Job possibilities after postgraduate study

Employment prospects after postgraduate study are, of course, influenced by what the person joins the postgraduate course with. There is no established career route for such a new field as might be the case for, say, Clinical Psychology. But it must be borne in mind that there are very few graduates a year in Investigative Psychology from Liverpool and none from anywhere else in the world. So that for some time to come there are likely to be more opportunities than people to take them. Certainly so far graduates have had a choice of possibilities. These are likely to be in the following areas:-

• Further postgraduate study at Liverpool or elsewhere;
• Joining research teams as research associates in many areas of Applied Psychology, Criminology etc;
• Becoming members of police forces as 'civilians' involved in intelligence work or as police officers;
• Lecturing posts (increasingly posts are being advertised for 'Criminal' or 'Forensic' Psychologists).

The field research skills central to the course are highly marketable and find their value in many areas of study, as varied as market research, or Home Office crime analysis. The general interest in the course should not be underestimated. This opens doors and provides the possibility of being interviewed for many different types of job in a way that more conventional postgraduate courses do not. As far as I can tell virtually all graduates of our course have found jobs in their chosen area within six months of completing the course.

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