• Question: How do you enjoy your field of science compared to others you may of may of had to work with?

    Asked by Thomas.Dingle to Robert, Angela, Claire, Ian, Sarah on 12 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by beth.nicholls.
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      Sarah Harris answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      I enjoyed my field of science more because I could relate it to real things – so I enjoyed chemistry but it can be quite abstract, whereas Pharmacology related chemistry specifically to drugs and the human body. They’re all enjoyable in their own ways though, and there is a lot of crossover in scientific fields these days, which I really like.

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      Angela Stokes answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      Hi Thomas Dingle
      I worked in science research when I left university and made glues and fertilizers. I really enjoyed it at the time, but was then given an opportunity to do some analytical chemistry which involved not only working at a bench in a lab, but using some really fabulous machines which did experiments almost automatically – to be allowed to use machines costing hundreds of thousands of pounds was a great honour and again I liked it. I almost fell into Regulatory Affairs when I was asked to help out in the Regulatory Affairs department for a month. This is an office based job still heavily dependant on science but not on pure chemistry – there are aspects of biology, toxicology, medicine, communications, strategic thinking and pharmacology. The important thing is that I still feel like I am learning and making a difference. I think all types of research and science jobs can be totally engrossing and all are incredibly useful….I really enjoy what I do right now, but because there is so much flexibility in science, I might do something different later in my career.

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