• Question: would you ever move any where else to do research

    Asked by florence to Vicky F, Tim H, Sarah, Kirsty L, Heather F, Erin Pallott, emilywalls, Christie, celinewittke, alexswainson on 22 Oct 2025.
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      Emily Walls answered on 22 Oct 2025:

      I definitely would! Depending on what your field of research is, there are many different places across the UK and around the world that have specialised places or research groups that are interested in certain things or have certain facilities that might be better than what you have at the moment. For example, I work in radio astronomy using ground based telescopes and I work at Jodrell Bank which has a lot of research in radio astronomy because of the Lovell telescope being there. With observational astrophysics, it can be slightly more easy to work from anywhere because its data on your computer that you are working with. But for more lab based work, you might require special machinery that your lab does / does not have so you might have to look for places that have the right equipment for you.

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    melissau commented on :

    Definitely, if the right kind of job became available in another part of the world I’d be interested. I’ve been lucky enough to travel to several countries as part of my work – I did some of my training in America and in New Zealand and in more recent years I’ve spent time working in southern Africa, in India, Pakistan, Kenya and Ethiopia. I’ve enjoyed working in each country as although the veterinary training is directly useful in many different countries, the local facilities available and the local ways of doing things can vary considerably from one place to another so you’re always learning, which is something which I really enjoy as a scientist.