Chapter 15. Careers and Next Steps

Skills developed: critical thinking, analysis, communication, research, cross-cultural understanding, ethical judgement, problem solving and teamwork.

Possible careers and fields: teaching and education, law, public administration and policy, diplomacy and international organizations, journalism and media, social work and counselling, human resources, market research and marketing, economics and finance, nonprofit and development work, museums, libraries and heritage, publishing, translation, data analysis and academic research.

Choosing further study. Consider the topics that interest you, the skills you enjoy using, entry requirements and job opportunities. Combine disciplines where useful, for example economics with statistics, psychology with biology, or politics with languages.

Next steps

Read widely across disciplines and in different perspectives.

Join discussions, debates, clubs or community projects.

Practise writing clear arguments and using evidence.

Learn basic statistics and data skills, which are useful across fields [31][32].

Explore internships, volunteering and fieldwork.

Keep learning throughout life, as societies and knowledge keep changing.

Further study: sociology [6][7], psychology [12], anthropology [19], economics [21], political science [26][27], philosophy [2][3], law [28] and research methods [31][32].