Postgraduate study: Get a job and earn more
Is it worth spending another few years at college? An advanced degree can help a graduate become more employable and earn a higher salary
The popular postgraduate courses in universities
Whether you want to further your career or broaden your educational horizons, there are hundreds of postgraduate options– which are the top university courses?
Popular and practical selection of courses in institutes of technology
Institutes of technology have a wide selection of popular postgrad courses, from cloud computing to social care, biopharmceutical science to screenwriting, traditional music to polymer technology
How to find the right postgraduate course
More than half of all undergraduates now go on to postgrad study – and there’s plenty to choose from
Convert your skills on a postgraduate course to give yourself new job prospects
Conversion courses offer those not happy with their initial choice of study a second chance to start again in a new field
Conversion courses: choosing the right one
Postgraduate degree can be a great springboard to a specialised area
Research postgrads: A topic you love, as you like
PhD and research masters students are highly disciplined, innovative thinkers and excellent communicators
MBA programmes: the stepping stone to a leadership role
MBAs are expensive and hard work is a given but the qualification can boost your salary and career
Postgraduate study: The benefits of the European option
With tuition and expenses cheaper in other European countries, students canopt to study further afield
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Postgrad profile: Madeleine D’Arcy (MA in creative writing)
‘I think [the course] gave me more confidence in myself. Writers get very lonely’
Postgrad profile: Cormac Murphy (MSc in regenerative medicine)
‘It’s about getting research from the lab to the clinic, which is what I’m interested in and focused on’
Postgrad profile: Anita Cooper (MSc in information and library management)
‘I found coding and digitisation interesting and might pursue the technical end of librarianship’
Postgrad profile: Angela McDonagh (MFA)
‘Most artists just love what they do, and that’s the thing that keeps you going’
Postgrad profile: Tim Moran (MA in leadership in early childhood care and education)
‘Graduate-level study is challenging, and it’s challenging to juggle it with family life and with my working life’
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