• Question: What do you do for a living

    Asked by anon-346938 on 16 Jan 2023.
    • Photo: Kate Barnes

      Kate Barnes answered on 16 Jan 2023:

      I’m a lecturer at a university so I teach, I do research, I teach local school children and the public about forensic science, I present my work at conferences and events, I train practitioners and I do consultancy so my job is very varied.

    • Photo: Rachel Armitage

      Rachel Armitage answered on 17 Jan 2023:

      I work as a lab technician in a university, I look after a specialised piece of equipment (Scanning Electron Microscope), so am responsible for training staff and students on it. I also teach students, do research into fake medicines and do outreach work with schools.

    • Photo: Bryan Williams

      Bryan Williams answered on 20 Jan 2023:

      I’m a research-focused university lecturer, so my job involves mainly carrying out research and supervising my research teams, meeting with collaborators to plan future research and discuss ongoing projects, writing research papers and presenting research at conferences, training research students, and teaching undergraduate students about data science and artificial intelligence.

    • Photo: Katy Bruce

      Katy Bruce answered on 23 Jan 2023:

      I do a little bit of everything – as a researcher I have a similar role to Bryan, as a postgraduate demonstrator I teach undergrads and mark their assignments, as an outreach ambassador I try to enthuse school children and encourage them to study science. I’m also currently working on a government grant which involves lots of lab work and analysis, and then there’s the weekend job at the hospital…

      Variety is the spice of life! 🤩

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