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Asked by anon-175658 to Thomas, hayleypincott, Ella, David, Alison, Alex on 13 Jun 2018.
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Hayley Pincott answered on 13 Jun 2018:
I work in the only dental hospital in Wales so already this makes us quite specialist and there aren’t many more in the UK. I’m sure David can vouch for me on this so actually both of us work in very specialist areas but our work completely differs. We see cancer cases that not many other hospitals get to see. I see cancers of the head and neck so I see tongues, necks (by that I mean the layer of fat and lymph nodes under the skin in the neck), voice box I can also get whole jaws in depending on where the cancer is. So simply because we are one of a few units in the UK this makes my work very specialist and therefore I’m one of a handful of people who do my job in the UK and the only person doing my job in Wales.
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David Mills answered on 14 Jun 2018:
As Hayley says we both work in very specialised areas, The only CT scanners that can do what I’m really interested in are based in my lab. If I wasn’t here and didn’t have this job I couldn’t do the research I do.
The skills I have could in theory be learned by anyone, I just happened to be the person with the right skills at the right time. When you’re applying to jobs or university courses in the future don’t worry if you don’t match all the published requirements, probably no one does. Apply anyway – you’ve got nothing to lose.
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Ella Mercer answered on 14 Jun 2018:
I think my study is so different because it’s still such a mystery. There’s so much scientists have left to discover about the brain and it’s really exciting to be part of that. Plus, it’s special because every day we do something different. Some days we might be looking a piece of a humans nerves down the microscope and the next day we might be doing a brain dissection.. it definitely never gets boring!
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Thomas Perriment answered on 18 Jun 2018:
Haha good question – it’s tough as there are so many amazing jobs out there that are so varied and exciting. The thing about my job that stands out the most is how far it takes you! Lot’s of people spend their lives in the same little cubicle in their office, never changing their scene and that’s ok for some; however one thing I’m sure all scientists have in common is curiosity. How curious they are about how the world works, whether it’s as small as a single-cell organism, or as large as the Earth’s mantle! What makes my job so different is that we work across all scales of size, from geochemistry of tiny soil samples, to investigating the geology of an entire planet outside of our solar system – and you get to go to these places! That’s why geologists are found travelling all over the world, and are on the ship of every space movie.
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