• Question: How do you use skills and knowledge from other subjects in your work?

    Asked by Maya22 to Anne, Arthur, Rose, Ruhina, Thomas on 19 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Rose Simnett

      Rose Simnett answered on 19 Jun 2015:

      Hi Maya22,
      There are lots of transferable skills that you learn in every subject. I use lots of maths and physics in my research directly and I also use french for communicating with colleagues.

    • Photo: Ruhina Miller

      Ruhina Miller answered on 19 Jun 2015:

      I think we use skills and knowledge from other subjects more than we realise – because to tackle problems or everyday situations, it’s great if you have some wider/broad knowledge. For instance, whilst we write, speak, etc English every day, taking GCSE English language and literature helped to bring my English up to the higher standard that is required when writing reports or formal documentation; maths has helped with daily calculations; GCSE IT has helped me to write macros and programs to help make things quicker, etc

    • Photo: Thomas Farrugia

      Thomas Farrugia answered on 21 Jun 2015:

      Hoi Maya – the one that comes to mind at the moment is IT skills – I work with a lot of data so need to be able to process and graph it efficiently. I do this in Origin and Excel, so it’s handy to know hot get them to do the things you want to do.

      PhDs are very diverse, so at times I find myself putting on my management hat on, and at other times my creativity hat on. My work is a bit diverse, so at times I have drawn on skills acquired from biology, and at other times a few bits of DIY! (making moulds, cutting things up).

    • Photo: Arthur Wilkinson

      Arthur Wilkinson answered on 22 Jun 2015:

      Materials science is multidisciplinary subject using chemistry, physics and maths; as well as biology if you study biomaterials, natural polymers or biologically sourced polymers

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