• Question: What do you do for a living?

    Asked by polly to Betul, Bridget, Ceri-Wyn, Laurel, Maria on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Bridget Waller

      Bridget Waller answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      I am a Senior Lecturer in Psychology. This means that I spend time doing teaching University students as well as scientific research. I teach Evolutionary Psychology, Biological Psychology (about the brain) and Animal Behaviour.

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      Ceri-Wyn Thomas answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Right now I’m a PhD student. This means I work on my own research project for three-four years and write some papers about my research for other people to read then eventually write up my research project as a thesis. I get a small salary form the Natural Environment Research Council and they pay me to do my research project. You generally do a PhD (also known as a Doctorate) after doing a degree in something at university and possibly a Masters degree (but not always). You can do a PhD in other subjects too- not just science- but science PhD’s generally get more funding (money). After a PhD you could continue to be paid to do research or you could look for a different job which is what I’ve done. Soon I’ll be working for a science publishing group that publishes scientific research!

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      Laurel Fogarty answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Ah well I am lucky, I am studying for a PhD which is funded by a funding body. These guys give money to all kinds of research and they pay me some money every month while I am working on my project.
      It is amazing to get paid for doing this kind of thing 🙂 Sometimes I also do a bit of teaching and marking for the undergraduate students here.

    • Photo: Maria Pawlowska

      Maria Pawlowska answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      I work on my PhD project – it’s great. I get to spend my days answering exciting scientific questions, talking to interesting people and teaching students and they pay me for it!!:)

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