Your degree is only one part of your story - it doesn’t have to dictate your career. If you’ve ever wondered whether you have to follow the “expected” path for your subject, this session is for you.
This practical and interactive workshop explores how students and graduates can build fulfilling careers in non‑linear and unexpected ways. Through real examples, reflective activities, and actionable advice, we’ll challenge the idea that your degree locks you into one route and help you uncover the skills and strengths you already have.
You’ll leave with greater clarity and confidence, a better understanding of your transferable skills, and practical tools to explore opportunities that genuinely suit you - without the pressure of choosing the “perfect” path.
You will learn how to:
- Identify your transferable skills and recognise the skills you’ve already built through your course, projects, and experiences - even the ones you didn’t realise employers value
- Challenge degree‑to‑job misconceptions and explore real examples of people who used their degrees in unexpected sectors. You will learn how to spot the same opportunities for yourself
- Match skills to real careers and understand how degrees like law, psychology, biomedical sciences, finance, business, pharmacology, and nutrition, etc. connect to roles across industries - far beyond traditional pathways
- Develop practical tools for exploring your options and spot what to look out for when reading job descriptions and discover small, low‑risk steps to test your career interests
Please note the Graduate Success Series is aimed at final-year students, postgraduates and recent graduates from classes of 2024, 2025 and 2026. There is no degree requirement to sign up.