• Question: Do you prefer to do practical or written work?

    Asked by jesspalmerxx to Angus, Christian, Hannah, Laura, Simon on 21 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Angus Ferraro

      Angus Ferraro answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      Ideally I like a mixture. Science is all about practical work, trying to get results. But results are no good unless you tell people about them! That’s why you need written work. I really enjoy thinking about ways to express things clearly in my writing. I am writing up some of my work at the moment, but I am also doing some analysis and getting results at the same time. That way I get a variety 🙂

    • Photo: Simon Holyoake

      Simon Holyoake answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      I think a mixture is good as well, I probably do lean towards the practical side, but gathering data is only worthwhile if you use it, which normally means writing it down in the form of a paper or report

    • Photo: Laura Roberts Artal

      Laura Roberts Artal answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      I also like a mixture. Practical work is really good fun. However, sometimes you need to start to write things down for all your ideas to come together. That then gives you more ideas for more experiments and it goes round in a circle that way! It’s good that you get variety as part of this job!

    • Photo: Christian Maerz

      Christian Maerz answered on 22 Jun 2013:

      Thumbs up for practical work!

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