Degree subject and current job/ field

[chopc]

Based on the thread about university degree - I am interested to know the subjects studied at university and what field of work the poster has gone on to.

To get the ball rolling, I did a vocational healthcare degree and am still working in clinical healthcare 20 years later .......

Law. Solicitor.
My solicitor daughters - geography BSc and ancient history BA respectively. Twin sons will be the same (both doing a law conversion course now and then an LPC course in September) so hopefully they will be lawyers too. Other son ancient history and works for a food company - and nothing grand - driving a delivery van for 3 years (very happily but I am sure he could do better) - he was a happy postman for 3 years before that too. He has not featured in his public school's magazine as yet where they show "successful" old boys. I think it would be fund to have one of him in his work uniform to contrast with the page after page of senior QCs and the like.

Environmental Health. I am an Environmental Health officer. Best job in the world

Made the wrong choice of degree, seriously bored and left after first year. Am in mid-50's and you can divide my working life roughly into three different careers of a decade each. Have a MSc and now work for a charity where that qualification is irrelevant.

Media Studies. Went on to become a teacher before becoming a learning designer.

Gained a BSc in nutrition in 2008, have worked in public health ever since with majority of the time spent in children's or adults weight management.

I did a chemistry degree (MChem) and then a PhD in biochemistry. I work as a patent attorney - so my scientific qualifications are essential, as are my subsequent professional qualifications in intellectual property law.

Wow @OublietteBravo! Assume you had to do a law conversion then training after your PhD? If you don't mind asking how old were you when you started working as a lawyer?

I think the information on this thread is so useful for sixth formers. Please keep replies coming!

@Xenia have you sent such a picture into your DS old school?
Best thing in life is to have options IMO and he is choosing to do what he wants rather than probably what was expected of him?

History degree, currently work in a low paid NHS admin job. Never really had a well paid job or made any progress career wise. I plan on doing a master's next year in a different subject, more vocational and with lots of jobs available at the end.

English. I'm now a copyeditor.

Zoology, I'm now a sustainability manager in the public sector.

I did chemistry and then a PhD in biological chemistry. I’m a scientist for a large pharmaceutical company in Switzerland now. Obviously my qualifications are essential for my job.

History and Archaeology at undergraduate level, then a Masters in archives and records management. I’m an archivist now, but have also worked in health records and information teams in the NHS.

@chopc - no, not law conversion. There are specific professional qualifications for patent attorneys (which you study for whilst working as a trainee sunder the supervision of a qualified attorney). I was 34 when I switched career. I’d been an R&D scientist previously - I switched across to patent group in the same company when a vacancy came up. I was qualified within 4 years of making the switch (patent exams only happen once per year). In fact I’m dual qualified - I’m both a European Patent Attorney and a Chartered Patent Attorney. Plus I have the right of audience before the U.K. Patent Court as a patent litigator (another qualification is needed for this). These days I have more letters after my name than in my name

I finished my PhD when I was 26 and did an academic postdoc before moving into industry. I also had 2 children at this stage in my career. I was 30 when youngest was born and started work in R&D for my current employer when he was 8 months old.

Thanks for sharing @OublietteBravo

BA in acting, currently work at as a non qualified teacher, it’s possible where I currently live. In the UK I worked in HR, and am working towards a MS in HR.

MA Geography....after graduating in '86 and unable to find suitable graduate employment, I then retrained as a healthcare professional and have been working in this field ever since! Worked in many areas around the U.K. and always been able to find work easily
Don't regret my Uni degree whatsoever as it provided me with many useful strategies and experiences and I had a wonderful time!

This one reason I was against years ago "patent agents" changing their title to "patent attorney"! There was quite a fight about it back in the day. People assume they are lawyers as someone did on this thread. They are not solicitor or barristers. They take some very hard exams to qualify as a patent agent/attorney and do good high paid work which I could never do - I would never draft a patent despite doing IP law but patent attorneys are not solicitors or barristers (in the UK - in the USA it is a different system).

Actually @Xenia - two of my colleagues are qualified as solicitors and patent attorneys. It’s unusual, but certainly not unheard of - even in the U.K. The problem is more that “lawyer” has no real meaning (unlike solicitor, barrister, patent attorney, etc).

LLB, LLM and PhD in law.
I am a law lecturer.

This year has been dreadful with the covid crisis, so right now I deeply regret my decision!

(Yes, I agree some are and I think my last firm of solicitors hired some too. I agree lawyer has no meaning. I was chatting to most of my children the other day and said - wow, all 5 of us are lawyers and one of the solicitor ones said well not the youngest two yet.... but in fact potentially they could say they are lawyers as they study law and it is not protected term in the way doctor or solicitor or nurse or barrister is)....

Anyway interesting thread.
We also talking about which careers seem most recession and covid proof and most adaptable to how the world can change in an 80 year lifespan too. i suppose be adaptable and resilient and have lots of strings to your bow.

Law lecturer hit by covid - I suppose could go into practising law or even if not qualified could set up as a legal adviser. I have had a lot of conversations with one of my children who is one of the very new "freelance solicitors". We have been looking at lots of websites of people whoa re or are not solicitors or on the roll of solicitors or not or were but aren't and how they make that clear and what the rules are.

@Cornishmumofone
What's a learning designer? What does the job involve?

Myself: BSc Biomedical Science currently a Science Technician

@Volenti I am interested to know how a Law lecturer has been affected by the pandemic given education is still going on?

Are you talking about the lack of F2F and having to adapt your way of working as opposed to difficulty staying employed?