Graduates sought for oil Masters - graduate jobs

Graduates are being hunted for a distance learning Masters programme in petroleum geoscience aimed at meeting the global need for newly qualified professionals in the oil industry.

Developed by Royal Holloway, University of London, the programme is one of more than 100 study programmes on offer through the university's External System.

Dr Gary Nichols, Dean of the Graduate School at Royal Holloway, has been heavily involved in the development the internet study programme.

Dr Nichols explained: "There is a worldwide shortage of well-qualified geoscientists in the petroleum industry, which has to continue its exploration activity to meet the steadily increasing demand for oil.

"For the industry to maintain its current level of activity, it also needs to expand its workforce to include well-trained graduates with the capability to find the remaining resources in what are now geologically more complex and less obvious situations."