• Question: How many years in university did it take to get a job in your career?

    Asked by Tomato to Ben, Lizzie, Francis, Max, Sian on 6 Mar 2018.
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      Francis Man answered on 6 Mar 2018:

      The pharmacy course I did lasted 6 years, if you add the PhD then it took me about 9-10 years to get to my current position, but I could have chosen a quicker path. I had a job (in science but not in research) for about 2 years between my first degree and my PhD.
      However, I spent only about 4-5 years having classes, the rest was mostly working in research labs or training in a hospital. It felt more like a job, even though I was still a student.
      Actually I still work in a university, I’m not a student anymore but in many aspects what I do is similar to what PhD students do.

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      Max Jamilly answered on 6 Mar 2018:

      I’m still at university! In total I will have spent 8 years at university when I have finished my PhD (which is a LONG time).

    • Photo: Sian Richardson

      Sian Richardson answered on 6 Mar 2018:

      I have 7 years in university, 3 years for my undergrad, 1 year for my masters and 3 years for my PhD. However, the job I currently have most of my colleagues have a masters degree. I just wasnt sure what I wanted to do at the time, so was trying out different areas of science to see which I liked the most

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      Lizzie Wright answered on 6 Mar 2018:

      a long time! I spent 4 years at university (but one year of that was working in a lab in Germany, which I got paid for), then I spent 4 years doing my PhD. A PhD is a bit different though as you often get a salary and work normal working hours, so its pretty much a job, but you get a student card and have to do an exam at the end of it! Not as bad as it sounds.

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      Ben Mulhearn answered on 8 Mar 2018:

      Ha! I spent 6 years at uni before getting a job as a doctor, then another 1 doing my masters, then another 4 as a PhD student. Leaning never ends!

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