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naymaaax

hi, what are good career choices for someone taking bio,psychology and english lit a levels?

Reply 1

MindMax2000

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by naymaaax

hi, what are good career choices for someone taking bio,psychology and english lit a levels?

I would have thought looking through your career options prior to picking your A Levels would have been a better starting point. Anyhow...

Biology is probably the only required subject. The other 2 are semi-required.
Biology would often open doors to a variety of roles in healthcare, assuming you do the appropriate and approved degree for the role (at least in the UK). However, for some degrees need to supplement this with A Level Chemistry, which you don't have. This would limit your options for a number of degrees.
Having said that, psychology is a semi-required subject and can sometimes considered as a second science. So if there is a life science or healthcare related degree that requires 2 sciences, you can sometimes get away with not having done the other sciences and get in with a psychology A Level.
Do note, for the vast majority of psychology degrees (BPS accredited ideally if you had to pick one) don't require any specific A Level. Those that are pickier would ask for biology or psychology, so you're fine for all psychology degrees.
The healthcare and life science degrees are vast and there are too many to look through individually. You would need to be a lot more specific if you want clarification on this.
English Lit is sometimes required for English degrees, but no career specifically require an English degree (except for possibly teaching English).

You are then eligible for degrees that ask for A Levels in any 3 subjects so long you have the grades. This includes;

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Anything in business expect for financial mathematics and actuarial science (for obvious reasons)

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Law

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Anthropology

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Archaeology

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Sociology and criminology

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Most psychology degrees

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Some degrees in creative writing and English literature

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Nonquantiative economics degrees

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Education

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Theology

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Politics

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Philosophy

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Linguistics

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Agriculture

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Some art and design degrees, including architecture

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Some geography degrees (usually ones with emphasis on human geography)

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Some history degrees

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Film

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Game design

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Hospitality

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Property and urban planning

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Journalism

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Media studies

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Nursing

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Paramedic science

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Social work

For the degrees that have any credibility in industry (unless you want to go into academia), they are in law, some business related degrees (if they provide exemptions for professional qualifications), law, psychology, social research, education (if has QTS), theology (maybe), architecture (RIBA), property (RICS), urban planning, nursing, paramedic science, and social work.

If you want more information on what degrees you can pick, consider looking at TSR's A Level Explorer: https://www.theuniguide.co.uk/a-level-explorer

Aside from degrees, the random careers that you would be eligible for with no further training post A Levels include:

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Administration

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Government services

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Some areas of healthcare

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Most areas of business (HR, marketing, accounting, sales)

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IT roles

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Some areas of construction

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Most areas of property

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Most areas of beauty and wellbeing

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Creative/design and media (if you're good)

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Theatre and film (if you're good)

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Music (if you're good)

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Anything related to writing (if you're good)

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Storage

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Logisitics

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Armed forces and police force (if you pass certain tests, have a clean record, and are of a certain age range)

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Some environmental services

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Hospitality

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Manufacturing

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Management (if you have the relevant experience)

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Retail

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Care work

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Travel and tourism

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Charity

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Entertainment (if you're good)

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Translation (if you are fluent in more than one language)

If you decide to go back to college (adult college), then you can do courses that are relevant to the following:

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Animal care (other than vet)

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Some areas of construction and certain trades

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Some areas of beauty and wellbeing

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Some areas of engineering

You can go into the following areas with specific professional qualifications (irrespective of what previous qualifications you have):

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Accounting

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Law (CILEx)

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Most areas of finance

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Delivery and transport (licences)

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Sports coaching

The above is pretty extensive. As there is so much to cover, it's a good idea to narrow things down by asking:

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What interests you

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What are your strengths and weaknesses

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What you love doing and what you can't stand

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etc...

Otherwise, I could be here all day writing a book on the subject.

Reply 2

normaw

Clearing and Applications Advisor, Universities Forum Helper

Original post by naymaaax

hi, what are good career choices for someone taking bio,psychology and english lit a levels?

Have a look at the Allied Health Professions, such as speech and language therapist, radiotherapist, radiographer, etc.:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/ahp/role/

Reply 3

University of Kent

Official Rep

Original post by naymaaax

hi, what are good career choices for someone taking bio,psychology and english lit a levels?

Hi there

I think those subjects open quite a lot of options for you, so it really depends on what you are in. I would recommend having researching into different fields that interest you. :biggrin:

Do you have any preferences at the moment? You can consider what topics have interested you the most, or you could also focus on what subjects you have achieved the highest grades in. Once you identify the subject, you could then search online for related University degrees. :smile:

Hope this helps.
Chloe
University of Kent Student Rep

Reply 4

McGinger

Good Careers website with 100s of job/career descriptions - Job profiles | Prospects.ac.uk

And have a look at all the degree subjects offered by just one Uni - look at any degree subject that sounds even vaguely interesting and see what A level subjects you actually need - Undergraduate Courses, Degrees : Study : University of Sussex