Teacher
As a teacher you must have a thirst for learning and search constantly for answers to questions. Sound familiar? Replace the word teacher with scientist and you鈥檝e more or less got the same prerequisites for the job. Although many of the questions you answer as a teacher will be simpler than those you tackle as a scientist, your love of learning can be easily transferred to a love of teaching others to learn. Also your high level of patience, forged by years of peering down a microscope and repeating experiments again and again鈥� and again, might come in handy when the little blighters just won鈥檛 sit down. And don鈥檛 forget, there鈥檚 also the incentive of a 拢9000 bursary for your training, as well as a 拢5000 鈥済olden hello鈥� just for science teachers, who are in high demand. Find out more: ,
Banker
Even if you haven鈥檛 studied maths, it鈥檚 likely that you have encountered some degree of mathematical training that you could put to good use in the financial world. Anyway, all science and engineering graduates are capable of analysing data and solving complex problems, skills that the City will welcome. And the money鈥檚 not bad either.
Writer
You haven鈥檛 taken an English degree and your reading material probably consisted more of Darwin than Dickens, but you鈥檝e done a heck of a lot of writing to deadlines over the past few years. Whether it鈥檚 for weekly essays, funding proposals or dissertations, you have unwittingly picked up handy writing skills, and there are so many places you can put these into action. You could become a science journalist, communicating science to the public, or take your prose further afield into radio, TV, even fictional writing. Drugs companies also employ medical writers to write brochures and reports. And don鈥檛 forget the web: there are a growing number of opportunities across the board online. Find out more:
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Entrepreneur
Anyone can start a business, but science and engineering graduates have a real leg-up, says Ian Robertson, chief executive of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship. That鈥檚 because you are more likely than other students to have picked up a brilliant idea for a product during your degree. Whether that be an eco-friendly jet engine or a beer glass that automatically refills itself, university is often the time for thinking outside the box. As a graduate you鈥檝e also got the advantage of age. Fewer responsibilities gives you an edge, says Robertson. So if you鈥檙e just bursting with ideas, take a chance 鈥� especially if you know a way to make that beer glass idea work. Find out more: . Your university probably offers advice and mentoring too.
Government agent
You may be scared of heights, have never shot down a helicopter and hate martinis, but you still have lots to offer the government鈥檚 secret services. In fact MI5, the UK鈥檚 national security service, its international sister agency MI6, and GCHQ 鈥� a technology and intelligence agency that works closely with both 鈥� are certainly not looking for James Bond wannabes. According to the MI5 careers website, intelligence officers need an inquiring mind and the ability to research, analyse and interpret information. You can certainly tick all those boxes. Aston Martin not included. Find out more: , ,