• Question: What qualifications did you need to get you're job and how do you study for them at a young age to increase the chance of getting the job of a scientist?

    Asked by anon-360621 on 22 Mar 2023. This question was also asked by anon-361144, anon-361142.
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      Courtney Povey answered on 22 Mar 2023: last edited 22 Mar 2023 11:50 am

      You need good GCSEs in order to do the right A Levels needed to get into university. The specific A Levels you need will be dependent on the university. When I applied to my univeristy they wanted at least 2 science subjects at grade A and then another subject, again grade A. So I did Biology, Psychology and History. Then when it came to applying for jobs once I finished univeristy a lot of them wanted me to have achieved a 2:1 classification on my degree, but again this will be job dependent. I would suggest always trying hard in your exams to get the best grades and give you the best chances of getting a job in science! Hope this helps 🙂

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      Simone Girdham answered on 22 Mar 2023:

      Most people go to university, but you can also come and work in a laboratory once you have completed school. Labs tend to employ people who have studied Maths, English and Science at school. There is a specific university course that will help and it is called Biomedical Science.

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      Rosie Spencer answered on 22 Mar 2023:

      Most people will go to university to get a degree but there are lots of other options now such as degree apprenticeships. These are where after college, you go to work as an apprentice for a company 4 days a week, and you study 1 day a week. This is for 5 years and is usually fully paid for

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      Benjamin Foster answered on 22 Mar 2023:

      I enjoyed maths and science classes at school so stuck with those for GCSE and A Level at school. I also enjoyed other subjects, like Geography and History, and these probably helped “by accident” in that it kept my essay writing skills quite sharp for later on in my studies. I found reading non-school books (Chemistry of Life by Steven Rose for example) as a good way of learning about ideas and concepts outside of the core syllabus, so finding something you enjoy is key, whether that be something specific or niche in science.

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