Psychology
A significant number of graduates entered "Psychology track" jobs in areas such as mental health support work and teaching assistant roles as well as assistant psychologists. These new graduates enter their first job to gain the necessary experience to progress onto further study in order to pursue a psychology related profession.
Graduates are also using the transferable skills developed from their degree such as communication, numeracy and critical thinking and opting for a wide range of other careers from retail, recruitment consultancy to finance.
There has been an increase in numbers of graduates going on to further study. The majority of these students are pursuing psychology related courses, which reflect the need to specialise at postgraduate level for entry to applied psychology careers. Some students are undertaking courses to enable them to enter other professions; teaching, for example was a popular choice.
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- Full-time paid work only 48%
- Part-time paid work only 15%
- Voluntary / Unpaid work 2%
- Work and Further study 8%
- Further study only 13%
- Assumed to be unemployed 14%
- Other 6%
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- Paid work only 76%
- Voluntary / Unpaid work 0
- Work and Further study 10%
- Further study only 5%
- Assumed to be unemployed 3%
- Other 6%
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- Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Birmingham City Council
- Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Dudley & Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
- HM Prison Service
- Mencap
- National Health Service
- University of Birmingham
- West Midlands Police
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- Assistant Occupational Therapist
- Sales Assistant
- Teaching Assistant
- Nurse
- Psychologist Officer (WM Police)
- Learning Support
- Support Worker
- Business Manager
- Health Care Assistant
- Family Support Worker
- HR Graduate Scheme
- Clinical Support Work Assistant
- Assistant Clinical Psychologist
- Training Care Assistant
- Childline Supervisor
- Honorary Research Associate
- Speech Therapy Assistant
- Foreign Teacher - Oral English
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- Art Foundation
- Primary PGCE
- Graduate Diploma in Law
- MSc Public Health Nutrition
- MRes Psychology
- Graduate Entry to Medicine
- MSc Health Psychology
- PhD Psychology
- MRes in Communication Science
- MA Statistics with Applications to Medicine
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