• Question: stephen what steps did you take and what achievement did you do to get where you are now

    Asked by anon-176046 to Stephen on 15 Jun 2018.
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      Stephen MacKenzie answered on 15 Jun 2018:

      Hi there, that’s a tricky question and it could be a long answer if I went through everything!!! Firstly I chose to do a science degree at university but I had to try several things before I settled on working in research as I do now. A very important step I took once I decided to have a career in research was to pick up a short term job as a research assistant in the agriculture department at Newcastle University. This allowed me to make the contacts needed and show I had the skills to get on a funded PhD programme. This was important because I didn’t have the best grades from my degree.

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