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�� nuclear physicist honoured with prestigious Institute of Physics award

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�� nuclear physicist honoured with prestigious Institute of Physics award vb0027 Tue, 13/10/2026 - 09:04 Press release

Professor Zsolt Podolyak, an experimental nuclear physicist at the ��’s School of Mathematics and Physics, has been awarded the 2026 Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize by the Institute of Physics (IOP) for his discoveries in nuclear structure physics and leadership of international research collaborations.

Over the years, Professor Podolyak’s research has helped advance understanding of how the structure of atomic nuclei changes when they contain unusual numbers of protons and neutrons, offering new insights into some of the rarest and most unstable forms.

He has helped identify 129 nuclear isomers – atomic nuclei that can remain in an excited, higher-energy state before releasing that energy – placing him second worldwide for discoveries of these states, according to a 2026 ranking.

Professor Podolyak has also led major experimental programmes at research facilities in Germany and Japan using radioactive-ion beams, helping scientists investigate parts of the nuclear landscape that were previously difficult to access

He currently leads the international Nuclear Structure, Astrophysics and Reactions (NuSTAR) collaboration at the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) in Germany, bringing together more than 600 scientists involved in international nuclear research.

It is an honour to receive this award, and I am proud to represent the outstanding nuclear physics research being led here at ��.

“Nuclear physics is a highly collaborative field, and this recognition reflects the dedication and expertise of the many talented scientists I have had the privilege of working with around the world. Professor Zsolt Podolyak, Professor

Congratulating this year's award winners, Paul Howarth, President of the Institute of Physics, said:

Our award winners represent the very best of physics. Through their curiosity, expertise and dedication, they are expanding knowledge, driving innovation and inspiring the next generation of scientists.

"Physics underpins so much of the modern world, from healthcare and clean energy to advanced technologies and our understanding of the universe. The achievements we celebrate today demonstrate the extraordinary impact that physicists have in research, education, industry and
beyond. Paul Howarth, President of the IOP

The IOP is the professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland, as well as the leading body for practising physicists. Its annual awards proudly reflect the wide variety of people, places, organisations and achievements that make physics such an exciting discipline.

The Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize is among the IOP's awards recognising outstanding achievements in physics. Professor Podolyak follows in the footsteps of fellow �� nuclear physicist Professor Philip Walker, who received the Ernest Rutherford Medal and Prize in 2019.

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Does our ability to listen to our body impact our mental health? New study set to investigate

nm0034 — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:33:02 +0000

Does our ability to listen to our body impact our mental health? New study set to investigate nm0034 Mon, 12/10/2026 - 12:33 Press release

Psychologists at the �� are inviting volunteers to take part in a unique new study examining how the brain processes bodily signals, like heartbeats or hunger (interoception), and whether it is connected to a person’s mental health over time.

Interoception is thought to be important for mental health and wellbeing, and research shows it varies between people, including across clinical groups, sexes and genders. However, almost all this work compares one person with another. Little is known about how people may change over time due to factors like hormones, and what this means for known differences in mental health between sexes and genders.

To help understand more about this, the team are recruiting adults aged 18-40 to explore how interoception and mood change over time, and whether the menstrual cycle and hormonal contraception make a difference.

Despite not being widely known, interoception is our ‘eighth sense’ and refers to how we process signals coming from inside our body – like feeling our heartbeats or breathing. We believe it matters for mental health, but we’ve mostly looked at how people differ from each other, not how each person changes over time.

By following people day to day, including across the menstrual cycle and in those using hormonal contraception, we hope to understand how changes in the body relate to changes in mood, and why mental health can differ between groups. Dr Jennifer Murphy, Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Throughout the study, participants are required, over approximately four weeks, to use a series of smartphone apps and answer short daily questions. Questions will focus on bodily physical symptoms, interoception and mood.

In addition, every four days, participants will complete two tasks – one of which will measure a person’s ability to feel their own heartbeat. 

To fully understand the relationship between interoception and wellbeing, we need to understand both how interoception varies within individuals over time and why it differs between individuals. Distinguishing these sources of variation is important for identifying how, and for whom, interventions may be most effective. Dr Murphy concluded

If you would like to take part in this study, please follow the link for further details: https://surreyfahs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cCIrGLK5GIVDS3c

Please direct your queries to InSyncStudy@surrey.ac.uk

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Five award nominations for ��'s Games Design degree

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Five award nominations for ��'s Games Design degree m11540 Mon, 12/10/2026 - 12:27 News

The BSc Games Design degree programme at the �� has been shortlisted as finalists in the ‘TIGA Games Industry Awards 2026’, in the categories of ‘Best Educational Institution’ and ‘Best Educational Initiative’.

Games Design at ��

The short-listings recognise the good work the games team have been doing to provide a positive, industry-focused student experience, including:

Hosting 20+ industry guest talks and workshops from local studios such as Larian and Wargaming
Games testing projects with designers 22cans on their recent Masters of Albion title
Organising a series of outreach workshops with local colleges and the �� Hills Arts partnership.

Three student projects have also been short listed for the TIGA Games Education Awards 2026:

Best student game - Ditsy Bitsy! by Phoebe Fan
Diversity and inclusion award
Excellence in games research

Programme Leader Dr Jon Weinel comments: “We’re thrilled to be finalists again in TIGA’s Games Industry Awards and Games Education Awards. These awards reflect the hard work from the games team including both staff and students, putting together various events including the �� Hills XP workshops with �� Hills Arts and a regular programme of industry guest talks, game jams and events working with the local community. Special congratulations to Phoebe Fan, who made the finalists lists for Best Student Game – a testament to the amazing work being produced by our students on the games course.”

TIGA is the trade association representing the UK’s video games industry. These awards recognise outstanding students, excellent education providers and best practice.

The winners will be announced in November at an awards ceremony in London.

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Programme Leader - Games Design; Senior Lecturer in Games Design

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Helen Hardy: building a more inclusive game

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When Helen Hardy received a letter from the ��, she assumed it was an alumni newsletter. Her dad opened it for her at home in Newcastle while Helen was in Manchester. “He was like, ‘I don’t know whether you’re being messed around with, but you’ve won something,’” she laughs

Alumni Award Winner - Helen Hardy

That “something” was the 2026 Vice-Chancellor’s Alumni Award for Alumni Achievement: recognition of Helen’s pioneering work in women’s sport, inclusion and entrepreneurship. As founder and CEO of FOUDYS, the world’s first women’s football retail site - and now the first physical women’s football retail shop, based in Manchester - and founder of Manchester Laces, now the largest inclusive women’s and non-binary football club in Manchester, Helen has helped reshape who football is for - and who gets to feel at home in the game.

Finding her place at ��

Helen studied for a BA in Acting at Guildford School of Acting (GSA), graduating in 2012. For her, GSA had been “one of the best theatre schools in the world” since she was a teenager. She auditioned at 18, did not get in, and tried again the following year.

“I got in second time,” she says. “Drama school brings you a level of resilience… it tests you mentally and it tests you physically.”

The setting mattered too. Helen remembers visiting Guildford with her dad and feeling that �� offered something different from her other options in London: a beautiful, safe-feeling campus and town, with historic buildings, the river and a sense of community, yet still close to the capital.

“He was like, ‘You’re so lucky. Look how beautiful this area is,’” she recalls. “It was the icing on the cake really.”

From stagecraft to leadership

Although Helen once imagined becoming a West End actor, her �� experience equipped her for a different kind of stage. She believes the skills learned at GSA - confidence, communication, resilience and an understanding of human behaviour - became central to her later career.

“The art of being an actor is that you are part of a community,” she says. “When you’re performing and you’re in a production or in rehearsal, you’re relied on by multiple people.”

That same sense of shared responsibility now informs her leadership. Whether building a team, speaking to investors or creating a football club where people feel safe, Helen draws on the psychology, empathy and adaptability she developed through acting.

“I look back and all of those traits we were taught over those three years, I bring into my everyday life now,” she says.

A journey of unexpected turns

After graduation, Helen moved to London and took a customer service job with a car wash company. She quickly progressed into sales and regional management, before joining Stagecoach Performing Arts in Manchester, where she worked with theatre schools and young performers.

Then the pandemic hit. Furlough and redundancy gave Helen the space to revisit an idea she had carried since the 2019 Women’s World Cup: “why was it so difficult to buy women’s football shirts, and kit with the right personalisation and fit?”

In December 2020, from her bedroom, she launched FOUDYS. Starting with a heat press machine and around £3,000 from her redundancy pay, Helen began putting women’s players’ names on the back of jerseys. It was a simple idea that met a huge unmet demand.

“I’ve always been a football fan since birth,” she says. “But there was no accessibility to women’s football products. You couldn’t get a women’s football jersey without hunting through the internet.”

FOUDYS has since grown into a recognised women’s sports retailer, named Retail Business of the Year in 2022, and continues to place women’s sport front and centre.

Creating Manchester Laces

In 2021, Helen also wanted to return to playing football. But traditional club environments had rarely felt right. She imagined something different: an 11-a-side team built on empowerment, kindness and compassion.

At the first Manchester Laces session, around 50 people turned up. Today, the club welcomes hundreds of players every week and has become a leading inclusive space for women, non-binary people and gender-diverse players. Its open-door approach was shaped by listening: when transgender participants arrived at the first session, Helen realised there were barriers she had not fully understood - and committed to learning.

“Inclusivity is not a destination, it’s a journey,” she says. “You’ve got to incrementally improve always.”

That ethos has led the club to consider everything from pitch access to privacy, faith and culture, player safety, community values and the different reasons people come to football.

Changing access to the game

Growth has not been without challenges. Pitch space remains a major issue in women’s football, shaped by decades of historic exclusion. Helen describes the legacy of the women’s game being banned for more than 50 years as something still felt in access, infrastructure and attitudes.

But Manchester Laces has helped prove what is possible. After England’s Euro 2022 win, demand surged. The club secured more pitch space and continued growing. It has inspired similar communities, including Leeds Laces, and created friendships, support networks and even marriages.

For Helen, the impact is deeply personal. “I’ve never felt safer in a football environment to be myself,” she says. “It’s like a sisterhood.”

Recognition, reflection and what comes next

Winning the Vice-Chancellor’s Alumni Award has given Helen a rare moment to pause. She describes feeling surprised, proud and slightly disbelieving that �� would recognise her alongside alumni achieving extraordinary things across many fields.

A previous moment of recognition came when her portrait was displayed on the steps of Wembley Stadium for International Women’s Day 2022. Standing there alone at night, looking at her face at Wembley, she finally began to understand the scale of what she had built.

“It was a really beautiful moment of reflection,” she says.

Awards are not what motivate Helen. The work does. Her focus remains on growing FOUDYS, supporting women’s sport, and ensuring football spaces are safer, kinder and more inclusive.

Her advice to students and graduates is simple: do not pressure yourself to have everything mapped out. “You don’t have to have a big career change,” she says. “You can just take a little step forward and feel your way through.”

For Helen Hardy, those steps have helped thousands of people find their place in football - and shown what can happen when creativity, courage and community come together.

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AI system could transform rabies testing around the world

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AI system could transform rabies testing around the world vb0027 Mon, 12/10/2026 - 09:09 Press release

Rabies virus detection in cell cultures could soon become faster and more accessible, thanks to a world-first AI system developed by researchers at the ��’s Institute for People-Centred AI (PAI) in collaboration with the Rabies and Viral Zoonoses team at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).

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The breakthrough is designed to help improve surveillance of one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases and deliver practical, laboratory-ready tools that can be adopted in endemic countries.

Despite being almost entirely preventable through vaccination, rabies causes around 59,000 human deaths every year. Current practices for diagnosis and measuring protective antibodies through vaccination still rely on specialists manually examining thousands of microscope images – which can be slow, labour-intensive and open to differences in interpretation.

In a DEFRA-funded study published in Nature Scientific Reports, the research team created the first AI-based workflow capable of identifying rabies virus infection in cell cultures and accurately measuring antibody concentration levels.

Using more than 2,300 fluorescence images containing over 36,000 annotated image sections, the team trained several deep learning models to recognise rabies virus infection within cells. The best-performing model correctly classified 99.6 per cent of samples and almost perfectly distinguished infected from uninfected cells, avoiding false alarms.

Rabies is one of the world’s oldest and deadliest infectious diseases, claiming tens of thousands of lives every year because timely diagnosis and surveillance remain challenging in many parts of the world. Once clinical signs appear, it is almost always fatal, so prevention and early diagnosis are essential.

"Our AI workflow provides laboratories with a faster and more consistent way to analyse samples while reducing the reliance on manual interpretation. Joan Manuel Amaya Cuesta, Viral Zoonoses Research Scientist

The technology could help laboratories analyse samples more quickly and consistently, particularly in countries where rabies remains endemic and specialist expertise is limited. It could also reliably measure antibody levels used to assess vaccine protection and support international pet travel requirements.

The research reflects the ��’s Institute for People-Centred AI’s commitment to developing AI that addresses real-world challenges and delivers meaningful benefits for society. By combining advanced machine learning with the practical needs of diagnostic laboratories, the research team aims to create tools that support scientific expertise, improve consistency and help make reliable testing more accessible, particularly in regions where specialist resources are limited.

This research shows how AI can support scientists by carrying out complex image analysis quickly, consistently and at scale. While we've demonstrated this approach for rabies, the same framework could be applied to other infectious diseases that rely on similar laboratory tests, helping researchers and diagnostic laboratories make better use of AI in the future. Professor Miroslaw Bober, Professor of Video Processing and Machine Intelligence

The results establish a framework that can be adapted for the detection, analysis, and surveillance of other pathogens, supporting broader applications of AI across infectious disease research and diagnostics.

We hope this innovation will help strengthen rabies surveillance and, ultimately, support global efforts to eliminate human deaths from this disease. This technology is now being further developed for use to detect the virus in infected brain tissue which we hope will transform international rabies diagnostic laboratories. Dr Lorraine M. McElhinney, Head of the National Reference Laboratory for Human and Animal Rabies at the APHA

The breakthrough is translating cutting-edge AI architectures into a practical workflow for rabies testing. We evaluated convolutional neural network (CNN) and transformer-based architectures, including MambaOut and Swin Transformer V2, with MambaOut achieving the strongest performance at 99.6% accuracy in classifying culture wells in our evaluation. Our workflow connects infection detection in microscope images with antibody quantification, matching expert assessments of antibody levels on previously unseen test images. This marks an exciting step towards more automated, consistent, and scalable laboratory analysis, with the potential to strengthen rabies surveillance and vaccine assessment. Dr Syed Sameed Husain, Lecturer in People-Centred AI

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Motor Characteristics of Early Walking Children with Williams Syndrome Research

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Motor Characteristics of Early Walking Children with Williams Syndrome Research ps111io Sat, 10/10/2026 - 17:36 News

A journal article, led by Gloria Yoshkova and published in April 2026, examines motor characteristics of first unsupported walking in toddlers with Williams syndrome (WS) compared to neurotypical peers.

The study found that children with WS began walking independently significantly later than their neurotypical peers. Despite this, their overall walking quality was broadly similar, with only subtle differences in movement patterns, including slightly more out-toeing. Children with WS also showed greater walking symmetry, although this difference was no longer significant when age was considered.

These results highlight the importance of closely examining early motor development, as subtle differences in movement may be linked to later difficulties and could help inform targeted interventions and provide insight into how motor skills develop.

The full paper is available through Research Gate: Yoshkova, G. K., Moss, J., & Farran, E. K. (2026). Motor characteristics of early walking in children with Williams syndrome. Perceptual and Motor Skills. https://doi.org/10.1177/00315125261439975

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Jim Al-Khalili to delve into the mysteries of time at Guildford Book Festival

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Jim Al-Khalili to delve into the mysteries of time at Guildford Book Festival vb0027 Fri, 09/10/2026 - 09:46 Press release

Acclaimed physicist and broadcaster, Professor Jim Al-Khalili, will join fellow �� astrophysicist, Dr Noelia Noël, at the Guildford Book Festival for a conversation exploring one of science’s greatest mysteries: the nature of time.

Taking place on Tuesday evening, 13 October, at Guildford Baptist Church, the event will centre on Professor Al-Khalili’s new book, On Time: The Physics That Makes the Universe Tick.

The book explores questions that have puzzled philosophers and scientists for thousands of years, including whether time had a beginning and if it will have an end, why it appears to flow towards the future rather than the past, whether it can be stretched, squeezed or even reversed – and, at the deepest level, whether time itself is real.

In a conversation with host Dr Noël, Professor Al-Khalili will take audiences on a journey through physics, philosophy and cosmology, unpacking what modern science can tell us about something that governs every moment of our lives yet remains mysterious.

Time is something we all experience, but the deeper you look, the stranger it becomes. Quantum mechanics, relativity and thermodynamics all give us different ways of understanding what time is and how it works. That’s what makes it such a fascinating mystery – we live our whole lives by it, yet there is still so much we don’t understand. Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Physics

Professor Al-Khalili is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics at ��, a Fellow of the Royal Society and one of the UK’s best-known science communicators. He has written numerous popular science books, presented television documentaries and is best known for his long-running BBC Radio 4 programme The Life Scientific.

Dr Noelia Noël is a Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics at the ��’s School of Mathematics and Physics. She has received multiple awards and recognition for her work, including a prestigious 2026 Leadership Fellowship in Public Engagement from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), recognising her contributions to astrophysics and sustainable space research, as well as her commitment to creating more inclusive pathways into science.

Jim has a wonderful ability to make some of the biggest questions in physics accessible, exciting and relevant to everyone. Time is something we all think we understand because we experience it every day, yet in physics it quickly becomes wonderfully strange. I’m really looking forward to exploring those ideas with Jim and sharing the conversation with audiences here in Guildford. Dr Noelia Noel, Senior Lecturer, PhD in Astrophysics

The ticketed event, Jim Al-Khalili in conversation with Dr Noelia Noël – On Time, is dedicated to the memory of Patricia Grayburn, in recognition of her strong and lasting connection with the ��.

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Top jobs with a biosciences degree

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A biosciences degree from �� will equip you with the experience, skills and knowledge needed to start your career. Discover more about our undergraduate courses and where your degree could take you.

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You can work for a range of organisations, from pharmaceutical companies to charitable organisations like Cancer Research UK.

Your future, your choice

With a career in biosciences, you’ll investigate life in all its forms and use your skills to transform and improve lives. You’ll find our graduates working in a range of exciting roles, including:

Animal health officer
Biomedical scientist
Clinical data manager
Clinical research associate
Clinical trial associate
Customer service analyst
Data scientist
Drug safety specialist
Government and public health scientist
Healthcare scientist
Laboratory analysts and technician
Pharmacy assistant
Quality engineer
Quality officer
Research analyst
Research laboratory assistant
Scientific data analysis specialist.

After graduation, some of our students also go on to further study, including postgraduate research and graduate dentistry, as well as medicine and veterinary medicine programmes.

With the critical thinking, decision-making and communication skills learnt throughout our courses, several of our graduates have sought alternative careers in business, healthcare, finance, publishing, and teaching.

Since graduating from �� I have worked in sea turtle rescue, hands-on marine mammal care, ocean conservation and biology education... We need passionate people in these fields, now more than ever! Sophie, Biological Sciences BSc

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Our courses will prepare you for a wide range of careers, with 94% of our biosciences graduates in employment or further study within 15 months of graduating (Graduate Outcomes 2026, HESA).

Our alumni can be found around the world, with recent graduates working for:

AstraZeneca
The Food Standards Agency
Burnley Football Club
Heathrow Animal Reception Centre
Cancer Research UK
Institute of Cancer Research
J Sainsbury plc
The Body Shop International plc.

My placement completely set me up for my early career. I began working in a laboratory with skills beyond the level I was being trained at in my new job, and it gave me a head-start to carry out my own research to a high standard. Maria, Biochemistry BSc

Supporting your career journey

Over the last decade, our employment figures have been among the best in the UK. We offer careers information, advice and guidance to all students whilst studying with us, which is extended to our alumni for three years after leaving the University. This includes offering support and guidance if you choose to do a placement, which is a fantastic way of gaining employment experience.

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Your future in food science, nutrition and dietetics

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A degree in food science, nutrition and dietetics will equip you with the experience, skills and knowledge needed to start your career in this rewarding field. Discover more about our undergraduate courses and what your future could hold.

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Depending on your chosen course, you could find yourself working face-to-face with patients in hospitals or in industrial research laboratories.

Outstanding careers and employability support

Our award-winning careers and employability service will help you find the right career path whilst you study with us and will continue supporting you even after you graduate.

Graduate Outcomes 2026

94% of our biosciences graduates are in work or further study within 15 months of graduating.

Your future, your choice

Graduates of our Food Science and Nutrition course, which is accredited by the Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST), are in high demand by food and beverage industries and take on roles as:

Conformance managers
Food technologists
Process technologists
Regulatory analysts.

Our Nutrition course is accredited by the Association for Nutrition. This means that on successful completion of your studies, you’ll have the academic requirements needed to apply for direct entry into the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists, to work as an associate nutritionist (ANutr). Once you’ve gained three years of post-degree professional experience, you’ll be eligible to apply for registered nutritionist status (RNutr). ANutr and RNutr nutritionists are the only evidence-based nutritionists recognised by Public Health England and the Department of Health.

In comparison, our Nutrition and Dietetics course is accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), which means that on successful completion of your studies, you’ll have the academic requirements needed to register to work as a dietitian. The course is also accredited by the British Dietetic Association (BDA).

Some of our graduates go on to work in the food industry, for major food and supermarket companies like Fresenius (based in Germany), or Wiltshire Farm Foods, while others create their own nutrition roles within social media and education, working with small and medium-sized enterprises and start-up companies.

Many students also use our courses to apply for further study, including postgraduate research.

During my time at ��, I completed workshops to develop my time management and presentation skills, and went to careers sessions to help improve my LinkedIn profile, practise my interview techniques and prepare for assessment centres.

I also took part in the Enterprise Summer School, where I developed a business idea and learnt about business models. It was a great opportunity and I got to meet lots of new people. Ho Ka Wa, Food Science and Nutrition BSc

Employers

Our food science and nutrition alumni can be found in industrial research laboratories across the UK, with recent graduates working for:

Apetito
Bakkavör
Leatherhead Food Research
Renshaw
Sainsbury’s
Unilever
Whole Foods Market.

Our nutrition graduates work in public health, hospital and industrial research labs, with recent graduates working for:

Adelie Foods Ltd.
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Nestlé
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Most of our nutrition and dietetics alumni go on to work in clinical dietetics or health promotion for an NHS trust across the UK. The NHS is one of the largest employers of dietitians and nutritionists in the UK and is home to a diverse range of specialist roles in hospitals, practice surgeries, people’s homes and the wider community. Visit the NHS careers website for further information on dietitian and nutritionist roles.

If you want to hear directly from a food scientist about their career, listen to The Food Science Addict podcast episode below with Annelie, owner of Food Crumbles. Hosted by Dr Veronica Giacintucci, lecturer in food science at ��, and sponsored by the Institute of Food Science and Technology, the podcast delves into all things food science-related, including careers in the field.

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Your future as a paramedic

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A degree in paramedic science will equip you with the experience, skills and knowledge needed to start your career in this rewarding field. Discover more about our Paramedic Science BSc and what your future could hold.

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Most of our graduates are based in ambulance stations, with close ties to local hospitals and specialist healthcare facilities.

Your future, your choice

Our Paramedic Science course is accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), which means that on successful completion of your studies, you’ll have the academic requirements needed to register to work as a paramedic.

Throughout your career, you’ll work as a member of a multidisciplinary team, with opportunities to get involved with specialist practice, GP surgeries, and community services. You could also explore alternative career paths in education, management, mentoring or research.

Visit the NHS careers website for further information about being a paramedic.

I enjoyed my clinical placements, both the ambulance placements and the short placements which gave a flavour of working in other areas of healthcare. I have already secured a role in the ambulance trust I undertook my placements with. Jo M, Paramedic Science BSc

Employers

The NHS is the largest employer of paramedics in the UK. Our alumni can be found working for NHS trusts across the UK, with recent graduates working for:

Royal �� NHS Foundation Trust
South East Coast Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust
�� and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

100% of our health sciences graduates are in work or further study within 15 months of graduating (Graduate Outcomes 2026, HESA).

I’m a frontline paramedic and a Specialist Operations Response Team (SORT) paramedic, keeping a regular portfolio of training to remain an active deployable asset to critical and national terror and chemical incidents. James D, Paramedic Science BSc

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With your HCPC registration, you’ll be eligible to work throughout the UK. You can also use your qualification to practise outside of the UK, within the EU or further afield.

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