• Question: hiiiii mia you have a cute cat how do you work as a phd student good luck

    Asked by anon-352449 to Mia on 16 Mar 2023.
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      Mia West answered on 16 Mar 2023: last edited 16 Mar 2023 11:52 am

      Hiii paca480ate! Thank you, he is so cute, right! 🙂

      I can tell you about how I decided I wanted to do a PhD as well!

      I’ve actually always enjoyed maths & physics since school. I wasn’t ever the ‘best in my class’ but at some point I realised if you actually study for tests you can get better marks. Oops. I still wasn’t ‘the best’ but I think I did quite a good job in GCSE & A levels 🙂

      After finishing school I did a physics degree at Durham University. As part of that, we got to do some project-work where we got to do research – rather than sitting in lessons & doing homework problems we actually got to be scientists learning new things about the universe! I thought it was great & I wanted to do more of it.

      That’s why I chose to do a PhD! Because I get to spend my time doing research. I’m looking at tiny particles which are the building-blocks of the universe. I help come up with suggestions for what these particles could be & how they might behave.

      Hope I answered your question! If there’s more you want to know, do ask!

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