Linking Careers to our Curriculum
This page is all about learning and understanding which careers each subject can be linked to. This page is filled with useful resources to help you navigate your chosen subject / s.
To start with this is a really useful tool for students who aren’t sure what the subjects they study at school or college have to do with work and their career OR those that really enjoy a subject but wonder if there will be any future use for it in the workplace?
HOW DO SCHOOL SUBJECTS RELATE TO DIFFERENT CAREERS? ·
- Choose a subject you like and see where it might take you: https://www.careerpilot.org.uk/jobsectors/subjects
- What can you do with a degree in….? https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-advice/what-can-i-do-with-my-degree
- For short videos of people who use different school subjects in their work see: http://www.careers4u.tv/explore/ and https://icould.com/explore
SUBJECT SPECIFIC CAREER WEBSITES
- Art & Design https://ccskills.org.uk/careers/advice/any/visual-arts/
- Biology https://www.rsb.org.uk/images/pdf/Student_Biology_Careers_Resource_Guide.pdf
- Business https://targetcareers.co.uk/career-sectors/business
- Chemistry http://www.rsc.org/careers/future/
- Computer Science & IT https://www.digitalworld.net/careers/job-types and https://www.bubblejobs.co.uk/career_portal/
- Design & Technology https://www.tomorrowsengineers.org.uk/ and http://technicians.org.uk/
- English https://www.reed.co.uk/career-advice/jobs-for-english-lovers/ and https://ccskills.org.uk/careers/advice/any/literature/
- Geography https://www.geography.org.uk/Careers-in-Geography--Careers-Cards
- Health & Social Care https://www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk/ and https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Careers-in-care/Think-Care-Careers.aspx
- History https://www.history.org.uk/student/categories/93/module/8671/careers-in-history
- Languages https://www.jobs.ac.uk/careers-advice/careers-advice/1378/careers-with-languagestranslation-interpreting-teaching-and-more
- Maths http://www.mathscareers.org.uk/
- Media & Film Studies https://www.screenskills.com/education-training/careers-information/jobprofiles/
- PE & Sport https://careers-in-sport.co.uk/careers/
- Performing Arts https://ccskills.org.uk/index.php?/careers/advice/any/theatre and https://ccskills.org.uk/careers/advice/any/music/
- Physics http://www.physics.org/careers.asp?contentid=381
- Psychology https://careers.bps.org.uk/
- REP https://www.ucas.com/job-subjects/religious-studies
- Science (applied) http://technicians.org.uk/
- Sociology https://www.britsoc.co.uk/what-is-sociology/sociologist-careers/
Careers linked to your favourite subjects! Which school and college subjects open up which careers?
How do I research careers linked to my favourite subjects?
- https://www.careerpilot.org.uk/job-sectors/subjects
- https://www.ucas.com/ucas/after-gcses/find-career-ideas/explore-jobs?f=/job-subjects/art
- https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-advice/what-can-i-do-with-my-degree
- http://explore.skillsroute.com/main
- https://icould.com/explore/#subject
What about if I combine two or three of my favourite subjects? What do these now open up?
- https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/tools/subject-choices
- https://successatschool.org/advice/150
- https://sacu-student.com/?page_id=5203
- https://futurefinder.yourlife.org.uk/jobs/by-a-levels
What if I look at degree titles linked to my favourite school subjects?
Use https://digital.ucas.com/search to look up your favourite subjects and see all the different degree titles linked to this. Don’t forget you can put two subjects in e.g. Business and Music or Biology and French.
What do jobs look like that involve the subject?
Use https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-advice/what-can-i-do-with-my-degree And www.indeed.co.uk Input a subject e.g. Maths or French in the left hand box and see what comes up! Don’t put in a geographic area. Just keep it blank and it will give you live jobs across the UK.