De La Rue
IBM
BAE Systems
E.ON
MBDAOxford Instruments
Nuclear Medical Centre
Sharp Laboratories of Europe
SciSys UK LimitedSeaChange International
Selex
TTPAreva
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
Tracerco
Traffic Directorate
Amec
Ultra Electronics, Xerox Ltd
Fraser Nash
A bit about the Careers Centre
• Where we are • Advisers• Website• CC Events• Employer events• Law Fair 11th October• Management and Finance Fair
14th October• Science and Technology Fair
21st October
The most useful urls for Physicists
• http://www.iop.org/careers/index.html• http://
careers.guardian.co.uk/careers-blog/physics-degree-careers
• http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/careers/wiki/Physics_and_Astronomy_-_using_your_degree
• http://www.prospects.ac.uk/options_physics_your_skills.htm
Questions??