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Mel Bannister-Tyrrell
Degree: PhB Science (HONS)
Why did you choose to study at the ANU College of Science over any other institution?
ANU is the only university to offer the PhB program – I was attracted to the research opportunities, particularly the prospect of working with groups at the John Curtin School of Medical Research.
What is the ANU College of Science's best feature?
Class sizes are fairly small, particularly after 1st year. All of the lecturers I have encountered have been approachable, and there are good avenues for student feedback about courses, assessment etc.
What have you learned about yourself while studying at the ANU College of Science?
Probably lots of things, though it’s hard to pinpoint anything in particular. I like chemistry more than I expected, and still don’t like maths (despite studying it all through first year). I’ve certainly learned that I am a good crammer!
How do you feel the ANU College of Science is preparing you for your future?
Fantastic research opportunities through the PhB program – I am getting a good idea of where my interests are focused.
What is your favourite science class?
Biology – biochemistry, cell physiology and molecular genetics in particular.
What is your favourite elective class?
Haven’t taken one in a while, but I enjoyed a philosophy course I took last year.
Highlight ANU College of Science experience to date?
Going to Fremantle for work, as part of the National Science Week lecture series :)
What do you enjoy about living in Canberra?
The space! Canberra has some great walking/cycling tracks around the lake and throughout the city. It is convenient to live on campus at ANU because it is close to the shopping centre, restaurants, clubs, lake, Black Mountain... so basically I can walk or ride everywhere I need to go. Housing and eating out is also quite cheap compared to other cities in Australia.
Why did you choose to study a science degree?
I have a strong interest in biology. I also wanted a flexible science degree rather than a specialised degree so that I could study a few different things.
Career plans?
Medicine hopefully, and possibly a PhD after that... I would like to work in research hospitals practicing medicine and doing immunological research.
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Justin Bewsher
Degree: PhB Science (HONS)
Why did you choose to study at the ANU College of Science over any other institution?
The allure of the PhB program, along with the pleasant atmosphere and presentation of the campus.
What is the ANU College of Science's best feature?
Its friendly and approachable staff.
What have you learned about yourself while studying at the ANU College of Science?
That I enjoy being active and getting myself involved in as many activities as possible.
How do you feel the ANU College of Science is preparing you for your future?
It is providing me with the necessary skills to be highly employable as well as ready for any problems or difficulties associated with post university life.
What is your favourite science class?
Probability Modelling.
What is your favourite elective class?
Not French.
Highlight ANU College of Science experience to date?
Hugh Hassie ripping his pink stocking’s during algebra. Man that was amazing. Why would you do that??
What do you enjoy about living in Canberra?
The city, people and university.
Why did you choose to study a science degree?
I was always good at, and occasionally I have a desire to truly know how things work.
Career plans?
Become a Spy, not sure who for. Then write a novel or seven before retiring to pursue the cryptic crossword.
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Ashley Carron-Arthur
Degree: PhB (Science)
Why did you choose to study at the ANU College of Science over any other institution?
It made a lot of sense to come here since I enjoyed science and I am a local.
What is the ANU College of Science's best feature?
The commitment of the lecturures to students and the proximity to world class research.
What have you learned about yourself while studying at the ANU College of Science?
The level at which you can study efficiently exceeds way beyond what you expect of yourself. Studying for life is very different to studying for school but much more rewarding.
How do you feel the ANU College of Science is preparing you for your future?
Most important to me at the moment are the skills I will gain in processing information, solving problems and a hard work ethic.
What is your favourite science class?
Biology.
What is your favourite elective class?
Digital Art.
Highlight ANU College of Science experience to date?
It is a very friendly environment with an extraordinary amount of flexibility for individual students needs. I find it awesome that they can accomadate so many students so effectively.
What do you enjoy about living in Canberra?
Ease of transport and proximity between city uni and home. Not to mention it is a very beautiful city very close to the snow, coast and AWESOME mountain biking.
Why did you choose to study a science degree?
Not really any reason actually, just wanted to go to uni and seemed appropriate for me.
Career plans?
Business. I want to make my own way, be innovative and mostly be my own boss.
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Steve Fairweather
Degree: Bachelor of Philosophy (Science)
Why did you choose to study at the ANU College of Science over any other institution?
It has the best reputation as a science orientated university of any in Australia.
What is the ANU College of Science's best feature?
Small classes and personal interaction with academics; the research component of my PhB degree.
What have you learned about yourself while studying at the ANU College of Science?
That it's very difficult to do exams well with a hang over.
How do you feel the ANU College of Science is preparing you for your future?
By teaching me how to think like a good scientist.
What is your favourite science class?
My Advanced Studies Course (research based course).
What is your favourite elective class?
Organic chemistry.
Highlight ANU College of Science experience to date?
Getting to write this profile.
What do you enjoy about living in Canberra?
The circles.
Why did you choose to study a science degree?
Because I love science and problem solving, which is all science really is.
Career plans?
Research or perhaps a future in the bio-tech industry.
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Jessica Fitch
Degree: PhB (Science)
Why did you choose to study at the ANU College of Science over any other institution?
The PhB program is like no other degree offered anywhere else. It, together with the College of Science, offer research opportunities and experiences that provide invaluable preparation for a career in research science. Also, the ANU College of Science has a great reputation.
What is the ANU College of Science's best feature?
Being able to learn from researchers - having lecturers that undertake their own research brings an interesting approach to lecture content and the teachings of scientific method.
What have you learned about yourself while studying at the ANU College of Science?
That I want to involve science in my career – studying science has shown me how much it interests me and how I want to be involved with the scientific field in some way in my future career.
How do you feel the ANU College of Science is preparing you for your future?
Since I want to be a research scientist the hands-on experience has prepared me very well for my future with important laboratory experience.
What is your favourite science class?
SCNC2102 – Any ASC (advanced studies courses) in research science have been really interesting and the techniques that I have learnt have been very beneficial.
What is your favourite elective class?
I did drama in first year. It was a very different experience to science courses and was very fun to do.
Highlight ANU College of Science experience to date?
Working at the Winter Night Markets as a Science Ambassador – helping small children extract DNA was really rewarding and seeing how excited and interested they were about science was really encouraging.
What do you enjoy about living in Canberra?
The bush capital element – the surrounding environment is beautiful.
Why did you choose to study a science degree?
Science always interested me as a subject and I wanted to pursue it further.
Career plans?
Research Biological Scientist – maybe in the field of immunology.
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Kate Griffiths
Degree: Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) (Science)
Why did you choose to study at the ANU College of Science over any other institution?
Small class sizes, the PhB, and a nice campus.
What is the ANU College of Science's best feature?
The integration of graduate research into undergraduate coursework and teaching.
What have you learned about yourself while studying at the ANU College of Science?
University is a great lifestyle for me; I might be here for awhile…
How do you feel the ANU College of Science is preparing you for your future?
The ANU offers excellent opportunities to get involved in research early on, but I feel that an undergraduate degree in Science is a good grounding for any career.
What is your favourite science class?
I’ve found all my advanced studies courses fascinating and I’ve really enjoyed the first, second and third year genetics courses.
What is your favourite elective class?
French.
Highlight ANU College of Science experience to date?
My advanced studies courses have been a highlight, as well as a number of field trips.
What do you enjoy about living in Canberra?
The ANU and university life are central to the city. Canberra is a small, safe, well-educated community, and I always feel close to nature.
Why did you choose to study a science degree?
I’m interested in the world we live in, and I want to understand how it works.
Career plans?
My career plans (if you can call them that) involve plenty of variety, and something along the lines of research and education.
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Kassel Hingee
Degree: Bachelor of Philosophy (Science)
Why did you choose to study at the ANU College of Science over any other institution?
I chose ANU science because it has the best reputation in Australia and it is not in the middle of a mega metropolis.
What is the ANU College of Science's best feature?
A wide range of choices.
What have you learned about yourself while studying at the ANU College of Science?
That the extent of my knowledge is unlikely to ever be large enough for my comfort.
How do you feel the ANU College of Science is preparing you for your future?
I am confident about my future, partly because, what ever happens I will always have the skills that I've learnt in science.
What is your favourite science class?
Analysis 3.
What is your favourite elective class?
I haven't done any.
Highlight ANU College of Science experience to date?
Project in optimisation algorithm.
What do you enjoy about living in Canberra?
Being able to ride everywhere, including on the roads.
Why did you choose to study a science degree?
I enjoyed and was good at science during college.
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Zemma Holmes-Story
Degree: Bachelor of Philosophy (Hons)
Why did you choose to study at the ANU College of Science over any other institution?
I chose it entirely based on it’s rankings in various higher education publications. Best science university in Australia.
What is the ANU College of Science's best feature?
The staff are pretty sweet. I have awesome lecturers who really want to help students understand and do well… It’s a lot more personal than I thought it would be and I’m glad.
What have you learned about yourself while studying at the ANU College of Science?
Time management is just as important as it was in highschool.
How do you feel the ANU College of Science is preparing you for your future?
Is gives me a job which is fun… that helps me buy food… which means I can stay at uni, get my degree…and change the world!
What is your favourite science class?
I love them all but this semester Advanced Physics 2 has been a standout with quantum and relativity (PHYS1201).
What is your favourite elective class?
Contemporary Issues In Philosophy (PHIL1003).
Highlight ANU College of Science experience to date?
Working Open Day was pretty awesome – Lucie and I conducted super-fun memorable tours… Those kids will be back!
What do you enjoy about living in Canberra?
The lake’s pretty cool.
Why did you choose to study a science degree?
Ultimately to contribute to the sum of human knowledge and have the very real opportunity to impact the lives of others in a significant way on a very large scale.
Career plans?
PhD at Cambridge, Post Docs at CERN, a couple of Nobel Prizes then into NASA to be first up to Mars.
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Ramana Kumar
Degree: Bachelor of Philosophy (Science)
Why did you choose to study at the ANU College of Science over any other institution?
Within Australia, I chose ANU CoS for the Bachelor of Philosophy program, which seemed both perfect for its broad scope and flexibility, and unique. Science, in a wide sense, has been my interest for many years. I looked overseas too, but decided that doing a first degree at home would make admission easier, and wouldn't preclude going overseas later.
What is the ANU College of Science's best feature?
In my experience of the college, which is far from thorough, I've found the biology and chemistry undergraduate programs to be very well structured, and therefore enjoyable and engaging.
What have you learned about yourself while studying at the ANU College of Science?
I've learned more about what fields I'm interested in, and what fields are out there. Actually, a lot of the learning has been done by observing what "scientific research" is both by participating in it (through advanced studies courses) and reading about it (through exposure to research papers in many courses). I've learnt about the global network of science: what scientists study, the rate of progress, the nature of the work, the people.
What is your favourite science class?
This semester? Algebra. I've been doing a mixture of classes. I especially liked other mathematics courses, and cell biology courses including genetics.
What is your favourite elective class?
I haven't really done electives, except computer science in first year. I could call the Biological Basis of Behaviour an elective, even though it's psychology, and it was one of my favourites.
Highlight ANU College of Science experience to date?
Maybe the summer school on animal navigation last year. I'm giving a talk at the school this year as part of an advanced studies course.
What do you enjoy about living in Canberra?
Clean air, differences between all the seasons, usually not too crowded, and I know where everything is.
Why did you choose to study a science degree?
I've been reading popular science books voraciously since around the start of high school. By the end I knew I wanted to be a part of science. In addition, it seems to me that scientists are special in that they do what they do primarily because they love it. I got a taste of this phenomenon at National Youth Science Forum during high school. It looked like a fine philosophy.
Career plans?
I'm happy to stay on the conveyor belt for a while: honours, PhD, post-doc. I've imagined working at a university (research, teaching, both, don't know what area of science yet), or starting a company (probably to make or provide some technology).
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Hugh Parsonage
Degree: PhB (Science)
Why did you choose to study at the ANU College of Science over any other institution?
The offer of the PhB programme. The flexibility it offers and the additional advanced studies courses, where you get to work one-on-one with researchers, are unparalleled anywhere in Australia.
What is the ANU College of Science's best feature?
The proximity of students to high-class researchers.
What is your favourite science class?
I liked Algebra I. Whereas in high school algebra is the method of using letters to denote numbers, at university you learn that algebra is the study of deep mathematical structures – in particular, groups, rings, and fields – which are abstract ideas extended from the familiar whole numbers and real numbers.
Highlight ANU College of Science experience to date?
Being taken on a tour of the ANU's particle accelerator in my first year.
Why did you choose to study a science degree?
I think that science and mathematics are the best tools we have to understand and solve the world’s problems. And I want to play a part in solving these problems.
Career plans?
Not sure, but I intend to study for a PhD after finishing my present degree.
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James Taylor
Degree: PhB (Science)
Why did you choose to study at the ANU College of Science over any other institution?
Due mainly to the existence of the PhB program, and the large number of academic staff per undergraduate.
What is the ANU College of Science's best feature?
The large number of available friendly academic staff.
What is your favourite science class?
ATRO1000, Astrophysics.
What is your favourite elective class?
ECON1100, Game Theory.
Highlight ANU College of Science experience to date?
Getting results in a Physics lab that actually agreed with prediction.
What do you enjoy about living in Canberra?
How close everything is, and how cheap.
Why did you choose to study a science degree?
I liked science in High School, especially Maths.
Career plans?
None yet.
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Joy Thompson
Degree: PhB (Science)
Why did you choose to study at the ANU College of Science over any other institution?
For the PhB (Science) degree. When I left high school it was practically the only degree of its kind and the chance to do real research as well as undergraduate courses was more tempting than a degree in medicine.
What is the ANU College of Science's best feature?
The quality of research and teaching.
What have you learned about yourself while studying at the ANU College of Science?
That I have a talent for public speaking (this during the Science Ambassador training).
How do you feel the ANU College of Science is preparing you for your future?
By giving me a good grounding in the basics of theory and practical work, as well as teaching me to speak and write well.
What is your favourite science class?
Parasitology (BIOL3142).
What is your favourite elective class?
Advanced Latin courses.
Highlight ANU College of Science experience to date?
Having dinner with the two guest speakers after the National Science Week lecture in Melbourne. Undergraduates living on campus always appreciate meals out, and I also learned a lot about research, teaching and astronomy.
What do you enjoy about living in Canberra?
Not having to cook!
Why did you choose to study a science degree?
So that I wouldn't miss out on the universe.
Career plans?
A PhD in Australia or elsewhere, then research.
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