The Careers Adviser with responsibility for School of Life Sciences is:
Kirsty Qualtrough (Room SR 1.07)
Book an appointment if you want to speak to Kirsty about your future career plans.
The resources on this web page have been selected to provide you with the best tools to help you with your career planning as well as the application process.
To help you make an informed career choice Prospects have compiled comprehensive profiles on jobs and occupations throughout most sectors of industry and commerce. Each profile includes the following information:
Discover career options relevant to your degree subject on the Prospects website. Don't forget - a wide variety of career options are open to students with 'any degree' subject! Find out:
Allen York - The UK's leading provider of environmental personnel to consultancy and corporations
AgencyCentral - Access to recruitment agencies for graduates.
AquaTech - Recruitment for the water, environmental and process industries in the UK and abroad.
Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) - The job section includes UK and international vacancies. Users can gain access to a range of environmental sciences related research, education/training and other professional directories.
Earthworks-Jobs - Details of the latest jobs in energy, oil, mining, geoscience, environmental, agriculture, forestry, ecology, meteorology, oceanography, hydrology, soil, GIS and related subjects.
Environmental Data Services (ENDS) - Environmental Data Services Ltd is an independent publisher that has serves Environmental professionals. The website has a comprehensive job section.
Environmental Expert - An independent publisher maintaining a web-based information centre. Provides job search and links to online journals and publications features.
Environmental Interactive Exchange (EDIE) - EDIE is an independent, personalised, interactive news, information and communications service for water, waste and environmental professionals around the world. It contains a powerful job search facility, e-mail alerts and discussion forums.
EnvironmentJob - Vacancies and volunteering opportunities in the environmental sector.
Environment Post - Advertises vacancies throughout the UK and overseas
GreenJobs - Jobsite for environmental jobs, renewable energy jobs, sustainability jobs and climate change careers. It is wholly dedicated to recruitment in the environmental industry sector.
Green Job Machine - Our specialist sectors include: Conservation, Wildlife and Ecology, Carbon, Climate and Energy, Environmental Policy and Campaigning, and
Sustainability.
Index Environmental - Dedicated to the recruitment of both permanent and contractual Environmental staff throughout the UK, Europe and World-wide. Also has a useful career advice section.
Naturejobs - Careers resource of Nature journal.
New Scientist - Biology, chemistry & other science jobs, worldwide.
Below is a selection of employers that recruit Environmental Science graduates.
British Ecological Society - Details funding, grants and research opportunities for scientists, and prospective research students of ecological science. Gives careers advice and information on research awards and grants.
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) - The website lists volunteering opportunities across the globe
Environmental Interactive Exchange (EDIE) - EDIE is an independent, personalised, interactive news, information and communications service for water, waste and environmental professionals around the world. It contains a powerful job search facility, e-mail alerts and discussion forums.
Environmental Expert - An independent publisher maintaining a web-based information centre. Provides job search and links to online journals and publications features.
Groundwork - Groundwork is a leading environmental regeneration charity making sustainable development a reality in many UK communities. They offer volunteering opportunities in the environmental science area.
Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) - The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) is a not-for-profit organisation established to promote best practice standards in environmental management, auditing and assessment. The site offers a comprehensive listing of training programmes, events and professional exams across the UK.