Careers in Physics: A day in the life of ...

The recently announced Irish Leaving Certificate examination results and college CAO entry requirements have cast a spotlight on the number of students studying science. And a spotlight has also been shone on their career opportunities in the long term...


A new resource published by the Institute of Physics in Ireland (IoP) will go a long way towards clarifying the wide variety of jobs that physics graduates can actually do. The IoP has recently produced a series of 18 flyers, each describing a day in the life of a person pursuing a career in physics, and they are available to download as PDFs from its website. I have to admit that I do have a personal interest in this project - one of the profiles is a day in the life of a video producer and features me!