Come along to our week of online panel sessions to learn more about the wide variety of career opportunities for students and graduates interested in using their scientific skills and knowledge outside a traditional lab-based setting.

Date/Time: Various between Monday 15 - Thursday 18 March 2021

Venue: Online

Come along to our online sessions to:

• discover more about the wide range of non lab-based career options open to science students
• chat with Newcastle University graduates and employers who are now using their scientific skills and knowledge in different areas
• build contacts with key organisations employing science graduates

Each panel session will give you the chance to hear from science professionals working in a range of organisations and career areas, including: communications, audit, medical writing, publishing, recruitment, business development, clinical trials, quality assurance, regulatory affairs and intellectual property.

Panel themes include:

• Environmental Planning & Sustainability
• Business, Consultancy & Finance
• Healthcare
• Science Communication, Education & Outreach
• Scientific Sales, Marketing and Recruitment
• Legal Services
• Government, Information & Policy

Our panellists are working in a variety of global and regional organisations, including Arcinova, Bayer, Civil Service, Croda, CY Partners, Earthly Biochar, Enviresearch, HGF, Great North Museum: Hancock, Lhasa Ltd., Mindray, National Audit Office, Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit, NHS STP, Northumbrian Water, Oxford University Press, Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology, PwC, Rosalind Franklin Institute, Skanska, UDG Healthcare & Womble Bond Dickinson.

As well as our panel sessions, we’re running an interactive session, From Molecule to Medicine, to help you explore the range of non-lab science careers with global healthcare and pharmaceutical employer, GSK.

All of the sessions are open to all Newcastle University students, recent graduates and early career researchers.

Click on each session below to find out more information and for the link to book your place.

If you’d like to find out more about the range of science careers outside the lab, take a look at our Science Careers Outside the Lab occupational pages.