• Question: What do you believe was your biggest obstacles to overcome in your most recent piece of research?

    Asked by anon-361563 on 28 Mar 2023.
    • Photo: Eileen Xu

      Eileen Xu answered on 28 Mar 2023:

      I think the biggest obstacles for me in my research have been about confidence. When you’re just starting out, it’s easy to think you don’t know enough or that you’ll never be an expert, but everyone needs to start from somewhere!

    • Photo: Hannah Fawcett

      Hannah Fawcett answered on 28 Mar 2023:

      Coordinating lots of people! We have relied on information from a large team of professionals from across the country to get the research ready to recruit participants – police, pathologists, forensic scientists, psychologists, IT…. Getting the right information at the right time for things to run smoothly has definitely been a challenge!

    • Photo: Emily McDougal

      Emily McDougal answered on 29 Mar 2023:

      For my most recent project, it was definitely recruiting participants. The project involved asking primary schools to run a Lego club, so not only did I have to find schools that were willing to take part, but also the children. Due to their age, we had to get the parent’s consent for the child to take part. There were lots of steps to take before we could even start the research project!

    • Photo: Birsu Kandemirci

      Birsu Kandemirci answered on 30 Mar 2023:

      My research involves cross-cultural elements which means I work with children here in the UK and also in Turkey, because I’m interested in how the differences in these two languages (Turkish and English) impact young children’s social and cognitive skills. It can be challenging to coordinate all aspects of the research in both countries and things like sending equipment across and getting schools on board can be time-consuming.

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