Question: Why do you think its important for A-level students to work with you in the labs before their third year?

Olivia Hibbitt answered on 17 Mar 2010:

Hi Fluff,

science is an interesting profession that is not for everyone. While talking about it might be really exciting the day to day running of experiments can be boring and repetitive…..work experience lets people understand what it will really be like to do this job every day!! ALSO you can’t underestimate how good it looks on college applications to say you worked in an Oxford lab for 4-6 weeks over summer!