• Question: What made you want to take your research top schools in particular?

    Asked by emilydenney to Anouk, Chris, Judith, Leisha, Seyyed on 14 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Chris Kettle

      Chris Kettle answered on 14 Jun 2012:


      Emily – im reading the top as to (hope thats right).

      Schools are the grass roots for science. Helping people like yourself to discover the wonders of science is amazing. If only one person from this event goes on to study science then its been worthwhile. Science rocks!

    • Photo: Anouk Gouvras

      Anouk Gouvras answered on 14 Jun 2012:


      Yes same response as Chris, science is great and if we manage to interest even just one person in it then I’m pretty happy! You can do so many different things in science, this is shown by the very, very different science jobs of the scientists taking in part in ‘I’m a scientist get me out of here’

    • Photo: Judith Sleeman

      Judith Sleeman answered on 14 Jun 2012:


      Yes, pretty much the same as Anouk and Chris. ‘Science’ is just too small a word for the huge variety of subjects it covers. I work in a biology department that has scientists working on everything from protein structure all the way to communication in whales so I still get to hear about really cool areas of science that I don’t know the first thing about. Every day! Sometimes it makes me feel a bit thick as I can’t understand the details, but it’s rarely boring!

    • Photo: Seyyed Shah

      Seyyed Shah answered on 14 Jun 2012:


      I was inspired to be a scientist, and I really enjoy what I do. It is sometimes difficult, and sometimes I struggle, but I would not imagine myself doing something else.

      When I was younger, I didn’t always have the kind of help in making decisions about subjects and courses that I needed. I hope that by taking science to schools and colleges, I will be able to inspire young people and help to build the next generation of scientists and make sure they are given a better chance.

      All the scientists here are working hard to help you. So, if you have any questions about choices and opportunities in science, please let us know.

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