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Asked by chelsea to Francesca, Rebecca, Laura, Matthew, Andrew on 7 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by Zoe, OlliMayhem.
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Andrew McKinley answered on 7 Nov 2014:
I studied at Imperial College, and I now find myself working here. I have been away in between graduation and coming back to do my current job though! (it’s a bit odd – I now have to manage a team which includes some of my old tutors! Imagine going back to your school to manage your teachers!)
I had an absolute blast during my undergraduate days, though I’ll say that I was far from a remarkable student!As far as ‘dreams coming true’ – I didn’t really have a ‘dream’ as such – I just knew I wanted to do something I enjoyed doing, and my undergraduate study helped me to realise what it was about chemistry that I enjoyed, so I could then keep doing it!
When I was at school I had two objectives to achieve when finding a career: 1) To have a job where I didn’t dread going to work on Mondays (Check! I love my job), and 2) To have a job where I didn’t have to wear a suit (Check! Today is Hawaiian Shirt Friday…)
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Rebecca Ingle answered on 7 Nov 2014:
I did my undergraduate at the University of York and I’m doing my PhD at the University of Bristol. I’ve absolutely loved my time at both universities. The great thing about university was not only getting to study really interesting topics but there are loads of new activities you can try so I ended up picking up a lot of new hobbies there.
I absolutely love working in research and I wouldn’t have been able to do a PhD without doing my undergraduate degree so I guess in that way my degree definitely did. I think I agree with Andrew in that I didn’t really have a definite ‘dream’ but during my undergraduate I found what I was good at, what I enjoyed doing and I’m lucky enough to be able to still be doing that now.
There are so many opportunities at university, even if you decide you don’t want a career in the subject you originally studied, it’s a great time to find out exactly what jobs and things out there.
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Laura Schofield answered on 8 Nov 2014:
I did my undergraduate degree at the University of Nottingham and have stayed there to do my PhD. My original dream was to be a chemist, so I could’ve achieved that anywhere really! But my dream after I’d finished my first year there was to work with Professor Martyn Poliakoff and I can now say I’ve achieved it!
I love Nottingham, but Martyn gave me some great advice when I first met him on an open day…he told me that there is no right or wrong choice when it comes to picking a University. Whichever you choose, you’ll make great friends and have a blast. He told me not to pick one because other people said I should, but to pick the one that felt the most homely. I did and Nottingham has been my home now for over 7 years. -
Francesca Palombo answered on 10 Nov 2014:
I went to study Chemistry at University of Perugia, Italy, for both my undergraduate and PhD degrees. I very much enjoyed my time as a student – although exams are hard to enjoy…! Of course, this experience helped me achieving my dream: without university and my PhD I could not be a lecturer at this time
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Matthew Camilleri answered on 10 Nov 2014:
I started my student life at the University of Malta, before I moved to Norwich where I spent a year at the University of East Anglia and now I am studying at the University of Bath. Life as a student is a blast,a s long as you know how to divide your time between working hard to get good grades and going out and enjoying yourself.
Having only one University in Malta it was my only option, but I found a lot of help in order to be able to come to the UK and do my postgraduate courses in the areas I wanted to specialise in, so at the end it did help me achieve my dreams.
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OlliMayhem commented on :
Love the idea of Hawaiian shirt friday aha.