Speech and Language Processing MSc
I'm from a languages background currently figuring out my career pathway. I'm looking to retrain in a more quantitative/technical area as I've missed that since finishing my Maths A Level and studying a BA. It also seems to me that quantitative/technical qualifications are much more in-demand in the jobs market than anything my generalist background can offer. (I'd also like to get into international development as a career and I know the market is saturated with many well-intentioned generalists lacking the right technical skills).
I've seen this 'Speech and Language Processing' degree at Edinburgh which looks really interesting. I volunteer with Translators Without Borders so I feel like there might be a demand for expertise in Natural Language Processing in crisis response and international development.
But I'm not sure. Does anyone know how likely a NLP graduate is to be employed in their field? If many of them work in humanitarian and social projects?
I'm a bit worried by how very specific the training would be - meaning that if I were unable to make a career in NLP, the masters I'd invested in wouldn't be of much use in any other spheres. So I wanted to make sure it was a good bet before applying.
So far, I have an offer in France for Econ conversion and I'm thinking of applying to a generalist International Development MSc, too. Econ especially would give me a lot of options if I didn't immediately get a role as a development economist. But NLP would put my linguistics skills to use and just sounds so much fun tbh.
Any insights at all appreciated, I can't find much info at all upon Googling!
I've seen this 'Speech and Language Processing' degree at Edinburgh which looks really interesting. I volunteer with Translators Without Borders so I feel like there might be a demand for expertise in Natural Language Processing in crisis response and international development.
But I'm not sure. Does anyone know how likely a NLP graduate is to be employed in their field? If many of them work in humanitarian and social projects?
I'm a bit worried by how very specific the training would be - meaning that if I were unable to make a career in NLP, the masters I'd invested in wouldn't be of much use in any other spheres. So I wanted to make sure it was a good bet before applying.
So far, I have an offer in France for Econ conversion and I'm thinking of applying to a generalist International Development MSc, too. Econ especially would give me a lot of options if I didn't immediately get a role as a development economist. But NLP would put my linguistics skills to use and just sounds so much fun tbh.
Any insights at all appreciated, I can't find much info at all upon Googling!
Hi!
I’m aware this post is quite old now, but I’m currently in a fairly similar position to the one you were in 5 years ago. I’ve finished a BA in modern languages and am now considering m options, one of them being a career in international development. I am going to apply to the FCDO fast stream, but I’m not all too confident about getting in due to my lack of experience. I was also looking at the Speech and Language Processing MSc at Edinburgh, as I think it looks interesting, will make use of my background in languages and also make me very employable.
I was just wondering, did you end up doing the MSc? If so, what was it like? And if not, what did you do as your next step?
I’m aware this post is quite old now, but I’m currently in a fairly similar position to the one you were in 5 years ago. I’ve finished a BA in modern languages and am now considering m options, one of them being a career in international development. I am going to apply to the FCDO fast stream, but I’m not all too confident about getting in due to my lack of experience. I was also looking at the Speech and Language Processing MSc at Edinburgh, as I think it looks interesting, will make use of my background in languages and also make me very employable.
I was just wondering, did you end up doing the MSc? If so, what was it like? And if not, what did you do as your next step?
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