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Astronauts, sports scholarships, the web, deforestation, and the power of unexpected connections
/0 Comments/in Careers, Events, News/by JonathanHere’s a delightful little story from web developer Sarah Mei, posted on Twitter. It starts out being about American university sports scholarships, but heads off in directions you’re really not going to expect.
We all assume, when we’re in school, that we’re going to have ‘a career’, that it’s going to make sense, and that we can map out roughly how it’s going to go. For some people that’s absolutely true, but for many (most?) of us, our lives take twists and turns we’d never have predicted. Some of us rather like it that way, even if we don’t have stories quite as good as this.
Tip of the hat to Elin Roberts for the link.
Booklet: What is So Exciting About Physics?
/0 Comments/in Careers, News/by CarolQuestion: What do the following people have in common?
- Roma Agrawal – Structural Engineer
- Isabel Jamal – Barrister
- Tatia Engelmore – Data Scientist
Answer: They all studied a physics degree, and are all in a new booklet called What is so Exciting About Physics?
Put together by a group of students at Cambridge University called Cavendish Inspiring Women, the booklet introduces a range of people discussing what they find exciting about Physics, and where it has taken them in their careers so far. The booklet’s a quick, punchy read that introduces a diverse range of role models, several of whom are working outside what you might think of as traditional physics-related jobs. Teachers, it’s well worth passing this one on to your students.
You can download a copy of the booklet from the CiW website, and follow the project via Twitter.
