Thus, the overall outcome of the intervention was convergence of the large majority of students toward thinking of research-based STEM and alternative careers being the same with regard to ease or difficulty of achieving balance between work and family.
After 6 years in Cambridge and Oxford, I started my first post-doctoral position in Canada, thinking only of research; an extension of my PhD when I had viewed teaching as an enjoyable side-activity that I only engaged in when I needed money or had time for a bit of "CV building".
Instead of thinking of fly research as a direct route to medical breakthroughs, it's better to see it, Crowther argues, "as a way of doing quick and dirty research".
If this comes as a surprise, consider that all the experiments and deep thinking of scientific research take place in what amounts to a global sandbox overrun by extremely bright toddlers.
What's the best piece of advice these scientists have to offer Canadians thinking of doing research in Japan?
We tried to avoid typical silo type thinking of welfare research where various disciplines analyse welfare from narrow perspectives or from narrow thematic or scientific "silo" perspective.
"There's a broader movement in U.K. government thinking of how research is vital to the future economic success of the U.K.," says Ian Lyne, head of postgraduate career development at the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
During this rotation, students are involved in thinking of a research question, designing and implementing a protocol, collecting and analyzing data, writing a detailed report and giving presentations.
We require a different skill set to do this exciting work; these competencies include new ways of thinking about children, research expertise, research projects, and research products.
