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How A-level physics keep your options open Earnings: How physics compares to other degrees

Careers from physics. How A-level physics keep your options open Earnings: How physics compares to other degrees What physics students do after graduating Skills that studying physics develops. Careers from physics: How A-level physics keeps your options open.

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How A-level physics keep your options open Earnings: How physics compares to other degrees

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  1. Careers from physics • How A-level physics keep your options open • Earnings: How physics compares to other degrees • What physics students do after graduating • Skills that studying physics develops

  2. Careers from physics: How A-level physics keeps your options open A-levels considered “essential” for studying different degrees (Informed Choices: a Russell group guide to making decisions about Post-16 education) Number of degrees http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/media/informed-choices/InformedChoices-latest.pdf

  3. Earnings: How physics compares to other degrees Percentage increased hourly earnings by degree subject Average for all degrees = 23 % (21-60 year olds, compared to those holding 2 or more A-levels: Labour Force Surveys 2000-2004 pooled) http://www.iop.org/publications/iop/archive/page_52049.html

  4. Careers from physics: What physics students do after graduating 7 % Studying Masters 4 % Teacher training 40 % employed 45% Studying PhD 3% Other http://www.iop.org/publications/iop/2012/page_55925.html 6 % unemployed

  5. Careers from physics: What physics students do after graduating • 56 % went on to further study • 4 % Teacher training • 52 % Masters or PhD in for example: • Astrophysics • Space technology • Nanotechnology • Laser technology • Particle physics • Low temperature physics • Semiconductor physics • Medical Physics • Biophysics • Engineering…. http://www.iop.org/publications/iop/2012/page_55925.html

  6. Careers from physics: What physics students do after graduating • 40 % employed http://www.iop.org/publications/iop/2012/page_55925.html

  7. Careers from physics: What physics students do after graduating • 6 % unemployed All graduates % unemployed 1 year after graduation Physics graduates Year http://www.iop.org/publications/iop/2012/page_55925.html

  8. Careers from physics: Skills that studying physics develops Transferable skills Ability to model complex situations Mathematical ability Problem solving Team Working Research skills Ability to communicate complex ideas Ability to evaluate risk Creative thinking Analytical skills Understanding of technology Evidence-based decision making Objective thinking

  9. Girls in Physics: www.iop.org/girlsinphysics • Music: www.iop.org/concert • Medicine: www.teachingmedicalphysics.org.uk

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