hi how did u get into the industry of research?

Question: hi how did u get into the industry of research?
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  career,
  research
Asked by anon-305868 on 9 Dec 2021.
- Luke Townsend answered on 9 Dec 2021:
  
  During my first (undergraduate) chemistry degree, I did some work experience for a year working in the nuclear industry. My supervisor at the time (who I’m still friends with now actually), gave me a short research project to do and I loved it. From then on, I decided that I wanted to do research and so I went back to Manchester for my final year of undergrad and then applied for a PhD to continue my research career. Prior to this though, I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do so it’s quite lucky!
- Sarah Lu answered on 9 Dec 2021:
  
  During my undergraduate degree, I did a summer placement in medical research, although I found out that this probably wasn’t the right area of research for me I really enjoyed the process. I then took a module in medical physics and found the nuclear parts most interesting so started to look for nuclear PhD projects!
- Tom Ross answered on 9 Dec 2021:
  
  I did all the sciences, maths, and further maths at A level, carried on studying them all at university, and rekindled an old fascination for nuclear energy – it was more fluke than anything planned, but I’m so glad that I made the choices that I did or I wouldn’t be here doing this research now! There’s no one path to nuclear, because it encompasses every aspect of science, as well as policy making decisions and environmental stuff so there’s a huge variety of careers out there!
- Gavin Thomson answered on 9 Dec 2021: last edited 9 Dec 2021 10:58 am
  
  Short version: Not on purpose.
  
  Long version: I got on well with a certain Prof at Uni and I changed from Geology to Geology and Geochemistry at university so i could do more of his courses. Not a big change but it meant I did a small research project in my final year which I enjoyed and also a module in the biology department on pollution which interested me and I was becoming aware of hydrogeology – how water flows and interacts with rocks.
  I applied for various jobs and MSc’s and PhD’s as I wasn’t sure what to do and was lucky enough to have some options but was successful in getting a place to research a subject which involved both hydrogeology and pollution.
  It was kind of all accidental really and not planned from early on. Some people end up doing what they do that way and some people have a clear idea from when they were younger.
- Helene Brett answered on 9 Dec 2021:
  
  I’m not in research now, but my first 9-5 job was in research as a “Year in Industry” placement when I was 18 before going to university.
  It was for submarine optical fibre cables – which are basically all the cables that allow communication between countries and continents.
  I got to wear overalls and spend time in the lab with 100ton press machines. It was actually great.
  Now I’m in manufacturing and construction industry (via several other career experiences).
- Caroline Roche answered on 9 Dec 2021:
  
  I don’t do research myself, I help others to do theirs. I studied Physics at University but preferred making the systems that people used.
- Dimitris Samaras answered on 9 Dec 2021:
  
  I chose a Physics BSc as the degree to study; my time there made me fascinated about research in nuclear, and the main drive that influenced my decision to pursue a MSc in Nuclear Engineering and the PhD I am currently studying
- Robert Alford answered on 14 Dec 2021: last edited 14 Dec 2021 9:30 pm
  
  This video of me a good few years ago explains my route into the industry.
  (Please ignore the eyebrows they get a bit carried away….)

Question: hi how did u get into the industry of research?

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