Amanda B.
About me
| Amanda B. | |
| Chemistry | |
| Chemistry with a Year in Industry | |
| Undergraduate | |
| James | |
| 2009 | |
| United Kingdom |
My employment
| PhD | |
| Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine | |
| University of York | |
| United Kingdom | |
| 2009 | |
| 2014 |
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Career options in research can be limited without a PhD
Why I continued studying
During my year in industry I saw that career options in research can be limited without a PhD
What my course is like
I undertook a doctoral training programme PhD so I spent the first year in lectures and workshops learning about new concepts that would be useful for my research. I had a chemistry background so I choose courses in Biology. At the end of my second year I picked a PhD project and spent the following 3 years performing my own independent research project.
How I have funded my studies
The programme was fully funded.
What I like most
I had the opportunity to really direct what I was doing on a day to day basis and was very independant.
What I like least
Also the independence - sometimes I felt very alone and unsure of what to do.
What surprised me most
How much I had learnt and achieved at the end of it. Also that PhD bursaries aren't that bad and they are tax free - so can be comparable to a starting salary in a graduate job.
My advice to students considering further study
Think carefully about the area you want to work in, and who you work for. PhD supervisors are all very different - they can be as important as the topic you pick!
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