• Question: when you did you decide you wanted to be a scientist??

    Asked by chloeanneh to Claire, Greg, Jane, Jo, Nuruz, Vicki on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by luvmeg123, emma12, benhedges, leep, littlearchie.
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      Vicki Onions answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      At university i think. I always wanted to be a farmer and so went to uni to study agriculture. But the more animal science courses i studied, the more and more i enjoyed it and so eventually i put the farming plans on hold and went into research.

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      Jo Broadbent answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      Hi Chloe

      I studied biology at university, but didn’t decide I wanted a career as a scientist until the end of my degree. I did lots of non-science courses too to keep my options open, but decided I liked science better.

      Jo

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      Greg FitzHarris answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      To be honest… only very recently! Throughout my career so far ive always had to think that i might end up doing someting different… and its only in the last 2-3 years that ive got a ‘permanent’ Lecturer job and decided to settle in it.
      The kind of university-based science i do is an odd career path — there are lots of postdoctoral researchers, and not enough Lecturer positions for them. So, lots of postdocs have to think like this until they get a Lecturer job… and many end up doing something different in the end.
      hope this makes sense…

      Greg

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      Claire O'Donnell answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      After GCSE I think. I always like science but I quite enjoyed history, english and other ‘arty’ things too. I thought that whilst I could easily read books (either fiction or history) by myself – there didn’t seem to be much that was difficult to understand, more just your own opinion – science was different. You couldn’t easily do experiments in the kitchen on a Saturday, at least not without people moaning and there was more stuff that was complex and needed a teacher to explain. Added to this I was better at science. I haven’t regretted it. I still think that science and understanding how the world works is really interesting is

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      Jane Cleal answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Once I was doing my A levels I realised I really liked biology so went on to do a molecular bilogy degree. During my degree I found out about science jobs and decided to become a scientist!

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