Profile
Kate Goodfellow
My CV
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Education:
I went to senior school in Corby, Northamptonshire. I then went to Aston University, Birmingham where I did my Bachelors degree.
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Qualifications:
GCSEs: Triple Science, Maths, English Language, English Lit, History, Business, Photography, French, IT
A-Levels: Chemistry, Maths, Biology, History
Degree: Chemistry (with a year in Industry)
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Work History:
Before / during uni – summer and weekend jobs at a farm park, at a theme park as a ride operator and at the Northampton Saints rugby fan shop!
Industrial Placement – RSSL, Pharmaceutical Lab analyst.
From Scientist to Senior Scientist to Lab manager at RSSL, within Pharmaceuticals, Chromatography and now Food Science.
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Employer:
Reading Scientific Services Ltd (Mondelez International)
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About Me:
Hi, I’m Kate. I’m 30 years old, and I live in Berkshire with my husband. I went to University in Birmingham, and I am originally from Leicestershire. I used to go horse riding, and I would love to do this again! I am a big fan of chocolate and watching tv shows!
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I studied Chemistry with a year in Industry at University, graduating in 2014. My A-Levels were in Chemistry, Biology, Maths and History – though that seems a long time ago now!
I got married recently in 2022, and enjoy spending quality time with my friends and family.
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My pronouns are:
She/her
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My Work:
I work for Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL), which is owned by Mondelez International. I am a laboratory manager for our Physical Sciences Food R&D team.
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Mondelez International have a lot of products that I am sure you have heard of! These are Cadbury, Philadelphia, Toblerone, Grenade.. to name just a few! Reading Scientific Services work on a number of these products, but also work for external companies too.
As a lab manager, I look after a team of 13 people.
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My Typical Day:
A typical day for me would be looking at what projects are being worked on, and seeing how they are progressing. This also involves keeping people who are interested in the project updated with the progress. I might have a couple of meetings with my team to make sure they are all okay, or to talk through any problems. I also regularly talk with technical colleagues about problems we are trying to solve and the approach to take. I review data and also look at plans for the future both for the people in my team, projects and the team as a whole.
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What I'd do with the prize money:
That’s a hard question!
I would probably use some of the money to buy supplies and STEM related items to be able to run further ‘packages’ at schools and in the local community. We want to run be able to run sessions in primary schools around ‘forces’ and so it would be great to be able to buy supplies to be able to show this, for example motorized small cars, or parachutes which can attach to different objects, to highlight these points. It would be ideal if we could also have these ‘sets’ which we can then loan out to schools so that they can run the varying sessions multiple times themselves too.
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My Interview
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What did you want to be after you left school?
I wanted to be a vet or a doctor
Were you ever in trouble at school?
No, I was a pretty good student!
If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?
If I could, probably a doctor
Who is your favourite singer or band?
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What's your favourite food?
Spaghetti Bolognese
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
1) Health of myself, family and friends. 2) To be able to have a superpower 3) To win the lottery!
Tell us a joke.
What cheese do you use to get a bear out of a tree? Camembert. (Comeonbear!)
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