• Question: have you ever travled any where for work???

    Asked by anon-271804 to Sarah, Sbusisiwe, Jonathan on 11 Dec 2020. This question was also asked by anon-273052, anon-273084.
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      Sarah Smythe answered on 11 Dec 2020:

      I have! I have travelled around the UK for some parts of my job (Manchester, Kent, London) but I have also been to Nantes in France and Budapest in Hungary to present my work! There are so many opportunities to travel and I was unlucky to miss out on travelling to the USA to present my work (bad timing).

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      Sbusisiwe Mbatha answered on 11 Dec 2020: last edited 11 Dec 2020 1:53 pm

      Yes! As part of my PhD I get the opportunity to travel to present my research! So far I’ve been to conferences in Oxford, Warwick, Cambridge and London in the UK, as well as Portugal outside of the UK. We also have collaborators in Sweden which I’m hoping to visit for 3 months next year.

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    Ashleigh commented on :

    Yes, I’ve been so lucky to get to travel so much. I’ve been to Japan, Australia, South Africa, and Germany. We have a big collaboration with other Universities on a project which uses samples from South Africa so we go there to talk about our results. PhDs really give you lots of opportunities to travel.

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    Katie commented on :

    Yes! Quite a lot. Before I started my PhD, I travelled to West Africa to study termites with another researcher. I have also travelled to Peru and South Africa to do other research.

    When I started my PhD, a few months later COVID-19 arrived, so I haven’t had much of a chance to travel lately. But hopefully I will in the future! Like Ashleigh said, a PhD gives you opportunities to travel, even if you’re mainly working on a computer. This is because you get the chance to go to international meetings with loads of other scientists, all around the world.

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    Isabel commented on :

    I have done lots of travelling for my work. I work on infectious diseases, such as malaria in the tropics so I have to travel to see how these diseases have been controlled! I have been to Ecuador, Peru and the Galapagos, as well as countries in Europe where I met people working on similar things to me. If you are interested in travelling then looking for a career that gives you lots of travel opportunities is a good idea!