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Newcastle University
Postgraduate Study 2017
Studying with us
Skills
development
Motivations
and benefits
Project and time
management
Communication
Problem solving
Teamworking
Our award-winning Careers Service also provides lots of opportunities to help you build your skills and CV whilst studying. See pages 32–33 for an overview of what we offer.Report writing
Data analysis
Presentations and
public speaking
Alongside developing
your specialist subject
knowledge and technical
skills, a taught Master’s
course will also help you
to develop transferable
skills in areas such as:
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www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate*Research by the Sutton Trust 2013 and The Office for National Statistics 2014
There are many other
benefits and motivations
to studying a postgraduate
course. These can include
a combination of:
Career development
Career change
Undertaking a taught Master’s
course is often the first step to
entry onto a research degree
All of the additional skills
outlined opposite are those
which employers tell us are
valuable and valued when
applying for that graduate job
Whatever your motivations, it’s
also encouraging to know that
those with a postgraduate
qualification also earn more over
their working lives than those with
an undergraduate degree only*
Moving into academia
Standout from the crowd Earn more...
Supporting career development.
Informally via specialist skills
development and training such
as financial modelling, computer
programming, graphic design
To enter a new profession or
change profession via professional
accreditation such as teacher
training, marketing (CIM) or
accounting (ACCA)