The TSR Geology Society!

anyone here doing geology at uni, or has done it?!!
what are you going to do after your degree??
im really intereseted in the course, but the seemingly lack of job prospects is putting me off!!

There's loads and loads you can do with a geology degree. I personally don't really know what I want to do with mine yet though. I haven't really found anything I really love.

Anyway, stuff you can do with geology: oil/hydrocarbons, minerals, hydrology, engineering geology, further research (PhD or further), marine surveying (if you go down a geophysicsy route), things like making sure that contaminants like nuclear waste don't escape and then there must be loads of other's that I can't think of off the top of my head! Then there's also loads of unrelated jobs that you can go to like teaching, finance stuff etc.. In conclusion - loads!

ohh okayy thanks for that! ...so if i was to decide to go down the hydrology or oil industry route for example, would that mean i would be consigning myself to long hours of work in loads of different locations? because ive read somehwere that geologists work long hours in remote locations and that dosent really appeal to me, it dosent seem stable.

anyone here doing geology at uni, or has done it?!!
what are you going to do after your degree??
im really intereseted in the course, but the seemingly lack of job prospects is putting me off!!

How many of you sons of bitches have jobs atm? Very little going for people without mucho experience, in my searching anyway...

me. i get paid to go fossil hunting on the beach, lovely weather for it now aswell

Really? Lucky boy! I've been applying for all sorts of things, only half of 'em geology related. Is that a company you work for then or what? I'm just finding it difficult to locate geology "entry level" positions that don't need min. 3 years experience

hi everyone, by the way this is the first post in this forum.

Anyone from leeds??

This forum still active? I'm hoping to do Geology in 2012

me to! which uni you going to? im going to Leeds uni if i get the grades

Hopefully Bham but I need to check out Leicester and Southampton too, where else have you applied?

Oh right I've applied for Leicester but I decline their offer and chose Leeds and Liverpool, I'm a northerner you see so Southampton is a bit too far from home. Leeds gives you a year in paid work so you should check it out!

I've applied to Plymouth, Portsmouth, Glamorgan, Derby and Brighton. I've received offers from Plymouth, Portsmouth and Glamorgan (they offered me a science foundation though :|) Derby turned me down and currently waiting for Brighton. I want to go to Plymouth though