About the careers day

Find out about the variety of careers open to bioscience students at the annual Royal Society of Biology Bioscience Careers Day (BCD).

Event format

This year the Bioscience Careers Day took place online on Tuesday 5th - Thursday 7th March, from 12:00-14:10 via Zoom and included:

Talks from industry professionals about the variety of careers available to bioscience graduates
Skills workshops aimed at giving bioscience students the chance to learn more about essential skills from CV writing tips and tricks to where to find further study after a degree
A chance to ask questions to representatives from learned societies and top organisations

Topics included careers in academia, clinical sciences and many more.

Programme

A programme is available to view on the BCD website. We've previously had talks on careers in industry, science communication, publishing, academia, ecology, patent law, teaching and more at past events. Download top presentations from past events. What career would you like to know more about? Get in touch with the events team at events@rsb.org.uk or tweet us at @RoyalSocBio using #RSBCareersDay.

Workshops

We held a series of workshops as part of the event, facilitated by representative from Universities, learned societies and industry professionals. These took place in breakout rooms within Zoom, and gave attendees the opportunity to ask more general questions and discuss ideas related to the below topics:

Tuesday 5th March - CV and application tips and tricks
Wednesday 6th March - Next steps: where to find further study after a degree
Thursday 7th March - What you've got and how to show it: Useful transferrable skills for the alternative careers job market

For more information on workshop facilitators, please visit the speakers page of the website.

Who can attend

BCD is aimed at undergraduate and master's students. Recent bioscience graduates, PhD students, postdocs, careers advisors and school/ college students considering a bioscience degree are also very welcome. Employers, if you would like to connect with talented students focused on their future careers, visit our sponsorship opportunities pages, or contact Ellie Barrand at events@rsb.org.uk to discuss opportunities.

If you are an employer wanting to find out more about sponsoring this event, please get in touch by emailing Ellie Barrand at events@rsb.org.uk

Sponsorship opportunities

If you would like to get involved in BCD and showcase the opportunities your company can offer to bioscience graduates, please visit our Sponsors and Supporters page to view our sponsorship packages.

Cost

RSB members - £5

Member of a Careers Committee organisation (see below) - £5

Non-member - £10

Bookings and bulk bookings

Bookings for this event have now closed. You can submit questions for speakers ahead of time by emailing your questions to events@rsb.org.uk

Contact

Please direct all enquiries to Ellie Barrand at events@rsb.org.uk or on 020 3925 3444.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

This event has been approved by the Royal Society of Biology for purposes of CPD and can be counted as 18 CPD points.

Cancellation policy

Over 10 working days before the event = 100% refund less 25% administration fee
Between 5 and 10 working days before the event = 50% refund less 25% administration fee
Less than 5 working days before the event = 0% refund

For more information, please visit the terms and conditions on our website.

Careers Committee

This event is supported by the following organisations, who have worked collaboratively with the Royal Society of Biology to bring together a diverse line-up of speakers for this event. The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, the Biochemical Society, the British Ecological Society, the British Pharmacological Society, the British Society for Immunology, the Gatsby Plant Science Education Programme, the Microbiology Society, the Society for Experimental Biology and The Physiological Society.