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Higher education and your career

n i direct government servicesYour choice of career might be a key reason in deciding whether to go into higher education and what course to take. Look at the different options available, and focus on what you think is best for your future.
Research your career
Going into higher education can open up new career options, and choosing which course and career is right for you can be an exciting process. It's an opportunity to look at what kind of person you are, what kind of life you want and how you can achieve your goals in the real world.
Before making any career decisions you should research the following areas to make sure you make a successful career choice:

  • skills and entry requirements
  • options with your subjects/qualifications
  • are there jobs in the area you are considering
  • employment trends – where the jobs are now and likely to be in the future
  • vacancies that employers find hard to fill
  • where jobs are advertised
  • Job trends

Higher education and your career prospects
Higher education helps you develop qualities that employers value, such as problem-solving and communication skills. By doing a higher education course you will increase your chances of getting a job and earning more money.
A higher education qualification is necessary for some careers - such as medicine, dentistry, chartered engineering and architecture. For some professions - like law or speech therapy- you will need an additional postgraduate qualification before you can practise.
Exploring your career options
If you decide to go on to higher education you need to make sure the course you take best suits what you want to do with your life.
The Careers Service can offer you free impartial information, advice and guidance on the career options available.

Choosing a course to suit your career plans
Selecting the best possible course for you is a key career decision to make, and often a challenging one. There can be intense competition for the most popular courses, and later for graduate jobs. There are tens of thousands of courses, and the same title of course will not be taught in the same way, or cover the same material, at every university offering it.
Course accreditation from professional bodies
Some professions approve or accredit related courses. If you're looking to pursue a career in a particular area, check your course is one of those approved by the relevant body. Every institution should be able to give you this information.

Changing your career direction through higher education
You don't need to have academic qualifications to go into higher education. Some universities are prepared to accept life and work experience as an alternative to formal qualifications. They may take your work experience into account if you apply to do an Access course, a foundation course or foundation year.

Finding out more about graduate careers
If you have decided on, or are thinking about, a particular higher education course, you may want to:explore the graduate job market in your chosen field and find out about salaries for particular jobs

24 décembre 2014

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21 décembre 2014

ASU and the Non-Tenured Human Shields

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/blog_landing/public/JustVisitingLogo_white.jpg?itok=K5uvzo_-By John Warner. It's not hard to find higher education news that depresses me[1], but it's relatively rare that I can get genuinely enraged.
The news of Arizona State University’s plan to increase the teaching load for writing instructors from a 4/4 to a 5/5 with no increase in pay manages the feat. Read more...

21 décembre 2014

Ball State U. Post-Tenure Review Plan Needs More Time

HomeBall State University’s Board of Trustees are worried that a controversial plan to weed out low-performing tenured faculty members is moving along too slowly, The Star Press reported. Terry King, Ball State’s provost, said last academic year that an official policy would be submitted by this fall, but he told trustees this month that the university needs more time. Read more...

21 décembre 2014

Adrift at the Career Fair

subscribe todayBy Holly Case. Earlier this fall, I went to Cornell’s annual career fair. I wanted to learn what employers were telling students about how their college coursework might prepare them for careers. The topic comes up a lot when students—especially first-years—come to me in my capacity as an academic adviser and ask what they should be taking. My inclination is to tell them to do what I did: Take the courses with the best professors regardless of the discipline. That worked for me. Why shouldn’t it work for them. More...

21 décembre 2014

Bullying in higher education: it's time to hold the sector to account

http://static.guim.co.uk/static/c55907932af8ee96c21b7d89a9ebeedb4602fbbf/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gifBy . We should be worried about the competence of those running our universities, says Gus John, who identifies three reasons why bullying goes unchecked in academia. More...

21 décembre 2014

Bullying in universities: three staff members share their stories

http://static.guim.co.uk/static/c55907932af8ee96c21b7d89a9ebeedb4602fbbf/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gifBy . Higher education network readers explain how bullying affected their working lives – and what support they received from their university. More...

21 décembre 2014

Some of us fear the impact of cuts in 2016 more than the research funding results

http://static.guim.co.uk/static/c55907932af8ee96c21b7d89a9ebeedb4602fbbf/common/images/logos/the-guardian/news.gifBy . Well, here we are. The work of 52,077 academic staff submitted, 191,232 of their “outputs” assessed, 10,099 early career researchers included, 6,975 “impact case studies” reviewed. More...

14 décembre 2014

Next Showdown Over TA Unions at Private Universities?

HomeThe Graduate Workers of Columbia on Friday told Columbia University that a majority of teaching assistants and research assistants have signed cards asking that the United Auto Workers local be recognized as a union. A statement from the union noted that if the university does not voluntarily agree to collective bargaining, the UAW could ask the National Labor Relations Board to conduct an election and (assuming a majority of the graduate students back the UAW) certify the union. Read more...
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