Science

Choosing an area to commit yourself to for three years and maybe more is a tough call. You know that however worthy the course, unless it is something you really enjoy, it will be an uphill struggle. Think outside the box. Once, if you were interested in English, you simply studied that subject.

Pharmacy is one of the fastest growing areas of healthcare and offers students’ the chance to train as experts in medication and its uses. As a pharmacy student it is possible to train in different sectors, including community, industrial or hospital pharmacy. There are also opportunities to train as a pharmacy technician or assistant.

Urban myth or your own personal experience may have led you to believe that science and mathematics are difficult, mind-numbing subjects to study at school and beyond; scientists and mathematicians are dull and uninspiring and end up restricted to working in laboratories wearing goggles and white coats or calculating numbers ad infinitum… However, science and maths not only provide students with highly relevant skills that are applicable to almost any workplace, they offer a flexible foundation enabling students

If you study science you can only become a scientist, right? Wrong. If you study history you don’t have to be a historian so why do people think that science students have to go on to be scientists? No matter which science you choose to study you will be honing skills that employers love. The most obvious skill you’ll have to offer is numeracy.

The School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast has achieved an “Excellent” rating in recent teaching quality assessment, while also achieving the highest possible rating at 5* over the last 10 years in the national Research Assessment Exercises (RAE).

At Queen’s you may take Bachelor of Arts degrees in Sociology, Social Policy or Women’s Studies and you may also combine these subjects, for example by taking a joint honours in Sociology and Social Policy. The degree structure is very flexible. After taking six courses in first year, you need to take twelve courses in second and third year.

Imagine if your computer could recognise what emotional state you were in each time you sat down to use it, perhaps by scanning your facial expression. You arrive at work one Monday morning, and the computer detects that you are in a bad mood.

There are over 1,500 full and part-time Science undergraduate students at Wolverhampton, as well as over 200 taught Masters students. The huge range of courses reflects the School’s size and the expertise of its ninety or so academic teaching staff.

From the air we breathe, to the food we eat and the environment in which we live, rapid advances in technology mean that there has never been a more exciting time to study for a degree in biosciences. 

Computing Science graduates are always in demand - historically, there have always been more computing jobs than computing graduates.

Thinking outside the machine
While a Computing Science degree will teach you a great deal of knowledge and technical skills, you will also develop your capacity to think creatively, logically, and quantitatively.