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Graduate careers advice: you and your biology degree
Biology spans everything from biotech to sustainability, pharmaceutical to ecology and so much more in between. Explore some of the options to see where your career could take you.
Did you know? Recent Irish achievements in research
One of the objectives of the Irish Research Council (IRC) is to create a culture of world class research for the benefit of the country as a whole. Let’s take a look at some of the most impressive work done by Irish researchers in 2017, which ranges from the mapping of stars to development of treatments for Parkinson’s disease.
Graduate careers advice: you and your agricultural degree
An agriculture degree will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to manage agricultural businesses or to work in the fields of agricultural sales, farming, food production, ecology and many more sectors.
Graduate careers advice: you and your civil engineering degree
As well as the construction industry, a civil engineering degree will equip you for a career in the financial, business and management sectors.
Graduate careers advice: you and your business and management studies degree
The range of skills you will acquire from your business and management studies degree will prepare you to adapt quickly and effectively to your employer’s organisation.
Graduate careers advice: you and your management consultancy degree
A degree in management consultancy will equip you with the ability to help organisations to function more effectively across a wide variety of sectors. This is a highly skilled and demanding role which requires a lot of skills development and training.
Graduate careers advice: you and your information systems degree
Most firms and organisations rely on the design, implementation and management of information technology systems. As such, an information systems degree will equip you to work in a variety of sectors.
Graduate careers advice: you and your supply chain management degree
A degree in supply chain management will familiarise you with the process of getting products from source to consumer and the various procedures involved.
Graduate careers advice: you and your international business degree
The internet has made business truly global in nature. International business graduates are employed in a variety of sectors.
Common research application pitfalls
The Irish Research Council supports a great range of research projects, but the application process is highly competitive. Only those research projects which demonstrate a well-conceived scope of analysis and a high degree of potential are likely to be considered for funding, and even if your project is of that calibre, a weak application can fatally undermine it. Let’s look at five common mistakes that researchers make when applying for funding.
Graduate careers advice: you and your web design and development degree
Employers within and beyond the IT and computing sector are seeking web design and development graduates.
Graduate careers advice: you and your economics degree
An economics degree gives you a mix of the type of subject-specific and transferable skills employers seek.
