50 Good reasons to study science...

"Science has helped in so many ways to shape the world in which we now live. To study science is to be part of building on that progress and making a better future."

Peter Clark, Postgraduate Inorganic Chemist, Nottingham

"I remember doing an experiment at school where if it went wrong, it formed a really big flame. After that, I always wanted to do science. You got away from your desk and got to use unusual and exciting things. I was always best at science."

Stuart Reid, Chemistry Postdoctoral Researcher, Southampton

"Studying science can help you assess the reality and accuracy of medical dramas and other science programmes and films. It can help you see through the ‘glossy finish’ that these programmes often receive."

Health Professional, Nottingham

"Paying attention in science can sometimes help you in other activities that you wouldn’t expect such as cooking. An understanding of how certain things mix and react together can be the difference between making mayonnaise or a horrible mess, or making lumpy or perfect gravy or even cooking with chocolate!"

Science Graduate, Nottingham

"The attraction of science for me was in the healthcare professions. As a woman, I wanted a career path that would challenge me and interest me but that I could take time out of to have a family."

Female Science Graduate working in healthcare, Nottingham

“European citizens need to understand better the relationships between science and economic and social development and to realise the global nature of science and industry. Research on public understanding of science demonstrates that this is best achieved through the formal education system, hence the need for well informed teachers”

Dr. Tony Ashmore, Registrar, Royal Society of Chemistry, London

"To perform experiments that have never been performed by anyone else in the world can be a very exciting thought."

Peter Clark, Postgraduate Inorganic Chemist, Nottingham .

"Studying science is great for the curious minded, if you have ever wondered why 'something is' studying science can enable you to find the answer!"

"My father was a science teacher and suggested I study science because it was easier to get a job, and I have to agree with this. I would add that once you are in a fairly well paid job, you can dabble with the arts in your spare time if you want to!"

Liz Hames, Pharmacist, Nottingham

"I opted to study a science subject at university as it is a fascinating and diverse subject, which plays a fundamental role in the world around us."

Undergraduate Chemistry Student, Nottingham