• Question: do you get paid for your job? And do you work as anything else aswell as a scientist??

    Asked by chay to Davie, Gemma, James P, James V, Nuala on 29 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: James Pope

      James Pope answered on 29 Jun 2012:

      Hi chay,

      Yes, I get paid for my job. As I am presently a PhD student, I get paid a stipend, which is about £13,000 a year. When I finish my PhD, I hope to become a post-doc which is the next stage in a career in university science, where I will get paid about £22,000 a year.

      I don’t work as anything else, apart from being a scientist, though I have previously worked in jobs when I was doing my undergraduate degree as I didn’t get paid then, and the jobs I did such as squash coaching and tutoring meant I had money to live on without getting money from my parents. Being independant like that was really important for me when i went to University!

    • Photo: James Verdon

      James Verdon answered on 29 Jun 2012:

      Hi chay,

      Yes, I get paid to be a scientist. As a post-doctoral scientist (post-doc means I have finished my PhD, meaning that I get to call myself a Doctor) I get about £30,000 a year. The money comes from the UK Science Research Councils, who get their money from the government.

      So luckily I don’t have to work as anything else!

    • Photo: Nuala Carson

      Nuala Carson answered on 29 Jun 2012:

      Yeah chay,

      We all get paid for our job as it is a full time job. We dont really have time to work another job buti have had loads of previous jobs like Tescos, bakery, bank!

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