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school of history, classics and archaeology

 
 

Courses/subjects covered by this school:
Ancient History, Archaeology, Classics, Economic and Social History, History

We contact everyone who graduates from the University of Edinburgh to find out what they are doing.

Here's a summary of what graduates from this school were doing in January 2009 (after graduating in 2008).
Individual course summaries are also available for the last 3 years (in most cases).  Select the course/subject that interests you from the course summaries page.
 

Of those that responded to our questionnaire:

55.7% went into employment
22.2% were doing further study
4.4% were doing voluntary work
4.4% were not available (e.g. travelling/taking year out)
13.3% were still looking for employment


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Graduates went into a wide range of different occupations after their degree reflecting their individual interests and motivations.  52% of these were located in England (62% in London) and 40% in Scotland; others were working in Europe and further afield including Japan and the United States.

 For graduates going onto further study and training 63% were courses of a vocational nature (60% were law conversion, 12% teacher training) whilst others were pursing a range of academic studies, often related to their first degree.

 


Jobs
Graduates have gone into a range of jobs including:

Archives Assistant

Junior Policy Analyst

History Teacher

Advertising Executive

Search Engine Optimisation Account Manager

Researcher

Music Manager

Credit Risk Auditor

Auditor Information Worker

Events Co-ordinator

Business Analyst

Army Officer

TEFL Teacher

Multimedia Journalist

 


Employers
Graduates are working for a variety of employers including:

Archaeology Scotland

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Visit Scotland

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Teach First

Lions Gate Films

Financial Times

West Lothian Council

Sotheby's

Forestry Commission

Speakers for Business



Courses
Graduates have gone on to do further study including:

MRes Economic and Social History

Law Conversion Course

MA Journalism

PGDE Primary Teaching

MSc Osteoarchaeology

MSc Development and Planning

MA Greek Language and Literature

BSc Medicine

 

Individual course summaries are also available for the last 3 years (in most cases).  Select the course/subject that interests you from the course summaries page.

 

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