Review
The second workshop in the series offered us, the current students, an insight in to life after university in the form of a question and answer session involving a panel of graduates who were all either in employment or involved in post graduate education. Two members of the panel were enrolled in post graduate research, one in teaching and another in the behavioural studies of wolves, the remaining members of the panel consisted of ex-Biomedical science students who had since found work in the microbiology labs in a local hospital. The session focused on making the transition from university in to the workplace or further study, each graduate highlighted the key skills that they required and needed to demonstrate to potential employers and advice on how to gain and demonstrate these skills.
Opinion
I found the workshop useful to me as it was interesting to hear the views and the experiences of people who were in a similar position to myself and that had successfully made the transition from university via a number of different routes of entry. It was useful to hear first hand about applying for masters degrees as I had previously found available information to be unclear and sometimes misleading. I also found it encouraging to see the success of previous Bangor University graduates.
Career
I believe what I learned in the workshop will be of use to me when applying for jobs as I will personally be taking a post graduate masters in the coming academic year, as did some of the students on the panel. I found the advice regarding funding and searching for post graduate positions closely linked with potential jobs particularly useful.
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