This document provides information about career options for physics and astronomy graduates. It discusses areas of employment that require a physics or physical science degree, including research careers that typically require postgraduate study in fields like energy, nanotechnology, and medical science. More directly related options mentioned include medical physicist, geophysicist, and teaching. The document also notes that physicists are sought after for their problem solving, analytical, and computational skills and lists options in other fields like meteorology, patent law, civil service, software engineering, and consulting. It provides examples of employers of physicists and resources on the careers website.

1. Physics and Astronomy Careers Paul Brown Director and Careers Adviser Careers Centre

2. Who’s here today? Graduating when? Intentions at this point Further study? Physics related posts? Interested in other employment options?

4. Analytical skills

5. Computational skills

6. IT and technology capabilities

10. And teaching! Still shortages Not so easy in Scotland New funding regime in England TeachFirst

11. Options which favour Physicists Meteorologist Patent Attorney

12. Other options for Physicists Scientist in the Civil Service Operational Researcher Product development Software engineer Technical author

14. Analytical skills

15. Problem solving abilities

16. Numerical/mathematical skills

17. Modelling capabilities

19. Employability of Physicists De La Rue Centrica Hyder Consulting Thermo Fisher Scientific SciSys UK Limited SeaChange International Fraser Nash MBDA Oxford Instruments Tracerco Selex Amec Babcock Jordan Valley Semiconductors E.ON Nuclear Medical Centre Dstl TTP Areva Rolls Royce Air Products Ultra Electronics, Xerox Ltd IBM Traffic Directorate BAE Systems Sharp Laboratories of Europe Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)

20. A bit about the Careers Centre Where we are Advisers Website CC Events Employer events Law Fair 11th October Management and Finance Fair 14th October Science and Technology Fair 21stOctober

21. The most useful urlsfor Physicists http://www.iop.org/careers/index.html http://careers.guardian.co.uk/careers-blog/physics-degree-careers http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/careers/wiki/Physics_and_Astronomy_-_using_your_degree http://www.prospects.ac.uk/options_physics_your_skills.htm

22. Questions??