Graduate Destinations 2009 2009AS039.indd 1 03/09/2009 09:48 University of Exeter Graduate Destinations 2009 The University of Exeter has an excellent reputation with graduate recruiters and our students and graduates compete very successfully in the employment market. Many employers target the University when recruiting new graduates. On the following pages you will find The Careers and Employment Service details of the destinations of graduates organises a comprehensive programme from the University of Exeter who of internship and placement opportunities completed courses in 2008*. The available for students studying both at our Destinations of Leavers in Higher campuses in Exeter and at our Cornwall Education (DLHE) survey from which the Campus, near Falmouth. There are also information is taken was conducted six many opportunities to meet graduate months after the students had graduated recruiters at our Careers Fairs, employer and the survey showed that 92 per presentations and our innovative Virtual cent** of Exeter’s first-degree graduates Careers Fair. were in employment or further study. The Careers and Employment Service Graduates from the University of Exeter also works very closely with the Students’ are very employable and go into a wide Guild on two important initiatives, The variety of occupations when they finish Exeter Award and The Works. The their studies. This is reflected in the Exeter Award gives recognition for hundreds of different jobs listed in this participation in ‘employability’ activities booklet and is partly because Exeter such as volunteering or interview training offers an exceptionally wide range of and The Works is a jobshop, staffed by opportunities for its students to gain students, with plenty of vacancies for part the skills employers want. There are time work in the Exeter area. many ways for students to add value to their CVs, from management training to We are confident that the University business placements, one of the UK’s offers its students a comprehensive range largest student volunteering programmes of services and activities to help them and pre-teacher training, to a world-wide become successful graduates in the job network of study abroad opportunities market or continue with further study * In cases of subjects with small student and careers advice from our own and training. cohorts the data presented is an successful graduates. Many of these aggregate of destinations of the past activities involve employers who are To find our more about the Careers and 2-5 years keen to recruit Exeter students into their Employment Service and employability ** Figures as at Jan. 2009, as a percentage organisation. at the University of Exeter, please see of those respondents available for www.exeter.ac.uk/employability employment or study 2009AS039.indd 2 03/09/2009 09:48 ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE A degree in a business related DESTINATIONS OF UNIVERSITY OF EXETER subject from Exeter will help you to develop a wide range of skills ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE GRADUATES such as analytical problem solving, Full time UK domiciled undergraduates teamwork, research and organising and communicating information. (of those who completed their courses between 1 August 2007 and 31 July 2008, surveyed six months after graduation) The majority of graduates from the Business School follow their degree with a career in finance, banking or EMPLOYED management both in the commercial and public sectors. A large number of graduate recruiters in these •TraineeCharteredAccountant, •Ta x Associate,KPMG,Birmingham/ sectors visit Exeter to recruit our Smith and Williamson, Southampton ACA,KPMG students. Some of our graduates •Ta x Consultant,DeloitteLLP, •TraineeAuditor,KPMG,Reading/ pursue their interest in their studies Birmingham ACA,KPMG to a greater depth by following a •AuditAssistant,KPMG,Bristol •AuditAssociate,DeloitteLLP, higher degree, often here at Exeter. •TraineeCharteredAccountant, Birmingham / ACA, Kaplan Financial PricewaterhouseCoopers, •Accountant,PricewaterhouseCoopers, Southampton Bristol / ACA •Associate,PricewaterhouseCoopers, •CorporateTa x Trainee,Smithand Gatwick / ACCA, ICAEW Williamson, Bristol / ACA, ICAEW •JuniorAuditor,HainesWatts,Hants •AuditAssociate,Ernst&Young, •DecisionSupportAnalyst,RoyalBank Reading/ACA,BPP of Scotland, Bromley •InvestmentBanker,DeutscheBank, •FinanceAdministrator,LloydsTSB, London Bristol •Associate,PricewaterhouseCoopers, •ProductionInstallationEngineer, London / ACA, ICAEW Squire Technologies, UK FURTHER STUDY •MScFinancialAnalysisandFund Management, University of Exeter •SCITT(Teaching),Cornwall •MScAccountingandFinance, University of Exeter •GraduateDiplomainLaw, Bournemouth University 2009AS039.indd 3 03/09/2009 09:48 ARAB AND ISLAMIC STUDIES A degree in Arab and Islamic Studies DESTINATIONS OF UNIVERSITY OF EXETER gives you an appreciation and understanding of the culture, history ARAB AND ISLAMIC STUDIES GRADUATES and language of the Middle East. You Full time UK domiciled undergraduates will develop analytical and research skills as well as an awareness of (of those who completed their courses in the last five years, surveyed six months different interpretations of issues after graduation) and events, develop opinions and use effective communication skills to put forward your ideas and EMPLOYED conclusions. You will also develop your time-management skills. •LocalBusinessRelationshipManager, •DataValidationAssistant,Bishop All these skills are valued by Barclays Bank, UK Fleming Accountants employers from many different fields •PublishingAssistant,Magazine,Egypt •Teacher,InternationalSchoolof and can open up career paths in a •TrainingCourseCoordinator, Choueifat, Oman wide variety of areas from academic European Association of Neurosurgery, •ResearchIntern,ChambersofTrade research and government work to London and Commerce, Germany more commercially based careers in •CaseManager,Axa,Bristol •HeadofYoungArtsFoundation, law and business. •TraineeTeacher,Greenpeace, Taunton CzechRepublic •SupportWorker,SocialServices, •Researcher,SundayTelegraph,London Exeter •PoliceOfficer,DorsetPolice, •ResearchAssistant,Institutefor Bournemouth Strategic and International Studies, •Coordinator,MindArtGroup,Bristol Portugal •TeachingEnglishasaForeignLanguage •Editor,BBCMonitoring,Reading Blitz,Syria •TechnicalSupportAssistant,Sophos, •TEFLTeacher,Brittanico,Italy Abingdon •EmergingMarketsAnalyst,Reuters, •CharteredSurveyor,InsigniaRichard Tiverton Ellis, London •RecruitmentConsultant,TheVenus •QualityAssessor,ICM(Market Group, Cheltenham Research),London •TEFLTeacher,TheSOSVillage, •OfficerCadet,Army,Sandhurst Lebanon •Teacher,InternationalSchool,United •CommunityFundraiser,Cancer Arab Emirates ResearchUK,London FURTHER STUDY •MA AppliedTranslation, • MAMiddleEastStudies, University of Exeter University of Exeter •MA InternationalStudieswith •MA GulfStudies,UniversityofExeter Diplomacy, School of Oriental and •P G BroadcastJournalism, African Studies Falmouth College of Arts •PGCETeachingEnglishasa •MA InternationalBusinessStudies, Foreign Language University of Hertfordshire 2009AS039.indd 4 03/09/2009 09:48 ARCHAEOLOGY The Archaeology programmes at DESTINATIONS OF UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Exeter are designed to develop your skills of analysis, assessment ARCHAEOLOGY GRADUATES and interpretation as well as the Full time UK domiciled undergraduates production of written and oral reports. The broad-based nature (of those who completed their courses in the last two years, surveyed six months of the subject and of the skills it after graduation) provides give a strong grounding for a wide range of careers, not only those related to archaeology but EMPLOYED also in the wider fields of teaching, administration and business. Some of our graduates combine their initial •Archaeologist,WessexArchaeology, job with voluntary archaeological Salisbury work or with further part time study •AdminAssistant,EDFEnergy,Exeter of the subject. •CustomerServiceAdviser,Sitel,Exeter •PoliceOfficer,ThamesValleyPolice, Bicester •GraphicsOfficer,Archaeological Solutions, Bury St Edmunds •GraduateTrainee,LPS,Guernsey •AccountManager,PangaeaMedia, Exeter •Surveyor,CookeandArkwright, Cardiff •Finance,NorwichUnionHealthcare •TraineeArchaeologist,Cotswolds ArchaeologyPlc,Gloucester FURTHER STUDY •MA Archaeology,UniversityofExeter •MA ExperimentalArchaeology, University of Exeter •MAManagingArchaeologicalSites, University College London • MALandscapeArchaeology, University of Exeter •MScInternationalRealEstate, RoyalAgriculturalCollege 2009AS039.indd 5 03/09/2009 09:48 BIOSCIENCES A degree in Biosciences, whether DESTINATIONS OF UNIVERSITY OF EXETER studied at our campus in Exeter or in (Exeter and Cornwall campuses) Cornwall, will help you to develop a BIOSCIENCE GRADUATES wide range of essential skills such as Full time UK domiciled undergraduates analytical problem solving, teamwork and organising and communicating (of those who completed their courses between 1 August 2007 and 31 July 2008, surveyed information. Many of our students six months after graduation) continue their interest in the subject by following a further degree and research in their chosen area or by EMPLOYED training as a teacher. Many of our graduates are employed in a wide variety of related roles in the UK and •ScientificOfficer,AxiomVeterinary •Ecologist,EnvironmentalAssessment overseas including laboratory-based Laboratories, Newton Abbot Services Limited, Haywards Heath positions, conservation management, •Microbiologist,ThermofisherScientific,