• Question: What advice would you give to juvenile's who are thinking of potentially becoming scientists?

    Asked by anon-193440 to Morwenna, Jamal, iainstaniland, Heidi, Emma, Carl on 6 Nov 2018. This question was also asked by anon-193411, anon-193419.
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      Emma Crawford answered on 6 Nov 2018:

      1) Continue to study science as far as you can! I chose to do Maths and Chemistry for my A-levels as I enjoyed both of these subjects throughout my school career. I discovered I definitely preferred Maths and chose to study it at university.

      2) Keep your options open! You never know where science can take you! As a Maths student at uni most of the options shown to me were either finance or teaching which didn’t really interest me. It wasn’t until I started researching different industries and companies for my placement year that I really realised how many different careers I could consider by doing a Maths degree.

      3) Always stay curious! Even though Maths and Statistics is my specialicity I am still a keen science enthusiast. I love a David Attenborough documentary or a visit to the science museum!

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      Iain Staniland answered on 6 Nov 2018:

      If you enjoy studying science then I would say keep going. Science is such a wide subject area with so many different bits to it I would encourage you to explore which direction you want to go in. Keep doing maths it is vital in all aspects of science.
      Most of all enjoy your studies, work hard and hopefully things like I’m a scientist can motivate you.

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      Heidi Gardner answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      Always try to study at least one science subject. Choose the sciences that you enjoy the most, and push yourself to study them for as long as it’s enjoyable. For GCSE I did triple award science because that’s what my school offered at the time, so I had separate lessons for Biology, Chemistry and Physics, and I did Maths too. Then for A level I did Biology, Chemistry and Maths. When it finally came to choosing subjects for university I chose Pharmacology because I enjoyed Biology and Chemistry most, and Pharmacology involves aspects of both of those subjects.
      I’d also say, try to be open minded – there are lots of branches of science that I hadn’t heard of when I was choosing subjects, and there are still areas that I find out about now that I’ve never heard of before. Try to figure out what types of science you enjoy, and there will probably be a whole field of science out there somewhere that includes bits of each of the things that you like.

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      Carl Heron answered on 8 Nov 2018:

      Never stop asking questions about the world around you. Always seek evidence to back up your point-of-view. Stay curious and don’t jump to conclusions.

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