New Degrees for New Careers

For scientists who want a career in management or policy-making, three new master’s degrees offered at the UK’s University of Cambridge may be the way to go. Run jointly by Cambridge and MIT, the one-year programs in technology policy, bioscience enterprise, and environmental engineering and sustainable development combine coursework in fields like economics and international negotiating with politically and socially relevant topics that have a science bent, such as transportation, communications technology, and nuclear waste disposal. The programs aim to train scientists for an expected worldwide increase in the number of industry and government jobs that demand technical knowledge. Holders of bachelor’s or higher degrees may apply. Applications are due by 15 May. For more information, visit http://www.cmi.cam.ac.uk/pp/masters.