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WHERE DO YOU FIT? There are challenging opportunities for mechanical and aeronautical engineering graduates at R o l l s - R o y c e . The great diversity of R o l l s - R o y c e products ensures a wide range of opportunities for qualified people in many spheres of research, design, development, production and administration. International in outlook but national in character, R o l l s - R o y c e is making a large contribution to Britain's export drive: R o l l s - R o y c e exports since the war; total over £400 million. If y o u feel y o u w o u l d like to join a company w h o s e futur„e is Secure and of w h o s e name and reputation y o u can be proud, have a w o r d with your University Appointments Officer: he has a good deal of helpful information to offer y o u . Or, if y o u prefer, write direct to the Personnel Manager.
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THE BIG DECISION A Degree! What Next? In Spring a young man s thoughts turn to . . ? In the case of third year University students this is usually a Job. The last desperate struggle, leading to am orgy of Exams in May and June, has begun. The season of interviews and Appointments Boards is with us again. What next? That is the problem facing those nearing the end of their last year at Uniyersity. The decision which must be made is probably the most important in life. The graduate is surrounded by firms trying to buy him, and his education, with promises of
A NEW CHALLENGE W H Y NOT teach overseas, and be trained overseas to teach in a University in Africa ?
money, promotion and security. If nothing else, this demand does at least boost his ego! As far as the choice of a career is concerned, for most at I.C. this has already been decided upon. There can be few in this age of specialisation, that come to University to have another three years in which to make this choice. Some may change their mind during a course, but, by the end of the first year, the subject for a degree has been decided on. Therefore it is only a question of finding the right firm which will give the graduate an opportunity to make use of his degree and University background to their fullest extent. Despite the existence of Appointments Boards, Career Officers and multifarious aids to answering this all important question, the final decision lies with the graduate himself. Because of the enormous variety of opportunities open to him it is impossible to even attempt to summarise them in a supplement of this sort. The supplement does however contain a fairly representative selection of firms. Most paint a very rosy picture of the future for the graduate, perhaps a trifle too rosy. P.M.COMBES C. J. L A M P A R D
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If you are interested in an overseas postgraduate Diploma in Education Course — officially recognised in Britain — followed by a contract in Uganda, Zambia, Tanzania or Zambia — write for information NOW to :—
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From the time of Socrates, teachers have made at least as important a contribution to society's progress as the statesmen, the inventors and the artists. Their influence is now wider, their responsibilities greater than ever before. Today education offers a creative career of increasing scope, in which people of ideas and initiative can use their talents and attainments to the full. Many exciting new things are happening in the education service . . . things in which you might take part. Ask for the new booklet, C.E.G., at your University Appointments Board, or from the Department of Education and Science, Curzon Street, London, W.1
The Appointments Officer (Room 401), Ministry of Overseas Development, Eland House, Stag Place, London, S.W.I.
The sooner the better, because we are already interviewing for, and filling these much-sought-after places.
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TUBE
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Tube Investments Ltd is a British group of precision tube, steel, aluminium, engineering, electrical and cycle companies, with factories in England, Scotland and Wales.
The Tl Tube Division is the largest producer In the world of precision tubes In steel, stainless steel, alloys and other metals.
Tl's Aluminium Division supplies a major share of the country's sheet, strip, extrusions and castings, and the Iron and Steel Division has a potential of 1,300,000 ingot tons of steel a year.
The Engineering Division produces rolling mills, extrusion presses, conveyors, automatic machines, and a wide range of other products.
The Electrical Division makes cookers, space and water heaters, and other domestic appliances; switch and fuse gear, automatic control gear, and flameproof and lighting equipment.
The Cycle Division is the world's leading manufacturer of pedal bicycles and components, and also makes mopeds, scooters and wheeled toys.
An organisation of this size and scope is continually requiring young men of ability and drive to train for positions of responsibility. // you are about to graduate or have recenuy graduated and would like to have jurther information please contact the senior lecturer in your department concerned with these matters, or write direct to:
The Director of Personnel, Tube Investments Ltd.TI House, Five Ways, Birmingham 16. Telephone Edgbaston 4838
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ELECTRONICS
A Milliard Graduate experimenting on a synch-pulse generator.
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Few industries have grown so rapidly in modern times as electronics. Still fewer have extended their influence into so many different fields. Radio and television have changed the social aspect of our lives and new fields of industrial technology have been opened up as a result of applications of the basic sciences underlying electronics. Founded in 1920, the Milliard Organisation is now among the industry's leaders — a position reached through more than forty years' experience in the manufacture of electronic devices for all purposes. The company's activities range from research and development,
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to engineering, applications research and finally commercial engineering. In these varied fields there are opportunities for graduates in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and the pure sciences. ' For those having scientific ability, an inquiring mind, and a temperament suited to long term investigations, scientific research offers an attractive and satisfying career. O n joining the laboratories a graduate is consulted regarding the type of work he is likely to find most interesting, and his preferences are considered in relation to the needs in the various groups. Great care is taken to prevent anyone from having needlessly to continue to work for which he is not suited or which he finds unsatisfying. Development can be said to bridge the gap between research on ..'is one hand and manufacture on the other, and it stands as an identifiable function in its own right. The s.a'.us of the development enginee/ is therefore no less than that of his research colleague and his work is equally challenging. Many graduates are better suited to the faster tempo of factory life where the sense of urgency and cons ant striving after higher product vity provide the necessary stimu us for personal effort and achievement. The production organisation consists of production planning, a Mechanical Engineering Department responsible for the production of all equipment required by the plant, test equipment engineering, production management, industrial engineering and quality control. The commercial departments responsible for marketing electronic devices and the factories developing them are linked by applications laboratories. The function of these is to explore the manifold applications of electronic devices, to advise the company on which new products should be developed in the light of industry's requirements and to assist customers in their use. The commercial engineer in Mullard is primarily concerned with exploring new markets, and his customer contacts are frequently at the level of chief engineer. He must therefore be thoroughly versed in the characteristics and performance of the materials or devices for which he is responsible. This kind of work requires qualified engineers or physicists of high calibre with a keen business aptitude. The company training schemes are planned so as to satisfy the requirements for practical training laid down by the Institutions of Electrical and Mechanical E n gineers
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THE ROYAL NAVY A VITAL CAREER
Will it all seem worthwhile 5 years from now? At Turner & Newall a man's degree — whether in science, engineering or the arts — counts for far more than a passport to a round of interviews. Our Training Scheme is planned to employ all his university attainments to the full, and to be* adaptable to his individual needs. J u s t w h o a r e T & N ? Turner & Newall is one of the strongest, most important groups in British industry. With a large and growing stake in asbestos-cement, in insulation, in brake linings and in plastics T & N is closely linked to all four major areas of economic growth. To the building industry; the motor industry; the newer plastics; and to activity in the developing territories of the C o m m o n wealth . . . all adding up to a strongly expanding £100,000,000 business with 39,000 employees. Overseas, with 17 companies in 10 countries, T & N has doubled its interests in ten years. E a r l i e r R e s p o n s i b i l i t y T & N thus offers outstanding graduates a career of great scope, keyed from the first to areas in which expan-
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sion is at its f a s t e s t . . . opportunity at its best. Moreover, under our broad and flexible training scheme, the graduate assumes managerial responsibility more confidently — and certainly earlier — than is often the case in industry today. N o t e t o R e s e a r c h M e n T & N also recruits scientists and engineers direct into its research and development branches, whose projects are particularly closely linked to the needs of the expanding industries. Opportunities for supervising work with a practical application, as well as for fundamental study, are thus outstandingly good. Ask your Appointments Board for further details, or write direct t o : Management Appointments Adviser,Turner & Newall Ltd., 15 Curzon Street, London, W . 1 . (Tel. GROsvenor 8163) The Turner & Newall Management Appointments Adviser will be visiting Imperial College, London on Thursday 11th March 1965. If you would like an interview, please contact the Appointments Office.
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A career as an officer in the Engineering Specialisation of the Royal Navy provides opportunities of playing a vial role in a variety of engineering pursuits and of participating in a way which has much to commend it to a young man. Naval engineering covers the mechanical and electrical requirements of a large Service with world-wide commitments, consisting of some 100,000 officers and men and controlling more than 400 major warships, numerous minor warships and support and maintenance vessels. There are also hundreds of naval aircraft, large command organisations and innumerable shore establishments, stores, depots, dockyards, air stations, hospitals, training colleges and schools. The Royal Navy has always been to the fore in the design of marine-machinery and equipment, either alone or in close association with the manufacturing industry. Engineering specialist officers are concerned with this design work in the development, testing, operation and maintenance of the machinery or equipment in service. They are also' continuously concerned with efficiency assessment, maintaining high performance and improving designs. As an engineering officer the nuclear machinery of a submarine could be your personal responsibility. Y o u find yourself in the midst of events that shape the future of the world. Your university background will prove to be invaluable in a service that is a stabilising influence and power for peace all over the globe. Life in the Navy is a career alive with opportunities to use your qualifications to exceptional advantage both technically and in manmanagement. Promotion is open to the highest ranks, with responsibility placed on you at an early age. No career can offer you such scope or prove so rewarding, as the go-ahead life that lies before you in the Royal Navy to-day. For full details write to: — Instructor Commander D. C. F. Watson, M . A . . R . N . , University Liason Officer, Officer Entry Section, Old Admiralty Building, Whitehall, S.W.I.
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The Royal Aircraft Establishment
FARNBOROUGH The Establishment has a long and proud record. It originated at Woolwich in 1878 when the War Office authorised experiments with balloons. It moved to Farnborough in 1905 where experiments continued, during the course of which the first official aeroplane flight in this country took place in 1908 when Colonel Cody flew his aircraft 496 yards! From 1916 the Establishment ceased to build aircraft and was devoted entirely to aeronautical research and development. Recently the field of activities has been extended to missiles and rockets for aerospace research. With its headquarters at Farnborough and outstations at Bedford, Aberporth and elsewhere the R . A . E . is the largest single research establishment in Europe. The first degree honours graduate is trained on the job, usually as a member of a team, and has access to first class, and often unique, scientific facilities He is recruited as a Scientific Officer at a starting salary of £895 per annum. Promotion, which is based purely on merit, to a Senior Scientific Officer (£l,685-£2,082) takes effect from the age of 26
onwards, further promotion to Principal Scientific Officer (£2,174-£3,0»2) takes effect from 30 onwards (normally at about 35). Beyond this there are opportunities to rise to the highest scientific posts in the country. Entrants with appropriate postgraduate experience, for example Ph.D., may expect a higher starting salary which may be further increased to take account of special ability and experience if it is particularly relevant to the work of the Establishment. Much of the Establishment activity is in the applied research field but considerable basic research is carried out to extend the frontiers of knowledge in aerospace science. This offers the graduate the best of both worlds and inasmuch as he will often bo in direc; contact with scientists of other nations on their own ground, he has an opportunity of acquiring an international reputation in his particular field. Further details from: Ministry of Avialion, Staff Personnel Branch, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Hants.
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BRITISH OXYGEN The Graduate in The Company British Oxygen Company Limited, with its subsidiary companies throughout the world, is engaged in the manufacture and supply of industrial and medical gases. This basic activity has led not only to the manufacture of chemical plant and equipment, but to quite sophisticated processes in the field of electric welding. The Company has been further diversified by the development of an extremely competitive Chemical Company very much interested in acetylene and its derivatives. With sales now topping £80 million per annum, British Oxygen has gas producing plants in most major towns and has engineering factories in Edmonton, Tottenham, Harlow and Oateshead. The Research Centre is at Morden and the New Technical Centre at Cricklewood. There are opportunities for graduates in physical chemistry, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, metallurgy, physics and mathematics. In a progressive expanding company like British Oxygen their talents will not be wasted. The Company is sincerely interested in offering a young man not just a job, but a career. Care is taken to identify talent within the company and to provide maximum training facilities particularly in the field of management. There is the company's own well established Staff College at Chartridge, Bucks, and also a man may be sent on an outside course by the Company if it will benefit his career. The job is most satisfying. Managers and technologists are engaged in work which is important and worthwhile to the community. They collaborate with colleagues who have a high degree of skill and professional training. Salaries and fringe benefits, which are continuously reviewed, compare favourably with other leading British Companies. Further details can be obtained from : The Group Staff Officer, The British Oxygen Company Ltd., Hammersmith House, London, W.6. Model of U.K.3 satellite, the R-A.E. is the design authority foi the first British satellite, U . K J .
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L Matthew Hall Engineering Ltd., is a major Company within the Matthew Hall group, and is one of the leading British Companies in the fields of Petroleum, Chemical and Industrial Engineering, Diversification of interests has brought about an expansion ot the Company and increased demands for our services, and there are many opportunities open to ambitious, qualified young chemical engineers who are interested in making a career in the petrochemical industry, working on the many large and varied contracts on which we are engaged in this country and overseas. Typical of recent contracts are a Nylon Plant; a Fertilizer Plant, a Food Processing plant; three Sulphur Terminals, a num-
ber of petro-chemical plant installations, and important work at many of the country's nuclear establishments and power stations. Matthew Hall Engineering Ltd., offer a complete service to industry, from the initial design of a process or plant which may include civil engineering, architectural design, piping and plant layout, mechanical and electrical engineering, and istrumetation— to the procurement of materials and equipment and the installation and commissioning of the completed project. Analysis and evaluation of new and improved processes and methods is always in progress and our engineers make on-thespot investigations in any part of the world where new and promising developments are reported.
OUR DESIGN HEADQUARTERS Administrative staff of Housing a Design and over 1,200 If you would like to learn more about us, please write to our Personnel Department who will be pleased to arrange an interview with our Technical Managers. They will be happy to discuss any aspect of our work and to answer your queries.
GEOPHYSICISTS Geophysical Service International Ltd. is a contract geophysical company with world-wide opera ions. GSI is interested in all aspects of applied geophysics.
If you will have a post graduate diploma or degree in geophysics—contact G.S.I.
If you will have a B.Sc. degree in mathematics and physics with some geology, in electrical engineering or in a relatedfield—contactG.S.I
G.S.1. pays well and expects hard work in return. If you are interested in joining a company with progressive ideas in applied geophysics submit your details by letter, to:—
Personnel Administrator, GEOPHYSICAL SERVICE INTERNATIONAL
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GRADUATE TRAINING AT RRISTRL SIDDELEY With three main centres, the Aero Division at Bristol, the Industrial Division in the Coventry area and the Small Engine Division in North London, Bristol Siddeley is one of three largest aero-engine manufacturers in the Western World to-day. Their activities cover the whole range of aerospace propulsion from piston-engines, turbojets and turbo fans to rocket engines and ramjets. They also have interests outside aviation, including gas turbine power for industrial and marine applications. the organisation, the training proThe Company has vacancies gramme has to cover an equally both for direct entry graduates broad field. A s graduate interests and for graduates interested i n and experience are equally varied, are undertaking a period of training the training programmes drawn up following discussions before committing themselves to a with the individual concerned. particular department. • Naturally in some areas of Therefore each graduate is given study it is beneficial both to the separate treatment and, in consegraduate—and to the organisation quence, it is not possible to —to undertake a degree in paral- illustrate a universal training lel with industrial experience. In course. others it is better that the indusPost-graduate training can be, trial period should follow on from of up to two years duration. A graduate with no previous experithe academic. A graduate may find that, after ence wishing to enter, say, the Department, discussion with the Company's Manufacturing would probably be required to Training Department and staff from the department relevant to undergo a full course, during his work, it would be to his ad- which he would obtain, in addivantage to take up an immediate tion to experience appropriate to appointment and undergo training his future appointment, basic " on the job." His own particu- workshop experience meeting the lar specialisation and experience requirements of the Institutions of Mechanical, Production and Elecwould be taken into consideratrical Engineers. tion in making this decision. Moreover, should a graduate Alternatively, a graduate who be uncertain about his future, the already has some practical experiCompany will offer training ence may take a shorter period of courses that are both flexible and training. Allowing for the value comprehensive and specifically of his previous expcr!:nce, and designed to match the individual with his future interest assessed, requirements, needed. the Training Department will arrange a training programme to Because of the wide opportunisuit his specific needs. ties available to graduates withir
•We are', said Henry Ford at the International Ford Conference in Paris, 'in the people business'. At Ford we know that quality in cars depends on the calibre of men. The pace of your career with us depends on that calibre as surely as the speed of your car depends on the power built into it. Ford build more and more cars, trucks and tractors, need more and more men. The headquarters of this expanding company is in Brentwood, Essex, but Ford is going ahead in London, Dagenham and Liverpool. We need ALL kinds of graduates -^mechanical engineers, for design and development; arts men, scientists and economists. The technological revolution came long ago at Ford; And training for a progressive career takes prime place at Ford. Engineers follow a two-year graduate apprenticeship designed to meet I. Mech. E. requirements; there/are courses for finance trainees and graduate trainees— those interested in sales, purchase, industrial relations and marketing. Graduates will find Ford rewarding I Salaries begin at an £876 minimum. Most arts and economics graduates will be earning £1,128 in less than a year—engineers get an increase of £96 at the end of the first year's apprenticeship and at least another £96 at the end of their second. From then on acceleration depends on you. Promotion at Ford is traditionally from within and graduates have accelerated quickly here. Management Development operates to make sure they can. There's much to interest the graduate at Ford. See your Appointments Board, or write for details to J . S. Smale, Room 1/174, Ford Motor Company, Warley, i Brentwood, Essex, who will be visiting
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A . . . that, we believe, aptly describes the varied careers open to you In the SCIENTIFIC CIVIL S E R V I C E because it is the largest single employer of scientists and research engineers in this country—and It is more than probable that you will be able to find work precisely suited to your particular talents and qualifications.
SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS ARE NEEDED AT PRESENT IN MOST OF THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES Entering with a 1st or2nd class honours degree as a Scientific Officer, you could soon lead or direct some research and development activity, with the prospect of rising to Principal Scientific Officer in your thirties (current top salary over £2,800). Further promotion prospects are very good, for many higher posts (carrying salaries of up to and over £8,000) are open to all.
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A s a research worker in the Scientific Civil Service, you could enjoy: — responsible work with full opportunities to exercise initiative, In a rewarding career. — membership of a vigorous scientific community with the finest equipment and facilities. —excellent support from the Experimental Officer class (many of whom are themselves graduates) who conduct the research, and ready co-operation from libraries, design offices, workshops, etc. —work either in Civil Science, where we strive to promote the contribution of science to the life of the country, or in many challenging problems in Defence Science. Recruitment is by interview, following application either to the Civil Service Commission (for permanent, pensionable appointments) or to the various Government Departments or Scientific Laboratories for appointments which are not initially permanent.
"For full details and a free copy of the booklet, "The Scientific Civil Service" write TODAY to: The Civil Service Commission, 23 Savile Row, London,
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BIOLOGY—A Job W i t h A GAMBLE
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Operational Research — A Progressive Line
Management is reputed to have called Operational Research Only if he is prepared to teach can the biologist be really sure of a job, particularly if he has a mediocre or poor degree. Jobs for " an expensive way for young men to insult their elders and betters." Since the war O R has made rapid progress and shows every the naturalist who prefers an open-air life are more limited than in sign of continuing to expand. Ten years ago there were 40 O R estabthe laboratory. The majority of jobs require further training, which ought to be lishments ; to-day there are more than double that number. Recruits are in short supply. The reason is that the good O R planned in advance. University departments foster a somewhat narrow view of a subject acknowledged to be not only complex but man or woman is at least of management calibre. He or she may in a state of transition, and which is constantly throwing up new and hold one of a variety of degrees (maths, physics, chemistry and interesting possibilities. In the outside world, competition is keen, engineering are most sought after, but there are good opportunities and the graduate will have to contend not only with rival biologists for biologists), generally a 1st or upper 2nd. A good analytical brain is needed plus knowledge of maths (at least to A level) and statistics. but with chemists and physicists nibbling at his subject. Forty-two per cent, of all biologists to-day are employed in Employers also look for good personality and a fair degree of teaching. In schools the main demand is for biology rather than maturity. Boffins and carpet-baggers, however able, are not welcome. specifically zoology or botany; there is also a demand for rural OR people on the job must be able to mix equally with the managing science and allied subjects. In all cases a year's teachers' training director and the bloke on the shop floor. course and a genuine_enthusiasm Oldest customer is government, for the subject are desirable. particularly for the different asR E C R U I T M E N T P R O G R A M M E pects of defence, who recruit Some 200 posts should be adthrough the Scientific Civil Servertised this year for assistant vice. New graduates can come lecturers or lecturers in technical in as scientific officers, and exand training colleges and C A T s to perienced people over 26 as senior teach biology, botany, zoology, scientific officers. general science and microbiology. To-day 24 February Shell (ME). In industry some of the biggest Salaries are between those in Alcan (Ch), Aluminium Labs Monday, 8 March customers are the nationalised schools and universities; a lec(Ch), David Brown (Gen, M E ) , Unilever (Ch). ones, conspicuously N C B and turer can expect £1,670-£1,895, G E G B (ME), Hoover (ME), Wednesday, 10 March while the maximum for a departMetal Box (ME), Royal Aircraft Nuclear Power Group ( E E , C E G B , but in recent years there ment head is £3,035. Establishment (ME). M E ) , Perkins (ME), Pilkjngton has been an encouraging increase University appointments are at Tomorrow, 25 February Ch, M ) , Plessey (ME), Avon in the application of O R to private industry. least as much concerned with reAlcan (Ph), Aluminium Labs (ME). Departments range from the search as teaching, and subjects (Ph) ,Esso (ChE), London Trans- Thursday, 11 March large and highly professional ones port (Gen, E E , M , M E ) , Steel Co Nuclear Power Group (Ph), of Wales (Gen, Ch, E E , M , M E , R T B (Gen), Shell (Gen), T & N like B I S R A to mixed groups also are obviously more specialised doing Management Services. Met, Ph). than at school or college level. (Gen), Unilever (Ph). . Where O R is taken seriously there Salaries range from £1,050 for an Friday, 26th February Friday, 12 March [ will generally be a team of people assistant lecturer to £4,750 for a Esso (Ph), London Transport C E G B (Ph), Morganite (Ph). with varied degree backgrounds, professor. (Ch, Met, Ph), Metal Box (Ph). Monday, 15 March Far from being a medical Monday, 1 March Shell (ChE, Ch), Anglo-Ameri- mostly working on the same problems, but making different conmonopoly there are a number of Esso (ChE), Mobil (Ch, M E ) , can Corp (MinE). tributions depending on their openings in medical research for C E G B (Ch). Tuesday, 16 March speciality and experience. Nearly specialists, including physioloTuesday, 2nd March U K A E A (ChE, M ) . all take a few inexperienced gists, microbiologists, biochemists, Mobil (ChE). Wednesday, 17 March graduates. pharmacologists and biopbysicists. Wednesday, 3rd March Aluminium Labs ( E E , M E ) , For the would-be specialist one Apart from industry, the biggest English Electric (EE, M ) Esso A i r Products (ME). way to get in to O R is to take a employer, is M R C . Career and (Ch. M E ) , Ford (Gen). Hawker salary prospects are similar to Siddeley ( A E , E E , M E ) , Shell Key: AE—Aeronautical Engin- course, leading to a diploma, MSc or PhD, at IC, L S E , Cranfield, tjhose at the universities. Research (Gen). eering, Ch—Chemistry, ChE— Birmingham or Manchester. Such and clinical work can also be done Thursday, 4 March Chemical Engineering, E E — graduates can demand a higher in the hospital service, particuHawker Siddeley (EE, M , Met, Electrical Engineering, G-General salary. larly by biochemists, where salaM—Mathematics, M E — MechaPh), Shell (Ph). Alternatively one may join one ries start at £720 and may rise to nical Engineering, Met—MetalFriday, 5 March of the biggest units that offer £2,900. . Fefranti (EE, Ph), G K N ( M , lurgy, M i n E—-Mining Enginreally sound training, theoretical Agriculture and horticulture Ph), Proctor & Gamble (Ph), eering, Ph—Physics. and practical. If your interest is provide a number of opportunigenuine but unspecialist, however, ties. The National Agricultural you can gain a few year's experiProvided a lifetime's career Advisory Service requires adence in a government department there abroad is not counted on, visory biologists in the fields of C A R E E R or with a large commercial or are still many opportunities in bacteriology, plant pathology and industrial firm as a management tropical countries, mostly in unientomology. Other openings are S H O R T S trainee; should your interest versities and government laboraoffered by the Ministry of Agritories, and to a limited extent in culture, the Agriculture Research T H E H O S P I T A L S E R V I C E awaken later, O R will still be research departments of com- has openings for biochemists and open to you up to the age of Council,, and the Nature Conserabout 30. mercial companies with an inter- physicists. vancy. Market price for the inexest in such products as sugar THE RUBBER A N D PLASIn the Civil Service the main cane, rubber, tea and oil palms. TICS industries are currently suf- perienced graduate is around departments are the DSIR and in Openings exist for practically fering from a shortage of techno- £900. People with a postgraduthe research establishments of ate O R qualification can get from every type of biological discipline. logists with a background of the Natural History Museum, The bulk of the recruitment is chemistry and physics, graduates £1.100 to £1.400. Very average Kew, the Home Office Forensic handled by the Ministry of Over- in pure and applied science, quali- salary for an experienced and Science laboratories, the Services, seas Development. fied engineers familiar with poly- eompsttnt person is £2,500, while and the Ministry of Agriculture., , But the biologist should not feel mers and men with postgraduate managers of departments can ex90 per cent, of the biologists pect at least £4,000. compelled to go on using his de- polymer research experience. employed in industry are confined gree; there are a growing number O N L Y A T A N G L E of physical to manufacturers of food, drink, of jobs for which biology is a and human shortages holds back tobacco, chemicals, and pharmauseful rather than essential preli- an explosion on the skyline of than in any other of the major ceuticals. The rest are thinly minary, and which demand other Britain's towns and cities. Re- economic activities scattered among manufacturers qualifications such as modern lan- sponsibility and the big jobs D O Y O U L I K E getting to know or trade associations concerned with cotton, leather, wool, paint, guages or a flair for organisation probably come earlier in the people? Then how about becomor selling. building and construction industry ing a personnel manager? baking and milling.
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CAREERS
DO YOU KNOW WHY UNILEVER RESEARCH IS A FIRST-CLASS CAREER CHOICE? T H E MAIN FUNCTION of Unilever Research Division is to help Unilever keep its position in the commercial and industrial world—by intensive research into the fundamental scientific aspects of products it sells or wishes to sell; and by the development of new or improved processes or products. Thus, the scientist in Research Division is essential to the future prosperity of Unilever. If you are interested in investigating basic research problems you'llfindthe scope is wide, and you will be permitted to publish your results. If you are concerned with applied research-projects you will not only find the work interesting but have the satisfaction of seeing it recognised in patents and in products on the market. If at first you ire uncertain which way your inclination lies, you will have plenty of opportunity to find out when you join a Laboratory.
How do you keep in touch ? As a scientist in Unilever, you have access to the resources of Research Division. The facilities available include a wide range of specialised techniques, X-ray diffraction, I.R., U.V., N.M.R., E.S.R., Raman spectroscopy, mass, spectrometry, electron microscopes and electronic computers. You learn what is going on in the other Laboratories, both in the U.K.. and abroad, by the circulation of reports, by conferences and by personal contact. Close contact is also kept with the Universities through University Staff who act as consultants, and/ity Unilever scientists who work in Universities. You are encouraged to maintain your own academic contacts and to make new ones, as well as taking part in the affairs of learned societies.
What goes on where ? Unilever Research Division has eleven laboratories throughout the worlds four of them being in the United Kingdom and the rest on the Continent, in the U.S.A., and in India. All research activity in the U.K. began at Port Sunlight, Cheshire, and as the result of expansion here independent laboratories were set up in other parts of the country. Port Sunlight's responsibilities are for detergents, soaps, adhesives,. industrial chemicals and for research in connection with the Company's West African timber interests. Its activities involve physical chemistry—in particular surface chemistry, physics, mathematics, mechanical and Chemical engineering, information science, as well as product formulation and process development. Colworth House, Bedfordshire, is concerned with human foods—other than fat-based foods— and animal feeding stuffs. It is also responsible for the biological testing of Unilever products to ensure their safety in use. Activities concern the
study of the raw materials of food production, of plant and animal tissue, and involve biochemistry, physical, organic and analytical chemistry, microbiology, histology, pharmacology, animal pathology, chemical and mechanical engineering, information science, mathematics, product and process development, and plant breeding. Fieldw.~-k is carried out on experimental farms on t*.« estate. An out-station at Aberdeen in Scotland is concerned with the biochemistry offishand the farming of shell and white fish. Isleworth, Middlesex, is responsible for Unilever's toilet preparations interests, which include toothpastes, shampoos and cosmetics. Activities are related to the health and treatment of hair, skin and teeth. This involves biochemistry, organic and physical chemistry, microbiology, physics, information science, and product formulation and process development. The Frythe, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, deals with the edible fats side of the business: margarines, ice cream and fats for food manufacture. Activities concern the physical and chemical characteristics of glycerides, phospholipids and lipoproteins, and the biological function of lipids. This involves organic and physical chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, physics, biophysics, information science, mechanical and chemical engineering, as well as product and process development.
What will you earn ? Salaries will reflect your ability, but you can use this general framework as a guide: Scientists—the usual starting salary for a newly qualified Ph.D. is £1,250, rising to £1,450 after about one year's service. The new primary graduate, recruited into the Scientist Grade, receives £950 and is awarded scale increases for two years so that his salary reaches £1,250 on establishment. These rates are increased by up to £100 for every year of research experience relative to Unilever's interests. In addition, an extra 5% of salary, with a maximum of £150, is paid to scientists in the Isleworth and Welwyn Laboratories, which are located in the London Area. Research Assistants atfirstearn between £730£850 according to their academic qualifications. Relevant experience is recognised in starting salaries and the 5% London allowance for the Welwyn and Isleworth Laboratories is also paid. Four weeks' annual holiday leave is given to established Scientists, with three weeks to Scientists before establishment and to Research Assistants. , All graduate research staff become members of the Unilever Superannuation Scheme.
Can you get ahead fast ? You willfindplenty of opportunities; it depends solely on your ability. Unilever Research is quick to recognise merit, and there's no question of 'standing in line' for promotion, which can be on scientific ability alone.
Is there further training ? Yes. All scientists attend a week's residential course on business principles within about two years of joining the Company. Other training, including management training, is later given as circumstances and prospects demand. Scientists with three or more years' service are eligible to compete for Unilever Internal Research Fellowships, which enable you to return to University for one or two years to undertake research of your own choosing. You may also be sent on temporary secondments to other Unilever Divisions or to Universities, both in the U.K. and Overseas. You may, if you wish, spend 10% of your time on a research topic entirely of your own choosing, providing it can be undertaken within the existing resources of the Laboratory.
What vacancies are there ? Unilever Research always needs: chemists— physical, organic and some inorganic; biochemists; analytical chemists; physicists; microbiologists; chemical engineers; mechanical engineers; biochemical engineers; and information scientists. There is also a smaller periodic requirement for graduates trained in veterinary medicine, including animal pathology and physiology; mathematics, especially statistics; radio-chemists; and for biologists with specialised postgraduate training in subjects such «s pharmacology and histology. For entry to the Scientist Grade we want people with a Ph.D., or good primary degree, or equivalent. They must be scientifically creative and should have initiative, technical skill, and the capacity to relate their science to our industrial situation. The Research Assistant Grade is for qualified people who want to make a career in the more experimental aspects of the work, arid here there is a greater emphasis on technical skill.
Do you want to know more ? We shall be glad to advise you at any stage of your scientific career, and especially to discuss the possibility of future employment with those graduates who are going abroad for postdoctorate fellowships. An appointment with the representative of Research Division can be made through the University Appointments Board, or you can write direct to the Staff Officer at the address below. A booklet giving more detailed information on research in Unilever is obtainable from the University of London Appointments Board, 49 Gordon Square, W.C.I, telephone EUSton 7489, or from the Staff Officer, Research Division, Unilever House, Blackfriars, London, E.C4, telephone FLEet Street 7474 (extension 3466).
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