Find out about the variety of careers open to bioscience students at the annual Royal Society of Biology Bioscience Careers Day (BCD).
Event format
This year the Bioscience Careers Day will take place in the afternoon of Wednesday 30 November and will involve a series of talks by industry professionals about the variety of careers available to bioscience graduates.
Topics this year will include science writing and communication, public health, pharmaceutical industry and ecology. There will also be opportunities for audience questions and discussion.
Who can attend
BCD is aimed at undergraduate and master's students. Recent bioscience graduates, PhD students, postdocs, careers advisors and school/ college students considering a bioscience degree are also very welcome. Employers, if you would like to connect with talented students focused on their future careers, visit the sponsorship opportunities pages, or contact Eleanor Barrand at events@rsb.org.uk to discuss opportunities.
There will be a face-to-face bioscience careers day in March 2023. If you are an employer wanting to find out more about sponsoring or exhibiting at this event, please get in touch by emailing Eleanor Barrand at events@rsb.org.uk
Speakers
- Christine Smart, director, integrated medical communications at Adelphi Communications
- Michelle Latter, senior manager for R&D drug product supply at Pfizer
- Aoife Codyre, graduate ecologist at Stantec
- Samantha Beard, Senior ecologist at Stantec
- Dr Helen Patrick, genomics STP trainee at Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Previous year's talks were on careers in industry, science communication, publishing, academia, ecology, patent law, teaching and more at past events.