• Question: What qualifications did you have to pass to become a scientist? Are you working towards any degrees/phD's... if so good luck?

    Asked by ivyscience01 to Carol, Ellie, John, Philip, Rebecca on 2 Jul 2012. This question was also asked by islamg1999.
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      Rebecca Lacey answered on 2 Jul 2012:

      Hi ivyscience01

      I am at the very final stage of my PhD. I have submitted my thesis and have my viva examination in 2 weeks time. :-s

      I have passed quite a few qualifications – 9 GCSEs, 5 A-Levels, a degree in Human Biology and Health, a masters in Social Epidemiology and now my PhD (hopefully!)

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      Carol White answered on 2 Jul 2012:

      I did 10 GCSEs at school (3 sciences, 2 x english, maths, geography, history, german and art!).

      For AS and A Level I did Maths, Physics, Geography and Politics (I wasn’t always a science person!).

      At university I studied “Environmental Geoscience” which was a mixture of geography, geology, earth and environmental studies, with a bit of chemistry and biology.. and awesome mixture!

      Now I’m half way through my PhD, trying to become Dr Carol 🙂

      Good luck in your exams too! 🙂

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      John Welford answered on 2 Jul 2012:

      Thanks ivyscience! I’m about halfway through my PhD now.

      I needed a degree first before I started the course. Hopefully I’ll be finished in a year or two if it all goes well!

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