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.

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!

• View Career Options with Food Science Degrees

Careers in Food and Drink
Has several vacancy search tools including (use non-hospitality ones for technical jobs) plus careers limited careers advice. Free careers magazine available

Food Manufacturing
Contains careers advice, a directory of companies as well as having a vacancy section (many jobs featured require experience but not all).

Food Recruitment
Online agency with jobs posting including a graduate section. Has an online CV hosting facility.

Just Food
Good for industry news and has job postings.

The Grocer
The UK’s main food periodical. Good for up-to-date news and opinions and has a job section though jobs are mainly non-technical (retail etc).

Management Development Services
A a graduate training programme for graduates wishing to enter the food industry.

The Right Info
Searchable online directory of food companies. Useful to search websites fro vacancies or to make speculative applications.

Scottish Food & Drink
Useful listings of Scottish companies plus industry news and events

Foodtechcareers
IIncludes information and case studies of careers in food

Fresh info
Iincludes food industry news and small jobs bulleting board

Institute of Food Science and Technology
Leading independent qualifying body for food professionals in Europe and the only professional body in the UK concerned with all aspects of food science and technology.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Main Government ministry for food with industry news and reports.

Food Production Daily
Iindustry news and RSS feeds. Useful links section for international searches and news.

UK's Institute of Food Research (IFR))
Independent research institute for food and health. Has jobs section.

The Right Info
Industry news plus a useful food company directory.

South Wales Food Laboratory
Independent Laboratory,specialising in Food Microbiology and Food Quality Control.

Improve
The sector skills council for the food industry.

Food Manufacture
Industry news and searchable food suppliers database.

Scottish Food and Drink Federation (SFDF)
Representational body for Scottish Food industry.

Food and Drink Federation
UK version of above

Food Standards Agency Scotland
Does what it says on the tin!