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  • Question: did you have to try hard to get to your position in science? ;)

    Asked by robyn to Kate, Kieren, Nicola, Rowena, Roy on 13 Mar 2014.
    • Photo: Rowena Fletcher-Wood

      Rowena Fletcher-Wood answered on 13 Mar 2014:

      I had to work academically hard to get the graded but getting a place once I had those was easy. Scientists are under demand! I was very lucky in that I chose the PhD project I really wanted and I got it. 🙂

    • Photo: Nicola Rogers

      Nicola Rogers answered on 13 Mar 2014:

      I worked quite hard at school to get good grades in science so that I could study Chemistry at University, but I enjoyed the work and didn’t find it a chore at all. Getting onto my PhD course was not too difficult, as I did well in my degree, but getting this new Research Fellow position was hard – the positions are quite competitive.

    • Photo: Kate Nicholson

      Kate Nicholson answered on 13 Mar 2014:

      Yes, I enjoyed it, but I had to work hard at school and at university to get good grades – I’m not naturally good at passing exams like some people seem to be (although I bet they work hard too) now I am having to work even harder to get my own funding and set up my own research group, that seems to be the most difficult part so far. I am betting there will be more challenges, but i just deal with them and keep going.

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