AimHigher Magazine 2021

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Careers
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Interested in studying History after school,
college or sixth form but not sure what jobs it
could lead to?
Shannen is an Aimhigher Plus Progression
Ambassador who studied History at university.
She gives us an insight into her experiences
studying History and the range of careers
available to humanities graduates.
Deciding what to study at university
was a hard choice. I didn’t have a
specific career in mind for the future
but knew I wanted to go to university.
I chose to study History because it was
my favourite subject at school and
college, and I knew it would provide
a variety of career options to choose
from.
In my final year of my degree I had a
few career options in mind: teaching,
social work, marketing, research, but
then an opportunity came up to work
with Aimhigher Plus. I had previously
worked with the Aimhigher Plus
team at my university as a student
ambassador and therefore had the
experience and knowledge that
enabled me to successfully get the
Aimhigher Progression Ambassador
position.
Studying History gave me many
transferrable skills that I use in my
current role such as verbal and written
communication, team-work, problemsolving
and critical reasoning. It
also provided me with the academic
research and writing skills to progress
onto studying a Master’s Degree in
Education.
History can lead to further study and
careers in History-related fields such
as heritage (museums), librarianship,
archives and archaeology. The West
Midlands is steeped in History and
there are many heritage sites that
offer job opportunities for History
graduates such as The Black Country
Museum, The Coffin Works, Warwick
Castle, Cadbury World and The Library
of Birmingham.
History graduates also have highly
valuable skills and knowledge to work
in a variety of other areas such as law,
media, education, research, business,
finance, politics and more!
Examples of jobs History
graduates can do:
• Academic Researcher
• Museum Curator
• Civil Servant
• Marketing Executive
• Editorial Assistant
• Teacher or Lecturer
• Policy Officer
• Copywriter
• Librarian
• Solicitor
To get a better
understanding of these jobs,
and other graduate careers,
go to www.prospects.ac.uk
and explore their huge range
of career profiles.
Did you know? Many Presidents and Prime
Ministers studied History including Winston
Churchill, George Bush, John F. Kennedy, Gordon
Brown and current President Joe Biden.
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Famous History Graduates
LOUIS THEROUX
JOB TITLE: FILMMAKER & BROADCASTER
DEGREE: HISTORY
KATE WILLIAMS
JOB TITLE: BRITISH HISTORIAN &
TV PRESENTER
DEGREE: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH HISTORY
ELLEN BARKIN
JOB TITLE: ACTRESS
DEGREE: HISTORY & DRAMA
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