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Asked by anon-193095 to Morwenna, Jamal, iainstaniland, Heidi, Emma, Carl on 5 Nov 2018. This question was also asked by anon-193419, anon-193509.
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Morwenna Bugg answered on 5 Nov 2018:
My family, my school teachers, and my university lecturers.
I chose to do science a levels, my parents took me to science open days and events that I wanted to go to. I then did science and university and they helped me believe I could pass my exams and get a job.
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Emma Crawford answered on 12 Nov 2018:
For me it would be my university lecturers during my first degree. They helped me find a placement in the pharmaceutical industry and ensure I had the skills I needed to get myself a place on the MSc course that I wanted to do! During my MSc I met some really great people on my course who I am still firm friends with and we definitely supported each other during many late nights in the library studying and completing coursework! We all work in different industries now and it’s interesting when we catch up and hearing about what different work we all get up to!
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Heidi Gardner answered on 13 Nov 2018:
Lots of people! My Mum has always been really good at supporting me and encouraging me to keep going with science, even though she had no idea what sorts of jobs etc I could do she always did a lot of research and helped me make decisions. My teachers at school and lecturers at uni were also really helpful with helping me choose a career and get the experience and grades that I needed to get there. My friends and my boyfriend too – I moved in with my boyfriend during my undergraduate degree so he’s been there through final exams, and the whole of my PhD. He’s made a lot of cups of tea and bought a lot of chocolate bars which has definitely helped.
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Emma commented on :
My family and now fiance – he was living with me whilst I studied at university so was a much needed support system when I was spending late nights working on coursework.
Heidi commented on :
My Mum and Dad, my boyfriend and my friends. Like Emma I lived with my partner throughout my university studies and I was doing a lot of work that meant I needed him to pick up the slack. My Mum and Dad have always been really supportive too – buying me books or taking me to the library to get books out that were related to science, helping me move into university accommodation and always being interested in what I’m doing. Neither of them are scientists so they think what I do is really cool too which is a nice boost 🙂 My friend have been super helpful as well – lots of my friends did the same course at university as I did so we were able to help each other doing revision and stuff which made things a lot easier.