Further study and qualifications

Postgraduate work is by no means essential for obtaining an ethical career. However postgraduate qualifications can be extremely useful, especially in the realm of international development. Where your degree is not specifically relevant to the field you want to work in, then postgraduate study is particularly important. If you have studied something more directly relevant, such as PPE, Engineering, Medicine, Geography, Biology etc, some post-graduate work could give you a certain amount of specialisation that would be extremely useful.

Some jobs and internships are only offered to postgraduates, see 'Postgraduate jobs' for more details.

Useful Links 

• Education USA - A guide to USA higher education
• Environmental Education Directory - a guide to environmentally related courses in the USA, UK, and elsewhere.
• Find a masters - Postgraduate masters degrees from the UK and Ireland.
• Find a PhD - PhD studentships and opportunities for self-financed students to study at some of the world's top research universities.
• GradSchool.com - a website providing information of graduate schools in the US.
  
• Graduate School of the Environment - part of the Centre for Alternative Technology.
  
• Hero - UK University and Higher Education guide.
• Petersons - search for colleges, universities, graduate schools and online courses in the US.
• School for Social Entrepreneurs - provides training for those who want to start their own social enterprise.
• Schumacher College - runs short residential and postgraduate studies across a range of sustainable development issues.
• TargetCourses.co.uk - postgraduate courses and advice.