Our award aims to provide you with the relevant knowledge, approach and skill set demanded of a practising bioscientist. We have well established relationships with practicing scientists who have contributed to the design of this award. You will develop skills and knowledge to study a variety of topics in biology. The acquisition of Graduate skills and attributes developed in core modules allow you to find employment in a variety of laboratory based environments such as the biopharmaceutical industry, food processing and quality assurance, forensic science, veterinary and agricultural laboratories. Some graduates apply for Graduate Entry Programmes in various healthcare professions such as Medicine, Dentistry, Physiotherapy and Nursing. A significant number of our graduates apply for postgraduate study. Those who aspire to a career in teaching progress to a PGCE, whereas graduates with an interest in a research career choose to continue onto Masters and PhD programmes. Graduates from science programmes are increasingly sought after due to their skills in numeracy, IT, problem solving and abilities to analyse and evaluate. Consequently, many of the nonlaboratory based industries such as regulatory affairs, scientific editing, technical sales and marketing, insurance and management preferentially employ graduate bioscientists. All students carry out a work placement at level 5. These are flexible so you can angle your experience towards your career aspirations. Your final year research project in a topic of your choice enables you to undertake a major piece of investigative work culminating in a professional style paper, suitable to present to prospective employers.
