School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies
Occupations
The proof of employability skills is, of course, becoming employed. As approximately 50% of graduate programmes do not depend on your having followed a specific degree programme, the roles that you will be able to apply for after a course within SSHLS may be drawn a wide range of the job market based on the value of the skills you will have developed. These include:
- Education and training (policy, teaching);
- Postgraduate study;
- Police, Probation, Prisons, Youth justice and Forensics;
- Media, Journalism, Publishing, Communications and Public Relations;
- Local, national, European government and politics;
- Social and community work (voluntary sector, charities);
- Heritage, Libraries, Museums and Archives;
- Journalism;
- Research (government, pressure groups, think tanks, companies, charities, criminal justice sector);
- Teaching and lecturing (schools, colleges, Universities)
- Health care and health promotion;
- HR and Personnel;
- Advertising and marketing; and
- Financial services, insurance etc.
Degree-based occupations
Other occupations are particularly favourable for graduates of specific programmes. These include:
Journalism
- Journalist: broadcast, magazine, newspaper
- Programme researcher, broadcasting/film/video
- Public relations officer
- Media planner
- Multimedia specialist
- Runner, broadcasting/film/video
- Television/film/video producer
- Advertising account executive / creative
- Broadcast presenter
- Information officer
- Market researcher
- Writer
History
- Academic librarian, information officer, records manager
- Archivist
- Civil Service administrator
- Heritage manager
- Museum/gallery conservator
- Politician's assistant
- Trade union research officer
- Barrister
- Broadcast journalist, magazine journalist, newspaper journalist
- Education administrator
- Solicitor
- Primary school teacher
- Secondary school teacher
- Writer
Sociology
- Social researcher
- Counsellor
- Community development worker
- Advice worker
- Further education lecturer
- Social worker
- Probation officer
- Charity fundraiser
- Housing manager/officer
- Primary school teacher or secondary school teacher
- Human resources officer
- Youth worker
English literature
- Primary / secondary school teacher
- English as a foreign language / English as a second language teacher
- Lexicographer
- Newspaper journalist
- Editorial assistant
- Writer
- Advertising account executive
- Advertising copywriter
- Arts administrator
- Academic librarian, information officer, records manager
- Charity officer
- Marketing executive
- Programme researcher, broadcasting/film/video
- Public relations officer
- Runner, broadcasting/film/video
Politics and international relations
- Public affairs consultant
- Politician's assistant
- Government social research officer
- Social researcher
- Civil Service fast streamer
- Diplomatic Services operational officer
- Local government officer
- Charity officer
- Market researcher
- Newspaper journalist
Destination data based on lists provided by Prospects: http://www.prospects.ac.uk/
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