My degree course was wonderfully broad, across both human and physical geography, and I appreciated the opportunity to create my own pathway through my programme. By my third year, I found myself focusing in on cultural geography and I wrote my dissertation about socio-spatial isolation on London’s Underground. This project was a study of the rules and power structures that govern space and, while I was fascinated by the topic, I was not quite sure how this translated into a career after university.
Geography sits uniquely on the humanities– sciences spectrum, and consequently the skills I developed during my degree were multidisciplinary. This broad skillset opened doors, but I found it challenging to know what kind of career I would enjoy. In thinking about jobs, I focused instead on bigger themes, such as motivators, impacts and purpose to help me narrow down my options.
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