A lot of people limit their consideration of careers in universities in lecturing or research, but universities offer opportunities for you to pursue other career paths too.
Written by Robert Bowles
Robert’s early career was in marine biotechnology, completing a PhD and knowledge Technology Transfer post-doc. He has worked for small technical companies and large multinational pharmaceutical companies, before moving out of the lab. He went on to have a successful time in sales and marketing for an educational software company before joining the Royal Society of Chemistry, where he managed a programme of their successful education and careers projects. He now works as a qualified careers adviser, giving careers advice and guidance to a wide range of clients, and has particular expertise working with those from a biological or chemical sciences background.
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