• Question: What do you have to learn in college and university to be where you are now?

    Asked by anon-290474 on 16 Mar 2021.
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      Karen Burstow answered on 16 Mar 2021:

      In my Microscopy lab, we have people from lots of different fields including Chemistry (like myself), Physics, Biology, Geology and Food Science!

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      Felicity Hunter answered on 17 Mar 2021: last edited 17 Mar 2021 9:29 am

      Hi Elliot, great question! I did 5 GCSEs at college including English, Maths, Core Science, Additional Science and Psychology. I then did four A levels including Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Psychology. After my A levels, I studied Biology at the University of York where I became interested in the human immune system and diseases. Now I am doing a PhD at the University of Manchester. 🙂 I did less GCSEs than most students because I was homeschooled and they were the ones my local college offered. Hope that is helpful 🙂

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      Callum Thomas answered on 17 Mar 2021:

      Hi Elliot. In school I had to study Maths, English and Chemistry to be allowed to enter the Biology program in university. And during my university I studied a lot of different things, including statistics, cell biology, evolution and animal behaviour. Statistics is particularly important for scientists as it helps us design our experiments and work out if our results are meaningful or not. I also learnt a lot in practical research courses where I also had to learn how to design, plan and run experiments as well as practical lab skills like how to extract or amplify DNA.

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      Chris Waller answered on 17 Mar 2021:

      I focused on maths, chemistry, physics and biology to get where I am today. Some of those I enjoy more than others, but I find them all very interesting nonetheless.

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