Geography graduates are highly sought after by employers (see The Independent article). Geography graduates stand a very good chance of obtaining a graduate job, currently rated at 70%.

The Department is ready to support your career development in the following ways:

Developing your employability skills

You will be taught and assessed in ways that will help to develop key employability skills. Our graduates will possess specialist technical, analytical and scientific skills. Also they will acquire a wide range of transferable skills such as time management, project management, group work, oral and poster presentations, report writing and communication skills. You will have unrivalled spatial awareness. We will provide you with a skills transcript at the end of each year .

Careers Tutor

We have a dedicated careers tutor in the department. During term time you will receive weekly email digests containing information about career fairs, jobs, career development courses and other practical information. We also have a careers notice board.

Modules to maximise employability

We have a new second year, ten-credit module on Workplace Geographies. The module aims to maximise your employability, opportunities for work experience, to develop your understanding of the job market, to support the generation of high-class CVs and covering letters and to build personal confidence through a process of reflection, identification of skill gaps and action to address those gaps. The module will be co-taught by career development professionals, past graduates, academics and representatives from a wide range of employers.

The department offers a second year, ten-credit module called Geography in Education. If you take this module you will work with a local provider of secondary education and working closely with the teacher you will develop skills and experience that will be beneficial to a career in teaching.

Careers Services

The University has a dedicated careers service that is there for your use. You can have one-to-one meetings to discuss your career plan, have your CV and application form checked and take assessment tests.

Careers Events

The careers service also organises a number of events and workshops that will facilitate meetings between undergraduates and employers and develop awareness of particular job sectors. These are free to attend.

The University takes part in at least two careers fairs per year. These are large events which attract a significant number of employers.

Leicester Graduate Internship Programme

Interns work on specific projects for 6-months and engage in training and development through a bespoke career development programme. Key factors in the success of the internship programme have been a wide range of departments offering different internship experiences and the support given to the interns.

Click here for graduate internship opportunities within the University

Links with business

The department has strong links with businesses, government offices and industry, both locally and nationally. Because of this reputation, our research has much to offer organizations in the public, private and voluntary sector. For example, in recent years members of staff have been involved in a number of highly successful collaborative projects including:

• The informal economy and community self-help (Nottinghamshire Business Link and the Countryside Agency)
• Earth observation techniques and applications (European Space Agency, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission)
• The political and economic situation in the Russian far east (BP Exploration)
  d. Metadata for spatial information (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks Wood and ADAS Ltd.)
• GIS service accessibility modelling (Ministry of Health, New Zealand)
• We have also worked with Infoterra Ltd., Syngenta, the East Midlands Regional Development Agency, the Home Office, DEFRA, J Sainsbury plc and many others.
• Your research dissertation may be of interest to a company or business. For example, a number of our Masters students receive financial support for undertaking their thesis from the Ordnance Survey.

Alumni

We have an alumni association that enables us to maintain contact. We operate this group through LinkedIn. We invite past graduates back to the department to give career talks.

Personal Tutors

With your personal tutor, you will discuss your career aspirations. They will normally provide a reference for you when you start applying for jobs. They will try and help you make contact with employers (working with the department careers tutor) to support your search for work.

Postgraduate Study Opportunities

The department offers a number of taught postgraduate courses. If you wish to remain in Higher Education, the department can offer advice and information about the courses available in the department and those found elsewhere.

Study Abroad

We offer study abroad opportunities that add to your CV and experience in a number of academic and social ways that are attractive to employers.

Find out what our past and current undergraduates have to say about career opportunities.

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