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This section contains the following topics:

  1. What do LSHTM Graduates Do?
  2. Public Health in the Developed World
  3. Clinical Research & Pharmaceuticals
  4. Global Health & International Development
  5. Other Careers Sectors (Including Policy & Consultancy)
  6. CV's, Covering Letters, Application Forms & Working in the UK
  7. Working outside the UK
  8. Academic Careers

 

 

 

1. What do LSHTM Graduates Do?                

Career Destinations of MSc Graduates - Document containing lists of graduate job titles and employers, arranged by the degree awarded. Updated June 2011.

LSHTM Graduate Career Stories - From an ongoing survey of alumni by the Careers Office. Excel Spreadsheet containing the following information for each alumni respondent:

  • Job title, employer, employment sector, roles and responsibilities.
  • Pre-LSHTM qualifications, degree at LSHTM, modules chosen, dissertation topic.
  • Previous jobs held and successful job hunting methods used.
  • Personal thoughts on benefits of their LSHTM degree, other skills / experience they had to acquire and general top tips for career planning.

Note: Additional career stories will be added regularly to this document as more alumni complete the survey. If you would like to discuss further any of the career stories within this survey please speak to one of our careers advisers by booking an appointment slot. As of 13/07/11 - 55 career profiles available.

Alumni Tracing Project - Conducted by the LSHTM alumni office on behalf of the Rockefeller Foundation. Includes selected case studies of individuals in leadership positions.

 

2. Public Health in the Developed World

 

3. Clinical Research & Pharmaceuticals

 

4. Global Health & International Development

 

5. Other Careers Sectors (Including Policy & Consultancy)

 

 

6. CVs, Covering Letters, Application forms and Job Hunting 

For general information on making an effective job application in the UK then we recommend the CV and Cover Letter guide from The Careers Group, University of London which can be Careers Gp CV Booklet (PDF 0.22 MB) and similar information on CV's and Covering letters from Prospects.ac.uk. Also useful is the 'Marketing yourself to Employers' section of the Vitae website. Information on how to make successful job applications outside the UK can be found here. 

The Careers Group, University of London provides a wide range of helpsheets, available to download. Topics covered include: Covering Letters, Generating Ideas, Group Exercises . International Students, Internships, Vacation Work and Work Experience, Interviews . Job Applications, Job Hunting . Job Hunting on the Internet, Mature Students, Medical CVs and Applications, Networking. Oral Presentations, Personal Statements, Postgraduate Study, Psychometric Tests, Refocus Your Job Hunt, Speculative Letters, Students with Disabilities, Students with Dyslexia, Telephone Interviews, Working for Small Organisations, Written and E-tray Exercises, Your CV.

Information on medical CVs can be found at medicalcareers.nhs.uk.

A wide variety of reference information on the above topics can also be found in the SICS Careers Service library and workshops on some of these subjects is also available from the careers service (please visit the Events page for more details.) 

 

7. Working outside the UK 

The Working Overseas Careers Library section of International Job Online, provided by the Careers Group, University of London has extensive information about work in specific countries, including Africa and Asia, with lists of & links to country and region - specific emploment organisations, jobsites, employment & economic news sites etc.

Information on working in over 50 selected countries can be found here. Each country profile typically contains information on; the local job market, how to apply for jobs, where to find vacancies, postgraduate study, visa & immigration advice and contacts and resources. 

 

8. Academic Careers 

For masters students thinking about embarking on a PhD, useful information on things you can consider before chosing a project, as well as funding and a searchable database of advertised postgraduate positions, can be found on the Prospects website. Other places where you can locate postgraduate research positions include New Scientists Jobs, Jobs.ac.uk and FindaPhD.com.

The postgraduate section of the Researchers website Vitae has a lot of useful information for students about how to complete a successful PhD as well as advice on how to have a successful long term career in academic research. Information on making successful jobs applications for academic positions can also be found on this site in their 'information & Resources' section. Jobs.ac.uk and FindAPostDoc.com and AcademicJobs.eu contain advertised Postdoctoral research positions and research positions are also advertised in major scientific journals, such as Nature and Science.

If you are thinking about a doing Postdoctoral work, or are already a post-doctoral researcher, then you may wish to visit the Research Staff section of the Vitae website where you can find information on the ups and downs of postdoctoral work, and developing your skills and career as a researcher. RDDirect is a professional signposting service for all researchers working in health and social care settings and set up by the NHS, that includes information on funding. The RCUK website, an umbrella organisation for the major UK funding councils (which includes the MRC, BBSRC and ESRC), has general information of relevance to Research Staff, as well as direct links to the major funders.In addition, RCUK also runs the 'Academic Fellowship Scheme' which aims to provide contract research staff with more attractive and stable paths into academia. The LSHTM also provides a Career Development programme for its Research Staff, and Careers information for researchers is also provided by Science magazine.

If you are a refugee academic then you can get employment advice from CARA. They can provide you with information about working in a range of professions in the UK such as teaching, academia, engineering, law, the charity sector and medicine.