Career planning publications
Here you'll find a selection of publications to download on planning your career.
Your Career Planning Guide
Deciding what you want to do with your career can feel like the start of an exciting journey, but it can also feel daunting if you're not sure where to start. Your Career Planning Guide is available to all students, you'll need to be signed in to access the guide.
Becoming a Teacher guides
Our Becoming a teacher guides are available to download to students considering a career in teaching.
Careers linked to science
The Practical work experience for careers linked to Science (PDF, 638 KB) guide can help you further develop work-related laboratory or field-based experience. It contains useful information on the types of work experience available, how to contact employers, and what to do if you can’t find a placement.
You'll need to be signed in to access the guide.
Psychology and counselling career guides
Work experience is important for all roles but especially for professional (chartered) psychology and related careers. Our Psychology and Counselling career guides highlight how, when and where to gain work experience and progress your career journey. Log into OpenLearn with your OU account to access.
Your journey starts here
Your journey starts here (PDF, 1.76 MB) introduces some practical activities to help you start to plan your career and move towards your goals.
