We provide careers resources for teachers and careers advisers in schools and universities through the UK. Below are some free downloadable resources and links to additional websites which may be useful.

Exploring bioscience careers

Not sure whether you want to go into the biosciences? Not sure what a career in biosciences has to offer?

A career in biosciences can take you in a range of different directions, and can take you anywhere in the world! The resources below will help you to explore what a career in bioscience could look like, and you can hear from biologists about their roles and how they got started.

• A-Z series on YouTube
• Technicians careers profiles
• Past bioscience careers day presentations

Secondary teachers and students

Students can find out about careers support for different areas of biology in our reference guides.

Teachers may wish to use these presentations for students in Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 learn more about options open to them in the biosciences.

The Becoming a Biologist: Degrees and Careers in Biology booklet contains information on different types of biosciences degrees and their alternatives, qualifications students will need to study them, skills gained from biological studies, and advice about careers students may go into after graduation. 

The Russell Group has launched a new interactive website aimed at supporting pupils in finding out more about subject choice and the impact that A levels (or equivalent) could have on their degree options. Find out more on the Informed Choices website.

Undergraduate resources

As a bioscience student you may have started thinking about what comes next after you graduate. You might have a particular role in mind, or, you might be uncertain on your next steps. Whilst you are a part of your university, use this valuable network as much as you can; attend as many careers fairs as possible, talk to your lecturers, use the careers services, get work experience, take an internship (if available to you). The Royal Society of Biology runs an annual bioscience careers day - this is a great opportunity to hear from people in the workforce, ask questions and explore your options.

• Next Steps: Options after a Bioscience degree is a careers guide for biological sciences students and graduates from the Royal Society of Biology and our Member Organisations.
• Spotlight on the Life Sciences is a guide to biology careers featuring a collection of articles and interviews from The Biologist magazine. It covers a broad range of bioscience fields.

Other careers resources

The Education Landscape Guide and the Education Landscape Index, has been developed to help SME's navigate the education system. These free resources can help connect your business with education and your potential future workforce.

The National STEM Learning Network has a searchable database of careers resources, which brings together several existing catalogues of STEM careers materials.

Launched in June 2023, the Green Careers Hub is a resource to inform and inspire anyone on how they can play a role in greening the economy and be part of the solution to climate change. 

Watch interviews with 50 biologists, including Sir David Attenborough Hon FRSB, Professor Dame Sally Davies, and Professor Richard Dawkins Hon FRSB, talking about their inspirations and careers on our Biology: Changing the World project website.

STEM Graduates is a recruitment agency working with scientists and listing jobs that are suitable for recent biology graduates.

Science Careers, from the peer-reviewed academic journal Science, provides tools for starting and developing your career as well as a worldwide jobs board and information on graduate programmes.

Wellcome Sanger Institute have created a range of careers videos covering scientific roles, and supporting roles such as communications, legal, HR and design. These vidoes can be found here.