While studying Science at Uni I did have quite a lot of homework, but I only had about 4 hours of class each day. Now that I’m working in the Lab I don’t really have homework; you don’t have to hand things in by a certain date and get them marked. You do have things you need to do though, like writing Lab talks about your work, researching things for your project, or writing up reports. If you don’t finish them during the day then you might do some work on them at home or during the weekend, but it’s really up to you.
I don’t get lots of homework, no. But just like school, it depends how hard you work during the day as to whether you have work left over for when you get home.
Sometimes I have to do work at weird times of the day. For example, some experiments I do might take 10 hours to finish. I get breaks during it, but sometimes I don’t get home til 10pm. The good thing about that though is I can sleep in if I want to. I don’t necessarily have to come in to work at any strict time, just as long as I get my work done.
When I was studying at university as a full-time student, the number of hours was like a full-time job. When not in class or laboratory class, there was private study, revision, assignments and exams. All-in-all between 40 and 50 hours per week. Now as a scientist, it is a full-time job. 4 weeks leave per year, just like other people.
No homework, no. We kind of SET homework for our students at university, and then we have to mark it – so kind of! When you’re out of school you don’t really have homework so much. At Uni you have exams at the end of each semester – so 2 or 3 times a year. You know in advance how tough the exams are, so you kind of know what you need to know, but how fast you study is up to you – you have a lot more freedom than you do at school, even though it’s harder. When you finish Uni and start a job it’s even more so. No homework, but you work on stuff you want to work on. If you’re interested in something, you work harder because you want to. I took a course in the Chinese language Mandarin a couple of years ago, and we had homework set each week. I was very bad at doing it, which told me I wasn’t going to be very good at Mandarin.
Bother. What I’m about to tell you could put you off studying science at uni.
When I was studying full time at uni, it was something like having a full time job with so many classes. My homework was mainly lab reports which would take around 3-4 hours to properly write up. I did most of this during the day in between classes because outside of uni I had a couple of part-time jobs. Most of the time I didn’t notice I was doing so much work because I was enjoying what I was doing.
It definitely involved some hard work along the way but I did get to achieve what I set out to do which was to get a science degree. I had some crazy fun times and I would do it all over again.
While studying Science at Uni I did have quite a lot of homework, but I only had about 4 hours of class each day. Now that I’m working in the Lab I don’t really have homework; you don’t have to hand things in by a certain date and get them marked. You do have things you need to do though, like writing Lab talks about your work, researching things for your project, or writing up reports. If you don’t finish them during the day then you might do some work on them at home or during the weekend, but it’s really up to you.
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I don’t get lots of homework, no. But just like school, it depends how hard you work during the day as to whether you have work left over for when you get home.
Sometimes I have to do work at weird times of the day. For example, some experiments I do might take 10 hours to finish. I get breaks during it, but sometimes I don’t get home til 10pm. The good thing about that though is I can sleep in if I want to. I don’t necessarily have to come in to work at any strict time, just as long as I get my work done.
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When I was studying at university as a full-time student, the number of hours was like a full-time job. When not in class or laboratory class, there was private study, revision, assignments and exams. All-in-all between 40 and 50 hours per week. Now as a scientist, it is a full-time job. 4 weeks leave per year, just like other people.
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No homework, no. We kind of SET homework for our students at university, and then we have to mark it – so kind of! When you’re out of school you don’t really have homework so much. At Uni you have exams at the end of each semester – so 2 or 3 times a year. You know in advance how tough the exams are, so you kind of know what you need to know, but how fast you study is up to you – you have a lot more freedom than you do at school, even though it’s harder. When you finish Uni and start a job it’s even more so. No homework, but you work on stuff you want to work on. If you’re interested in something, you work harder because you want to. I took a course in the Chinese language Mandarin a couple of years ago, and we had homework set each week. I was very bad at doing it, which told me I wasn’t going to be very good at Mandarin.
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Bother. What I’m about to tell you could put you off studying science at uni.
When I was studying full time at uni, it was something like having a full time job with so many classes. My homework was mainly lab reports which would take around 3-4 hours to properly write up. I did most of this during the day in between classes because outside of uni I had a couple of part-time jobs. Most of the time I didn’t notice I was doing so much work because I was enjoying what I was doing.
It definitely involved some hard work along the way but I did get to achieve what I set out to do which was to get a science degree. I had some crazy fun times and I would do it all over again.
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