Careers

The Careers Department ensures that all pupils, from Year 7 upwards, are kept fully up to date with the most recent careers information, so that they can make well informed decisions about their next steps after St Benedict’s. There are lunchtime career talks, including ‘Life as a Lawyer’, ‘Careers in Oil and Gas’ and ‘How to make your CV stand out from the crowd,’ and a plethora of career related visits, activities and events for all year groups.

St Benedict's A level choices session — Sixth Form students talk to Year 11 about their A level courses

There are regular careers interviews with Lower 6^th students and parents. Upper 6th students are given guidance when making their university and course choices, and closely supported throughout the application process.

Careers Advisor, Sally Hopgood, with a Sixth Form student

Oxbridge, Medicine and Veterinary applicants

Potential candidates for these highly competitive fields are identified several years before applications are made, and are given the tutorial and interview preparation they need.

St Benedict's medicine mock interviews — Interview preparation for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science applicants

St Benedict's Oxbridge interview — Oxbridge interview practice

In partnership with St Benedict’s alumni

The Careers Department works closely with the Development Office, in order to draw on the extensive and impressive experience of St Benedict’s alumni. Our alumni are extremely generous in giving their time, advice and work experience opportunities to St Benedict’s pupils, and are hugely involved in delivering the biennial St Benedict’s Career Fair and a Networking and Mentoring programme.

St Benedict's Careers

Higher Education Destinations 2018

University Destinations 2018

Destination Aston	Course Business and Politics
Bath	Economics
Bath	International Management and Modern Languages - Spanish
Bath	Politics and International Relations.
Birkbeck	Law
Birmingham	Psychology
Birmingham	Political Science and International Relations
Birmingham	Philosophy
Birmingham	Archaeology and Anthropology
Birmingham	Business Management (Year in Industry) (4 years)
Bournemouth	Games Design
Brighton	Biomedical Science
Bristol	Medicine - MBChB Standard entry (5 years)
Bristol	English
Bristol	English
Bristol	Sociology
Bristol	French
Brunel	Law
Cardiff	Economics/Philosophy
Cardiff	Business Management with a Professional Placement Year
Cardiff	Law
Cardiff	Modern History and Politics (Integrated)
Cardiff	Politics/Spanish (4 years)
Cardiff	Financial Mathematics
Cardiff	Business Management
Cardiff	French/Spanish (4 years)
Cardiff	Mathematics
Cardiff Metropolitan	English and Media
Durham	History
Edinburgh	Psychology
Exeter	Economics and Finance with Industrial Experience
Exeter	Biomedical Science
Exeter	Geography (Science)
Hartpury	Strength and Conditioning (With Foundation Year)
Kent	Management with a Year in Industry
Kent	Mathematics with a foundation year (4 years)
Leeds	Geography
Leeds	English Literature and Theatre Studies
Liverpool	Economics
Liverpool	Business Management
Liverpool	Avionic Systems
Loughborough	Economics
Newcastle	Mathematics with Finance
Newcastle	Economics
Newcastle	Computer Science
Newcastle	Business Management
Newcastle	Joint Honours Psychology and Nutrition
Newcastle	Law
Nottingham	Pharmaceutical Sciences (with a Year in Industry)
Nottingham	Economics
Nottingham	American Studies and History
Nottingham	Law
Nottingham	History of Art
Nottingham	Archaeology and Geography
Nottingham Trent	Marketing
Oxford	Philosophy and Theology
Portsmouth	Marine Biology
Portsmouth	Architecture
Portsmouth	Television and Broadcasting
Portsmouth (Solent)	Digital Music with Foundation Year in Popular Music Production
Queen Mary, University of London	Computer Science with Industrial Experience
Reading	Biochemistry
Reading	Politics and International Relations
Royal Holloway	Music
Royal Holloway	International Relations
Royal Holloway	Law
Royal Holloway	History
Sheffield	Materials Science with Nuclear Engineering
Southampton	Nursing Child Branch BN
Southampton	Economics
Southampton	Politics and Economics
Southampton	Geography
St Andrew's	German and Russian (year abroad)
St Andrew's	Biochemistry
St Andrew's	Medicine
St Mary's Twickenham	Sports Coaching Science with Foundation Year
Surrey	Electronic Engineering with Nanotechnology
Surrey	Accounting and Finance
Surrey	Economics and Finance with Foundation Year
Surrey	Mathematics
Surrey	Economics
Sussex	Business, Management and Economics (with a foundation year)
Sussex	Business and Management Studies (with a professional placement year)
Sussex	Geography
Trinity St David's	International Hotel Management
UCL	Engineering (Mechanical)
UCL	History with a European Language (4 years)
University of Guelph, Canada	Business
Warwick	Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics (MORSE)
Warwick	Philosophy
Warwick	Mathematics
Warwick	Computer Science
Westminster	Law
Overseas universities University of Guelph, Canada University of Leiden University of Amsterdam University of Waterloo, USA University of Drexel, USA Year in industry A year with Proctor and Gamble	Business Political Science Psychology Business Economics

63% of students achieved their first choice university
14% achieved their second choice
11% went into Clearing
8% chose an alternative pathway - for example gap years, Year in Industry.
4% chose to study overseas

Higher Education Destinations 2017

University Destinations 2017

Destination	Course
Aston University, Birmingham	Business and Supply Chain Management
Bangor	Marine Biology
Bath	Mathematics
Birmingham	Classics
	Political Science and International Relations
Birmingham City University	Criminology
Brighton	Business with Finance
	Business
Bristol	Medicine - MBChB Standard entry (5 years)
	English
Bristol University of the West of England	Sport Rehabilitation
	Criminology
	Geography
Cardiff	Geology
	Sociology
	Religion and Theology
	Economics/History
	Ancient History
	Environmental Geography
Cardiff University Metropolitan University	Business and Management Studies (3 Years or 4 Years including Foundation)
City University, London	Mechanical Engineering
Durham	Theology and Religion
	Chemistry (Industrial)
	Geography
Exeter	English
	Politics and Sociology
Glasgow	English Literature
	Geography
	History
Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh	International Business Management with Marketing
Imperial College, London University	Computing
	Materials Science and Engineering
	Design Engineering
Institute of Contemporary Music - Performance	Creative Musicianship
KCL School of Design	War Studies
Keele	Biochemistry
King's College London University	International Management
	Theology
Kingston University	Economics
Leeds	Classical Literature and Philosophy
	Classical Civilisation
	Management
Liverpool	History and Economics
Liverpool John Moores	Drama and English
Loughborough	International Business
	Sport and Exercise Science
Manchester	Biomedical Sciences with Industrial/Professional Experience
	Geography
	Engineering
Manchester Metropolitan University	Mechanical Engineering
Newcastle	Economics
	Ancient History
Nottingham	Philosophy
	Modern Languages with Business
	Geography with Business
	Geography with Business
	Philosophy
	Politics and International Relations
	Geography
	Film and Television Studies and American Studies
	Politics and International Relations
	American and Canadian Literature, History and Culture
Nottingham Trent University	International Business
	Business
Oxford Brooks University	International Business Management
	Business Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
Queen Mary's University of London	Biology
Queen's Belfast	Law
Reading	Geography (Human)
	Art and Psychology
Roehampton University	English Literature
Royal Holloway College, London University	Politics, Philosophy and Economics
	Business and Management (Year in Business)
	Human Geography
Royal Veterinary College, University of London	Veterinary Medicine
San Pablo CEU University in Madrid	Physiotherapy
Sheffield	Chemical Engineering
	Economics
	French and Economics
Sheffield Hallam University	Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Southampton	Music and Business Management
Surrey	Chemical Engineering
Sussex	Geography
	Art History
Swansea	Business Management
University College, University of London	Urban Planning, Design and Management
	Engineering (Mechanical)
University of East Anglia	History
Warwick	Automotive Engineering
	Mathematics and Physics
	Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics, Economics
	Economics
	Engineering
York	Social and Political Sciences
	Computer Science
	Economics

University Destinations 2016

Destination	Course
The Academy of Contemporary Music	Music Performance - Vocals / Singing (Music Industry Practice)
Anglia Ruskin University	Business Management
Bangor University	Geography
University of Bath	Education with Psychology (Full-Time)
The University of Birmingham	History
	Drama and English
	Drama and Theatre Arts
	History
	Geography
Bridge Theatre School	Performing Arts
University of Bristol	Economics and Finance
	Law
	Classical Studies
	Computer Science
	Geography
	Geography
	Social Policy
University of Brighton	International Business (4-year sandwich)
Bristol, University of the West of England	Accounting and Finance
City University London	Politics
Coventry University	Health and Life Science (Foundation)
Durham University	General Engineering
University of Edinburgh	Ancient and Medieval History
	History
University of Exeter	Geography (Science)
	Philosophy and Sociology with Study Abroad (4 years)
Goldsmiths, University of London	Music
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh	Mechanical Engineering
King's College London	Biomedical Science
	Classical Studies
	Chemistry
University of Kent	English and American Literature and Creative Writing
Kingston University	Foundation Art
Loughborough University	Physics
	Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Leeds	History
University of Leicester	Medicine
University of Liverpool	Law
	Ancient History
	Marketing
University of Manchester	Geography
	International Management with American Business Studies
	Social Anthropology
	International Business, Finance and Economics
	Social Anthropology
	Biochemistry (4 years) [MSci]
Manchester Metropolitan University	Sociology
	Economics
University of Groningen, Netherlands	Medicine
University of Newcastle upon Tyne	Economics and Finance
	Geography and Planning
	Earth Science
University of Nottingham	Sociology
	Ancient History and History
	Geography
	English with Creative Writing
	Theology and Religious Studies
	Archaeology and Classical Civilisation
Oxford University	Chemistry
	Philosophy and Theology
	Medicine
Oxford Brookes University	International Foundation Arts, Humanities and Law
	Economics, Finance and International Business
University of Reading	Geography (Physical)
Royal Holloway, University of London	Geography
Roehampton University	Sociology
Sheffield Hallam University	Architecture
University of Southampton	Politics
University of Surrey	Veterinary Medicine and Science
	Biochemistry
	Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Sussex	Psychology with Economics
	Social Sciences (with a foundation year)
	Mechanical Engineering
	Biosciences with a Foundation Year
Swansea University	War and Society
University of Warwick	History and Politics
	International Management (including year abroad)
	Economics
	English Literature and Creative Writing
The University of York	Economics