What can you do with Sociology/Psychology/Cultural Studies/Social Anthropology post-grad qualification

[onebatmother]

Apart from pat self on back?

I am thinking of retraining but no idea about jobs. Those are the things I'm considering studying - what REAL ACTUAL JOBS might I get with a postgrad MA/PHD in them?

I mean ones that pay money. Any money. But must be money.

Thanks dearies.

Lemon is a good unisex name, I'd be v. tempted to call a child Lemon if given the chance.

I thought OBM wanted to make some MONEY??

And ha ha ha ha at PW's joke. Ha ha ha

I'm sure your LO will do great Lenin, speaking as someone with 2 natural parents, one gay with an on/off partner, and one who might as well be if he wasn't so into sleeping with girl younger than me, 2 step-mums and 2 hideous step-dads under my belt. And I'm fine

Lemon a great name for reminding everyone that oranges are not the only fruit'

Bumper, that sounds tough.

LOLOL threadie

you are all very vunny ladeez.

ooh habbs who is the think tank commander

I DO NEED SOME MONEY!!

Money a good point, re book. DH hasn't yet had any royalty cheques on either of his -- one of which is 15 yrs old. Apparently it's bcs they wait till they can round up to the first full 10p before they send out the cheqhe.

I don't think anyone writes books for the money. Academics write them because they feel they have to and writers write them because they really have to.

Dan Brown must write books for the money. There can be no other reason. Academics do it for promotion/RAE - so for the money!

Someone called Julia BM, onebat, I think. No photos, so cannot confirm existence of moustache.

Did you hear the people on the today prog talking about how historians writing popular history books, Threadie? - apparently they should, as it's all journos doing it at the moment. DH and I had a chat about this, and started to hatch plans. Or tried to. A bit.

Her think tank is centre-right, obm. In case it's relevant.

Oh, no idea about that, Lenin. Think the point was that working academic historians, except the odd few like Starkey and Schama, are writing very scholarly books which aren't very accessible to the general public, and that popular hist is largely been written by non-historians, which runs the risk of a lot of bad history being published (though that's not a given, obv).

It was an interesting discussion, and may be partly true.

Isn't that largely true with science too, though? The really big-sellers - well, the ones that people actually read - are written by non-specialists (I'm thinking of Bill Bryson - the only popular science book I've ever made it all the way through).

Hmm. I don't know - partly true - certainly Simon Singh, etc, but Feynman/Dawkins/Hawking etc sell well - I think there are more "proper" scientists writing popular books than there are historians. But that may be subject bias on my part!

And many of the popular books are good - I imagine, though, that they would be better history/science, whatever were they written in an accessible manner by people who do the stuff for a living.

I've never liked Bill Bryson at all.

Ruty - Just to let you know, I've spent the afternoon doing three story boards - they just need colouring-in now. I'll do that when DD goes to bed as she is possessive about her felt-tips.

Leningrad - I've a shaky confession. I've recently tried to do something business-related. Lovely company, lovely people, but I can't bear it.

Partly bcs it's quite close to marketing. Main problem seems to be that, whilst I've become completely resigned to capitalism, I've become incredibly intolerant of the cheerful and enthusiastic evangelism of capitalism.
I cannot be near it. Or the bit where you have to pretend you have no moral sense.

I wouldn't have thought so, Lenin - a good academic has to engage first year undergrads pretty well, and so has practice in shifting pitch, iyswim. I reckon dh would do a cracking job, actually - he has jokes in his very scholarly works already.

Oh, don't hold your breath! Early medieval history - emperors and all that malarkey.

Evening bluestockings

I have been grafting at my new allotment today.

So onebat, have you found a career yet or wot? I know this sounds like a real contradiction but if capitalism gets your goat I really recommend the public sector. It gives you a sense of purpose. Plus my moral fortitude ensures I never steal from the stationary cupboard, unlike when I worked at a Uni