Alumni Case Study

COVID-19 has changed the way we all work currently, and the ongoing impact for 2020-21 will continue to challenge us all to adjust and adapt. Starting a placement (or new job of any kind) is daunting at the best of...

Zafirah graduated with a Psychology degree in 2019 and successfully applied for the Clinical Doctorate in Psychology in the Autumn of her final year. This is her story. Tell me a little bit about yourself I am an international student from Malaysia and...

Getting started in digital PR Tom Pallot, Digital Strategist, TopLine Comms Having graduated from Social Sciences at Bath in 2015, I now work at technology focused digital PR and video agency, TopLine Comms (now Definition). After a summer of –...

Our guest blogger, Maisie Goodson, shares highlights from our guest speaker, Parimala Shivaprasad who recently qualified as Doctor of Chemical Engineering while developing a social enterprise start-up. Parimala grew up in Bangalore, India and performed at a high level at...

Maisie Goodson, Psychology final year describes over the next few blogs the career journeys and excellent advice given by our guest speakers at Sprint - a 4 day personal development programme for female undergraduates. Emma Allen, an Executive Director and...

Researcher Alumni Case Study – James Cave Software Engineer at MathWorks, Cambridge What do you do day-to-day in your current role? I work on the development of MATLAB’s Parallel Computing Toolbox, which allows you to scale up your code over...

As part of our Careers Celebrate Diversity, Challenge Discrimination week on Disability and Mental Health, we focus today on finding a job as an autistic graduate.  Our guest blogger, Chris Ellis who recently completed his MSc in Biosciences first blogged...

Placement at Edwards Vacuum: my experience in the semiconductor industry Interested in the semiconductor industry or want to know more? Have a read of this excellent blog by one of our placement students! My name is Samad Anjum and I...

    This blog is part 2 of our LGBT+ careers panel event and was held as part of the LGBT+ careers week where we welcomed four wonderful speakers to Chancellor's Building to discuss their experiences of being LGBT+ at work. Part...

A couple of weeks ago I had the chance to meet (although over the phone) one of our lovely Psychology graduates, Alexis, currently working as an Assistant Psychologist. This interview covers invaluable advice for any students wanting to apply for...