- The range of careers followed by our recent graduates is varied. A number
of them have gone on to further study, with The choice of doctoral thesis
subjects including mathematical modelling (biosensors and the fluid
mechanics of foams), algebra (group theory), mathematical logic, artificial
intelligence, economics, mathematical physics. A 1985 graduate has recently
embarked on a PHD on mediaeval eclesiastical history. More vocational MSc
courses have provided a stepping stone into careers in statistics and
operational research. A significant number have trained as actuaries and
accountants, and many are doing well in other areas of financial services.
Those with a degree with a computer science component have almost always
followed a career in this area, and some mathematicians have taken up
computing too. Nothing seems out of reach: over the past thirty years we
have had one of our alumni becoming a winemaster, one a GP, one a childbirth
instructor, one training for ministry in the Church of England, and one,
when last heard of, earning a living playing pub quiz machines.
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