Your Future Career
Opportunities in Science and Healthcare 2020
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The importance of diversity
Your Future, Your Ambition (YFYA) is a STEAM initiative that seeks to educate, inspire and encourage the next generation of UK STEM talent into industry. Today, tomorrow and the future requires change at an accelerated rate across aspects of our lives. The pandemic has shone a light on the science and healthcare industries. COVID-19 has...
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The skills you need to be an allied health professional
Allied health professionals include occupational therapists, osteopaths, podiatrists and dietitians – people who can make a life-changing impact on the patients in their care. Think for a minute about the job roles within the NHS, says Professor Sara Demain, Head of School of Health Professions at the University of Plymouth. A large number are regularly...
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Q and A with Kathie Bowden, Skills and Careers Lead, UK Space Agency
What is your role? I am the skills and careers lead for the UK Space Agency, which means that, on a day-to-day basis, I work with organisations across the space sector to understand what skills they need to run their businesses. I work with universities and colleges to understand what their courses are and what...
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Q and A with Libby Jackson, Human Exploration Programme Manager from the UK Space Agency
What is your role? I am the Human Exploration Programme Manager at the UK Space Agency. I look after the UK’s interests in the human exploration of space, not just on the International Space Station (ISS), but in other space environments here on Earth, such as parabolic flights. How did you end up on this...
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What can you do with science and healthcare degrees?
These are difficult times for anyone looking for work, and particularly for young people leaving education. With degrees costing a great deal and all sorts of stories about their perceived value – or lack of them – it is only reasonable that people considering degrees in science and health should be asking questions about what...
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Diversity is not an optional add-on; it is an economic imperative
I often tell people that Parliament is the most diverse environment I’ve ever worked in. That surprises people – our representative body is not known for its representativeness – until I tell them I worked as an engineer for two decades before entering Parliament, then it makes sense. As an engineer, I was so often the only black person...
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An alternative career in medicine
Clinical academic doctors are working to ensure medical research remains innovative and cutting edge to improve patient care while also training the future medical workforce. The career opportunities in academic medicine are now more varied than ever. Clinical academics are doctors who divide their time between treating patients, undertaking research and educating medical students. The...