Careers
Graduates from Combined Studies enter a wide range of graduate careers. Our annual destinations survey shows that recent graduates have gone onto postgraduate study or professional training, for example teaching or law, and careers in the media, publishing, performance, marketing, public relations and event management as well as more traditional areas such as human resources, accountancy, management consultancy and investment banking.
A Combined Studies degree equips students with skills that are sought by employers. Advanced written and verbal communication skills, analytical, presentation and listening skills, are key amongst these. Combined Studies students also develop strong organisational skills as a result of studying subjects across a range of disciplines.
Students and recent graduates benefit from the University's award winning careers service. This is based in Crawford House, Booth Street East (opposite the Aquatic Centre), Tel 0161 275 2829 www.manchester.ac.uk/careers.
The service provides:
A vacancy service featuring thousands of part-time, work experience, industrial placement and graduate job vacancies to suit all students and recent graduates. There are free directories listing graduate employers available from the careers resource centre.
Career fairs: among the best in the country for Finance, Business and Management; Law; Postgraduate Study; Engineering, Science and Technology; the Voluntary, not-for-profit and Public sector careers. At the end of the academic year there is a summer fair featuring graduate employers offering vacancies, many of them immediate.
Employer presentations, talks, workshops and courses regularly take place on campus and are easy to register for, just visit www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/events/
Manchester Leadership Programme and Career Management Skills: both are credit rated modules and offer unique opportunities to build transferrable skills.
Voluntary work: there are hundreds of opportunities to browse online.
Mentoring schemes: provide an opportunity to link up with an individual in a career area of choice www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/employable
Blogs provide up-to-the minute careers information, useful tips and insights.
Manchester Graduate Internship Programme paid internships for new graduates staying in Manchester.
Specialist careers guidance: for those who don't yet know what they want to do and for those keen to explore a particular career area. This can be provided face-to-face, via telephone or email. In this way those who are unable to visit the careers service can still receive help.
International support: we have special services and extra help for international students and graduates.
Accessibility for all: this includes services for students with disabilities: wheelchair access, hearing loops, extended guidance appointments, careers information in alternative formats, guidance available at an alternative location, via phone or email.
The careers service website www.manchester.ac.uk/careers is a good starting point for information on different career areas. www.prospects.ac.uk also provides quality information on graduate careers. The careers service may be used fully for up to three years after a student has completed their studies.
Current Combined Studies students can access subject-specific careers information via the Blackboard e-learning pages. More information is available on the "Essentials" website via Blackboard.